Research funders urged to act on short-term contracts Staff covering for academics on leave are often given no time to conduct research themselves Chris Havergal 8ÔÂ 8ÈÕ
Alistair Jarvis named as Universities UK chief executive Former deputy steps up to lead as Brexit and funding challenges loom John Morgan 8ÔÂ 7ÈÕ
Can rising entry standards explain the rise in firsts? Data on the entry qualifications of students at UK universities suggest that there must be more to the growth in top degrees Simon Baker 8ÔÂ 7ÈÕ
Anxiety over future careers hits French PhD students¡¯ well-being More than half of doctoral candidates surveyed at one university reported ¡°abnormal¡± levels of stress and depression Holly Else 8Ô 6ÈÕ
English state schools fall behind on selective university access Private school pupils 43 percentage points more likely to enrol in most prestigious institutions Chris Havergal 8ÔÂ 3ÈÕ
More UK universities appeal against TEF ratings UEA and Soas among institutions challenging awards in sector-wide assessment of teaching quality Chris Havergal 8ÔÂ 3ÈÕ
Anthony Evans, 1929-2017 Creator of Leicester¡¯s courses in applied geology remembered Matthew Reisz 8Ô 3ÈÕ
ERC launches grants scheme for multiple principal investigators Synergy Grants will be worth a total of €250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent David Matthews 8ÔÂ 2ÈÕ
France¡¯s scholarly MPs take clinical approach to policy Academics who have become deputies for Emmanuel Macron¡¯s En Marche! hope to tackle country¡¯s problems with scientific method David Matthews 8Ô 2ÈÕ
Teaching intensity: the key to measuring student learning? A pilot planned for the subject-level teaching excellence framework has revived debate about the importance of small group teaching at university Jack Grove 8ÔÂ 2ÈÕ
Danish university acceptances fall by 2 per cent Drop in students getting go-ahead for study for first time in almost a decade Holly Else 8ÔÂ 1ÈÕ
Advantage BPP in ?6 million battle with UK tax authorities HMRC claims reorganisation of for-profit university¡¯s owner may represent ¡®abuse¡¯ of VAT rules Chris Havergal 8Ô 1ÈÕ