Damian Hinds: some v-cs trying to ‘justify damaging practices’ Education secretary hits back at university leaders who called his intervention on ‘conditional unconditional’ offers unlawful By John Morgan 22 May
German university’s London campus will ‘send anti-Brexit signal’ Technical University of Munich outpost may be joint venture with Imperial College London By Ellie Bothwell 22 May
Does the Brexit ‘shitshow’ emanate from ‘elite’ education? Plenty on the Continent see a link between Brexit and English educational hierarchy, writes John Morgan By John Morgan 22 May
Dutch to rein in scramble for research grants in sector shake-up ‘Competition in scientific research has gone too far,’ says government-appointed committee proposing wide-ranging reform package By David Matthews 21 May
UK plans quality ‘Kitemark’ for PhD supervisors Certification scheme will give academics the recognition they deserve, says initiative’s architect By Nick Mayo 21 May
English fee cut ‘could torpedo Welsh funding settlement’ Cardiff policymakers unlikely to be able to make up lost tuition fee income while continuing generous maintenance support By Rachael Pells 21 May
The UK’s international education strategy needs more internationalisation Efforts to accrue more overseas fees could be vetoed by the 91茄子 Office and will do little to make UK students more culturally savvy, warns Peter Brady By Peter Brady 21 May
Oxford wants one in four students to be from poorer backgrounds University to launch two new schemes for state school students, with one offering 50 places on basis of lower contextual grades By John Morgan 21 May
Grade inflation: English universities asked to report next year Move follows agreement over ‘statement of intent’ on tackling issues linked to rise in firsts and 2:1s in UK By Simon Baker 20 May
Leiden builds bridges with campus in The Hague 91茄子 of United Nations court and Dutch government has no university of its own – but Leiden’s outpost ‘could grow to 10,000 or 20,000’ students By John Morgan 19 May
SOAS staff ‘appalled’ by colleague standing for far-right AfD Employees and students have organised a protest, with some calling for academic to be dismissed By Ellie Bothwell 17 May
Universities’ journal costs still outstripping inflation Despite attempts to renegotiate contracts, European institutions face an annual price hike of 3.6 per cent By David Matthews 17 May
