Germany focuses on quality after hitting foreign student target Country faces dilemmas over language of instruction and how to tackle dropout rate By David Matthews 30 July
Higher education ‘turned upside-down’ by Polish reforms Limitations on powers of new university councils are ‘mostly cosmetic’, academics say By Matthew Reisz 30 July
REF submission rules ‘could increase burden’ on departments New rules for staff eligibility designed to make compliance easier are in fact more complicated than before, academics warn By Rachael Pells 30 July
Study raises concerns over assessment methods in UK universities New paper says both teaching-intensive and research-intensive universities need to re-examine the way they assess students By Anna McKie 28 July
UK leaning heavily on EU academics for ERC grant success Almost half of ERC grants awarded to UK institutions for 2018 won by EU nationals, as UK sees overall decline in successful bids By Rachael Pells 27 July
National Student Survey 2018: big names take hit as boycott fades Most universities omitted after the boycott are back in for this year’s NSS, although Cambridge and Oxford still fail to feature By Anna McKie 27 July
Thousands back professor fired for missing grant income targets Jim Newell’s dismissal by Salford ‘speaks volumes’ about extent of sector marketisation, campaigners say By Anna McKie 27 July
Unconditional offers rise ‘completely irresponsible’, says minister Latest Ucas figures show almost a quarter of 18-year-olds got at least one offer of a university place that did not depend on their upcoming results By Simon Baker 26 July
UK and EU urged to strike deal on mutual student fee arrangements Mobile students would face same costs as local learners post-Brexit under MillionPlus proposal By Chris Havergal 26 July
Executive pay packages top ?1 million at UK student housing firm Pay deals in student accommodation bring claims ‘huge salaries are being funded by public money and student debt’ By John Morgan 26 July
Multimillion-pound grant for footballers’ ‘university’ criticised Funding will support Lancaster to develop curriculum for Manchester-based University Academy 92 By Chris Havergal 26 July
Shutting down trolls is bad politics Telling opponents of liberal values to ‘jog on’ may be tempting, but it risks confirming opponents’ claims that universities are aloof bastions of leftism, says Julie Odams By Julie Odams 26 July
