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 By Holly Else 6 August
English state schools fall behind on selective university access Private school pupils 43 percentage points more likely to enrol in most prestigious institutions By Chris Havergal 3 August
More UK universities appeal against TEF ratings UEA and Soas among institutions challenging awards in sector-wide assessment of teaching quality By Chris Havergal 3 August
Anthony Evans, 1929-2017 Creator of Leicester¡¯s courses in applied geology remembered By Matthew Reisz 3 August
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 By David Matthews 2 August
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 By David Matthews 2 August
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 By Jack Grove 2 August
Danish university acceptances fall by 2 per cent Drop in students getting go-ahead for study for first time in almost a decade By Holly Else 1 August
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 By Chris Havergal 1 August
Study finds widespread variation in ¡®teaching intensity¡¯ Differences in contact hours and class sizes between institutions and subjects ¡®undermines idea that students receive value for money¡¯ By Jack Grove 31 July
Faraday Challenge: white elephant, or future of research funding? Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model By Holly Else 31 July
Sensational news stories ¡®damaging¡¯ nutritional research Discipline at ¡®critical point¡¯ in UK as universities struggle to replace retiring staff, says report led by Newcastle vice-chancellor By Holly Else 31 July