Europe

UK’s first professor of social mobility says institutions must focus on outreach activities that are proven to work

New partnership with the University of Bremen will involve the cross-affiliation of staff

New association will seek to tackle class-based barriers prevalent in academia, says chair

Rapid change in the business school market is ‘almost unmanageable’, according to report from the Chartered Association of Business schools

Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests

Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability

One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study

But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields, says Magdalena Skipper

Tributes paid to pioneering philosopher who established guidelines on embryo research in the UK

Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects’ cost of provision

Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12 per cent

Evidence on international students’ tax payments raises ‘serious concerns’ about rejection of post-study work visa return, says report for Hepi