Mega-donation breaks new ground in German higher education Campus will be first outside a university*s home state, says Technical University of Munich By David Matthews 6 March
Ireland announces ?5 million higher education access fund New money aims to attract students from groups with historically low university participation rates By Matthew Reisz 5 March
Thinktank questions Swiss university &duplication* Federal structure has led to &expansion based purely on regional political interests*, says report By David Matthews 5 March
Minister criticised for science select committee no-show Senior MP says Sam Gyimah's failure to answer questions about research integrity may lead scholars to conclude area is 'not a ministerial priority' By Jack Grove 5 March
UK research funders target hybrid open access charges Wellcome Trust and UK Research & Innovation launch reviews of policies that require funded papers to be made freely available By Rachael Pells 5 March
Brexit: fear and opportunity for European researchers Study from UCL*s Centre for 51勛圖 Higher Education sheds light on continental perspectives on the UK*s decision to leave the European Union By Chris Havergal 4 March
Most English providers to be unregulated after OfS rules redrawn Regulator bows to pressure to scrap &basic* regulation status but stands firm on senior pay reporting rules By Jack Grove 2 March
Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste, funders told Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste By David Matthews 1 March
Restructuring the European State: European Integration and State Reform, by Paolo Dardanelli Christopher Hill on how internal national tensions have come up against the structures of the EU By Christopher Hill 1 March
Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest, by Dean Vuletic Keith Kahn-Harris on a pan-European event that is as much about competition and national identities as it is cooperation and friendship By Keith Kahn-Harris 1 March
Germany lures top young scientists with new graduate schools New centres mark new phase of collaboration between traditionally separate universities and research institutes By David Matthews 1 March
Gyimah denies Toby Young controversy has damaged OfS* credibility Recent criticisms of universities is not a &blip* but reflects dawn of &age of the student*, says minister By Jack Grove 28 February