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A 2017 speech by Emmanuel Macron on European identity has led to the creation of an initial 17 pan-continental consortia involving 114 universities. But do they amount to anything more than yet more vacuous memoranda of understanding? David Matthews reports

Students in the Netherlands are resisting use of software to stop cheating on exams, citing concerns about consent, intrusion and security of personal data

Some types of patient data, crucial for understanding who might be worst hit by the virus, are often inaccessible for researchers. A new portal hopes to change that

In contrast to other countries, philosophers, historians, theologians and jurists have played a major role advising the state as it seeks to loosen restrictions

¡®There is a life in science beyond the virus,¡¯ warns German rectors¡¯ head, amid calls for attention to the trade-offs between shutdowns and scientific progress

With insights from a variety of fields potentially useful in the fight against coronavirus, some French academics are arguing for more research and data to be made publicly available

Mauro Ferrari leaves after just four months in role following rejection of his suggestion that council launch a programme to fight Covid-19

One epidemiologist called a colleague a ¡°charlatan¡± over his coronavirus tweets. Should academics ¡°stay in their lane¡±  when commenting on the pandemic?

As Pope Francis urges Catholic HE to change, the Holy See¡¯s quality agency evaluates close to 300 ¡®ecclesiastical faculties¡¯ worldwide ¨C with just four staff

As labs shut, researchers in Milan fear losing months of work ¨C and urge colleagues abroad to prepare now for similar restrictions

Research centre meant to support ¡®politically useful ideas¡¯ such as Orb¨¢n¡¯s claim of Turkic ancestry for nation as government pivots away from EU, scholars claim