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 David Matthews 8ÔÂ 2ÈÕ
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 David Matthews 8Ô 2ÈÕ
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 Jack Grove 8ÔÂ 2ÈÕ
Danish university acceptances fall by 2 per cent Drop in students getting go-ahead for study for first time in almost a decade Holly Else 8ÔÂ 1ÈÕ
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 Chris Havergal 8Ô 1ÈÕ
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¡¯ Jack Grove 7Ô 31ÈÕ
Faraday Challenge: white elephant, or future of research funding? Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model Holly Else 7ÔÂ 31ÈÕ
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 Holly Else 7Ô 31ÈÕ
Study finds European resistance to teaching in English Some University of Hamburg academics fear decline in German scholarship, and believe international students should learn German David Matthews 7ÔÂ 29ÈÕ
PhD student predicts who will die next in Game of Thrones ¡®Network science¡¯ may help to predict the plot twists in iconic television series, researcher claims Matthew Reisz 7Ô 28ÈÕ
Universities fear being shut out of EU innovation push European Innovation Council mission to create ¡®unicorns¡¯ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn David Matthews 7Ô 27ÈÕ
UK¡¯s student migration data ¡®potentially misleading¡¯ Watchdog says data ¡®does not bear the weight that is put on it in public debate¡¯ Simon Baker 7Ô 27ÈÕ