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
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 By David Matthews 29 July
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 By Matthew Reisz 28 July
Universities fear being shut out of EU innovation push European Innovation Council mission to create ¡®unicorns¡¯ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn By David Matthews 27 July
UK¡¯s student migration data ¡®potentially misleading¡¯ Watchdog says data ¡®does not bear the weight that is put on it in public debate¡¯ By Simon Baker 27 July