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Universities in Central and Eastern Europe have already begun helping students, academics and researchers affected by the war – but the scale of the problem is still unknown

Russian rectors have fallen into line behind Vladimir Putin, shocking European academics. But some think their statement was made under duress

As movement to suspend western research ties to Russia gathers speed, the Dutch and Slovenian governments, and a European academic group, announce sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine

Formal joint projects are suspended. But that doesn’t mean academics can’t keep talking to Russians, or even doing private research, says the head of the German rectors’ conference

In letters to EU and UK leaders, House of Lords European affairs committee calls for a ‘high-level political intervention’ to unblock the association talks

They were promised more money, but in the first year of the revamped EU student mobility scheme universities got less - leaving students facing uncertainties over their grants. Some say such hiccups are to be expected when new rules are kicking in

Several organisations and institutions have had to clarify they are not expelling Russian students after claims by a Kremlin-supporting official circulated on social media

EU will not make any payments under existing contracts and has put four new Horizon Europe grant agreements involving Russian partners on hold

Danes follow Germany in cutting academic links and sanction Belarus too