The European University Association (EUA) is to lead a project to develop a scorecard aimed at benchmarking university autonomy across Europe.

The French government has just announced the six first campuses to benefit from a €5 billion investment from the sale of shares in the energy company EDF. And Paris is not included.

German science is on a high, as new elite universities are named a week after bagging the physics and chemistry Nobels.

If the UK government truly believes universities are central not only to the economy, but the fabric of society, it must set them free, says Professor Rick Trainor, President of Universities UK.

Queen’s University Belfast has launched a scheme to encourage more students to study scientific and technical subjects.

Despite their new legal status, French universities are still characterised by overcrowded classrooms, underpaid professors and bureaucracy. So, plus ça change?

The United Arab Emirates are leading a Gulf spending spree to invest their oil billions in science and technology – and Western universities are counting the rewards.

Matching consumer demand with R&D may seem like an obvious starting point for innovation. But it has proven a transient goal for many countries and companies.

The US federal spending on R&D continues its skyward progression.

IBM has teamed up with seven universities in the USA, in a deal that might smooth over some conflicts.