If G is a group with subgroup H and m, k are two fixed nonnegative integers, H is called an $(m,k)$ -subnormal subgroup of G if it has index at most m in a subnormal subgroup of G of defect less than or equal to k. We study the behaviour of uncountable groups of cardinality $\aleph $ where all subgroups of cardinality $\aleph $ are $(m,k)$ -subnormal.

This paper continues the investigation of the structure of uncountable groups whose large subgroups are normal. Moreover, we describe the behaviour of uncountable groups in which every large subgroup is close to normal with the only obstruction of a finite section.

A group $G$ is said to have the $T$ -property (or to be a $T$ -group) if all its subnormal subgroups are normal, that is, if normality in $G$ is a transitive relation. The aim of this paper is to investigate the behaviour of uncountable groups of cardinality  $\aleph$ whose proper subgroups of cardinality $\aleph$ have a transitive normality relation. It is proved that such a group  $G$ is a $T$ -group (and all its subgroups have the same property) provided that $G$ has an ascending subnormal series with abelian factors. Moreover, it is shown that if $G$ is an uncountable soluble group of cardinality $\aleph$ whose proper normal subgroups of cardinality  $\aleph$ have the $T$ -property, then every subnormal subgroup of $G$ has only finitely many conjugates.

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the behaviour of uncountable groups of cardinality $\aleph$ in which all proper subgroups of cardinality $\aleph$ are nilpotent. It is proved that such a group $G$ is nilpotent, provided that $G$ has no infinite simple homomorphic images and either $\aleph$ has cofinality strictly larger than $\aleph _{0}$ or the generalized continuum hypothesis is assumed to hold. Furthermore, groups whose proper subgroups of large cardinality are soluble are studied in the last part of the paper.