Europe

Artificial intelligence used to cull half of applications submitted by cybersecurity scholars, before they got to human eyes

Report finds academics critical of heightened research security measures ahead of upcoming government strategy

Head of new mission group for smaller ‘research-led’ universities rejects minimum tariff and differential fee plans endorsed by larger institutions

But university says one in five degrees going had no students on them, and researcher argues Gaelic studies can be foregrounded in broader programmes

Polling suggests sector is public’s lowest priority for education investment

But experts question whether recording rape separately from other forms of serious sexual misconduct is a sensible move

Universities that were once barred from funding because of their governance model could soon regain full access to the programme 

Deans report experimenting with different assessment methods to stem risk of students falling into AI-induced ‘cognitive surrender’

Survey comes after vice-chancellors said they wanted every undergraduate in England to undertake work experience as part of their degree

Growing numbers of institutions expected to have breached new compliance rules, endangering future recruitment prospects

University leaders urge incoming government to address multibillion-euro repairs backlog that led to a campus closure 

Data shows UK research punches above its weight in industrial strategy sectors but in some regions scientific strengths are not translating to business returns