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LLMs cannot be relied on to give accurate indication of student performance, researchers find, as universities explore ways of relieving pressure on markers

Senate committee inquiry blocked and stakeholder objections ignored, as ‘wide-ranging’ powers become law

Burnham government seen as more likely than Starmer to act on growing calls to relieve pressure on young graduates

Prestigious programme that has brought international scholars to Tsinghua for past 10 years aims to foster ‘more nuanced view’ of Eastern giant – despite ever-changing geopolitics

Democratic role needs protection from ‘creeping regulation’ and ‘populist backlashes’, says legal scholar

Ben Macpherson leaves government after serving just three months in newly expanded role

Elite US institution pulls plug on research centre in troubled internationalisation hub

Any concessions made by new prime minister likely to be fiercely opposed by universities fearful of losing millions of pounds in income

Threat highlights uncertainty for dual-sector universities, with twice as many masters holding the purse strings

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan urged to ensure domestic universities and research systems benefit from branch campus push

Book charting ascent to Cambridge professorship to be released posthumously, family confirms

No signs Flávio Bolsonaro would depart from jailed father’s anti-science legacy, experts say, but Lula has also struggled to relieve pressure on higher education

Erasmus-supported cohort ‘shocked’ to learn they had been reported to the Home Office for completing studies midway through final projects

Several Australian universities pause applications from Iran but say government unclear over whether students from sanctioned countries banned

Union passes vote of no confidence in executive board over high workloads and job insecurity

Weaker earnings prompt stock sell-off, as survey by Navitas reveals ‘unintended consequences’ of policy changes

Campaign groups say regulator should expect influx of cases, but many academics are still not aware that the long-delayed complaints scheme is set to launch

US institutions told they could lose funding if they retain links with foreign universities deemed risk to national security

Braverman targeting ‘lawful residents’ with plans to ‘ban foreign students’ from accessing loans, says UUK chief

Nathan Cofnas says he will ‘probably be fired’ as Ghent begins disciplinary proceedings

Government amendments as bill passes first stage ‘fix minor drafting errors identified by my department’, minister explains

Employer body says it is unable to instruct institutions to increase staff pay until unions decide whether to enter dispute

Chichester steps in to teach out programmes after sudden closure of APAC

Detectors can help pinpoint where image manipulation is occurring but should not be seen as a ‘universal truth machine’, experts say

Funder told to change its eligibility criteria described as a ‘de facto ban on supporting new organisations’

Popstar Shakira joins efforts to help repair damage at university damaged in the disaster

Decisions ‘above my pay grade’, says Nobel laureate, as authorities quash joint research into pain relief and drug-resistant tuberculosis

Academic integrity giant denies accusations as university declines to renew contract in favour of ‘other options’

New £500 million development built on site once compared to a war zone gears up for autumn launch

Recovery rate of research improves slightly in latest Trac figures, but remains well below historic highs

Specialist provider shuts after losing grant support, with more than 200 students impacted

University system already reliant on international students’ tuition fees now depends on visa fees as well

Universities’ continued use of online exams risks undermining public confidence in degrees, argues Policy Exchange