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Will a mission group revival save universities or divide them?
Financial and political pressures have prompted universities to siphon themselves off into various groupings. Can such bodies help secure a fair deal for the sector, or are they destined to end up as...
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New UKRI targets for industry-funded research ‘challenging’
Dramatically increasing private spending on research may be unrealistic given current economic conditions, funder warned
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Iranian scholars fear tougher clampdown as protests spread
Campuses closed in attempt to quell unrest, with experts warning of risk of further brain drain unless protests deliver meaningful political change
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After being falsely branded an AI plagiarist, how can I accuse students?
Maybe I need to drop the illusion that I can spot AI-written text and, instead, devise assignments that AI can’t help with, says David Mingay
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UCU calls strike ballot at Durham over workload fears
Union says reduction in staff numbers has led to increased pressure but university warns potential industrial action lacks justification
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Cambridge college defends private school recruitment drive
‘No change’ in widening participation policy, says Trinity Hall, after plans to target students from Eton and Winchester leak
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Scottish university funding review ‘kicks issues into long grass’
Three-year degrees, international student levy, graduate contributions and role of colleges should all be considered by politicians if universities are to survive, says report
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New Liverpool Bengaluru campus takes shape as provost appointed
Russell Group university’s new India outpost prepares to admit first students in August
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AI can help research have more real-world impact, argues paper
New technologies must be used in ways that ‘strengthen, rather than replace, human expertise’, report authors warn
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MBAs are a worsening deal for Chinese students – and university treasurers
Many of the business schools that prop up universities, in both China and the West, are bankrolled by Chinese families’ ambition. But amid economic slowdown and a growing recognition of the limits of...
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Promoting a sense of visceral safety would get the best out of academics
Academia is inherently competitive but we can reduce the debilitating sense of constant threat, say Catelijne Coopmans and Catherine Montgomery