Attacks make work more vital, says founder of EDI institute
Leader of first institution dedicated solely to diversity training says it faces ‘environment of significant risk and hostility’
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Fee levy funds should be ‘used to tackle participation gaps’
Using money raised from international fees could help support most disadvantaged to attend university, finds inquiry
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Have chatbots killed the student essay?
This year’s marking season has confirmed for many academics that, less than three years since the launch of ChatGPT, AI use by students has become so rife that their submitted writing is no longer a...
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Resisting the temptations of AI may be impossible for underpaid markers
Teaching assistants have demanded fair pay for years but industrial action has made little progress. AI offers a significant raise, notes Michael Buehler
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Students who take online English tests ‘struggle with courses’
University staff growing increasingly concerned about students’ declining English proficiency, finds study
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Decades-old music school among casualties as ANU cuts mount
Australian National University’s 60-year-old school to become a ‘programme’, as performance, composition and theory give way to ‘music and well-being’
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More jobs at risk as universities gear up to fight student levy
Domestic student places and essential courses face axe as plan to tax international tuition fees could prove to be ‘final nail in a coffin’ for some institutions
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Technology ‘more important than location’ for business schools
Leader of management school with bases around the world says technological advances make opening more campuses unnecessary
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‘Much more funding’ needed for UK to attract US science talent
Leading light of Cambridge biotech industry Greg Winter says country should seize ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to poach American scientists fleeing Trump cuts
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The humanities must have a role in overseeing AI ‘censorship’
Restrictions on what models will discuss are necessary, but ill-informed blocks distort inquiry, say Lorna Waddington and Richard de Blacquiere-Clarkson
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AHRC names winners of new PhD funding awards
Around 200 doctorates funded across 10 university consortia in new model for arts and humanities postgraduate research funding
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Dutch government U-turns on controversial ‘foreign language test’
Strict conditions aimed at preventing bulk of teaching in a language other than Dutch removed for existing programmes
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‘Dramatic’ shift in medical school access key to NHS 10-year plan
Institutions with track record of widening participation to be prioritised for expansion while those not moving fast enough face being struck off
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Treat student complaints as learning opportunities – ombudsman
Suspensions and expulsions are signs of ‘institutional failure’ to appreciate students’ ‘challenging life circumstances’, Australia’s new welfare arbiter says
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