University with most franchised students to cut provision by half
Buckinghamshire New University ends partnership ties with three institutions as it attempts to ‘remove its reliance’ on subcontracting
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Doctorates more professionalised, candidate status still unclear
Doctoral schools, quality assurance and supervision guidelines all on the rise but question of staff or student status still not resolved, survey finds
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UK-Israeli research ties questioned amid Gaza aid blockade
With EU reviewing Israel’s Horizon Europe participation, some believe research boycott should form part of Keir Starmer’s potential ‘targeted sanctions’
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Top Sydney universities one-third funded by Chinese students
As international education crackdown continues, new figures reveal scale of potential impact on some institutions’ finances
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Despite population decline, Korea’s Kyung Hee aims for the SKY
Leading private university pivots to graduate and international students as entire sector threatened by low birth rate
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Even in the poorest nations, universities play a vital role in the SDGs
Conflict, the climate crisis and poor infrastructure and funding mean pursuing the SDGs is a major challenge for South Sudan. But universities are still playing a positive role, especially when it...
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Yale-NUS’ book dumping was a tiny crime against culture
A library is not a fast-fashion store. You don’t discard last season’s items because nobody wanted them, says Andrew Hui
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New Welsh regulator appoints first permanent chief executive
Medr’s chief operating officer to step up at time of financial hardship for Welsh sector
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No rerun of Teaching Excellence Framework in 2027, OfS indicates
Regulator exploring how to integrate exercise into wider quality assessments
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Kendall Square also shows ‘what not to do’, says Oxford v-c
Fairness, social justice and town planning must be part of template for innovation-led growth in UK university cities, according to Irene Tracey
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Graduate employment gap at record level in under-fire statistics
Falling employment among those who don’t have degrees drives up jobs gap but annual figures to be stopped amid questions over their quality
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Cutbacks and mergers no ‘magic bullet’ for ailing universities
Risk of ‘progressively more destructive patterns of behaviour’ as UK institutions find themselves increasingly ‘boxed in’
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Business schools ‘could exit apprenticeships’ after funding axe
Programmes at risk at a time when more employers want to train their staff at higher level, say leaders
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AI is improving our rankings, but human expertise will remain vital
Large language models are becoming a powerful complement to human judgement in the validation process for our sustainability-focused rankings, says Victor Melatti