Sheffield Hallam drops plan to employ staff via subsidiary firm
University to keep employing academics directly after predictions that contribution rates to Teachers’ Pension Scheme will come down
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Marking boycotters face heavy sanctions as assessments disrupted
Edinburgh extends pay deductions to those who refuse to cover for colleagues taking part in industrial action
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Universities too reliant on cuts to balance the books – Blunkett
Former education secretary says mergers the solution for institutions in financial crisis as he calls for more ‘ambition’ in higher education
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Two-fifths ‘unable to express views’ on some humanities courses
Hitherto unpublished Australian data unpacks the institutions and disciplines where freedom of expression is particularly ‘constrained’
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The outsourcing of my job mirrors what is happening in the UK sector
Universities are using a short-term cash crunch to make long-term structural changes, including greater reliance on private providers, says Glyn Robbins
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Do we need harsher sanctions for research misconduct?
A series of new initiatives to punish researchers for retractions and AI hallucinations has led to fierce disagreements about whether such draconian methods are merited by the nature and scale of...
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‘Inconsistent’ AI detection ‘should prompt assessment rethink’
Study finds detectors struggle to accurately identify amount of AI content when papers have been partially human written
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King’s Birthday Honours: top accolades for data science pioneers
University of Lancashire vice-chancellor and former chief executive of Advance HE also recognised in annual list
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EU would ‘regret’ Horizon Europe budget cuts ‘for years’
University groups say plans to reduce funding for flagship research programme an ‘astonishing act of political incoherence’
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Top universities’ reliance on Chinese dollars continues to climb
Chinese tuition fees contribute 35 per cent of revenue for leading Australian universities, as figures reveal ‘structural gap’ in funding
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Russell Group warned over ‘divisive’ support for entry thresholds
New leader of research-intensive grouping says ‘challenging conversations’ needed but critics urge united front against political attacks
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Meningitis B vaccine offered to all freshers after Kent outbreak
School-leavers across the UK to be offered two-dose vaccination from July onwards
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ERC banks on new ‘super grants’ to attract top researchers
Latest effort to lure leading scholars to Europe comes as concerns grow over political oversight of research in the US
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Why universities should care about the first five years of life
Widening access cannot begin at 18. Most factors that affect attainment are in place before students start school, say Amanda Broderick and Christian Guy