Bologna rector: ‘No tension between tradition and innovation’
The success of the West’s oldest university is down to its ability to adapt to the challenges of each era and a strong relationship with its city, Giovanni Molari tells Seher Asaf
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South Africa looks at alternatives for ‘unsustainable’ aid scheme
Higher education minister says greater use of student loans could form part of the solution for the trouble-hit National Student Financial Aid Scheme
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UK ‘not making the most’ of universities’ soft power, MP says
US retreat means the UK has unique opportunity to become the ‘global destination of talent’, but risks squandering it, v-cs and politicians tell Labour conference
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Horizon Europe gets €500 million boost in final two years
New funding will finance research into a ‘nature-positive economy and society’ and preparations for the next, expanded Horizon programme
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Three convicted of kidnapping murdered Cambridge PhD student
The Egyptian security officers were tried in Rome after Giulio Regeni’s mutilated body was found on a Cairo roadside in 2016
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OpenAI on campus: ‘little choice but to be complicit’
Student ambassador programme is the latest example of AI solidifying its place on university campuses, but observers question its ethics
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Are international hubs the key to a flourishing branch campus?
A handful of high-profile developments purpose-built for global outposts have sprung up across Asia in the past two decades, promising vibrant, collaborative environments, sometimes at little cost....
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Black academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequences
Scholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree
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Sub-Saharan African research growth ‘outpacing’ industry links
New report highlights potential for high publication growth to drive economic and social benefit across region, but industry collaboration gap is widening
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Shared representation for v-cs and chancellors may cause tension
New arrangement not necessarily a conflict but it makes the advocacy job harder, says Australian governance expert
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French academics aim to ‘produce ideas politicians no longer do’
With France’s universities under mounting pressure, academics are organising from the ground up to rethink the system
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University of East London expands into Florida
The London university will roll out undergraduate and master’s degrees as soon as January 2027 as part of its global push
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Universities are part of solution to NEETs crisis, v-cs insist
But universities should increasingly look to establish a relationship between students, regions and local communities, Labour conference hears
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UK HE ‘needs to get its credibility back’, Labour conference hears
Scandals about franchised provision have undermined the sector, and universities need to ensure failings are not repeated, vice-chancellors say