AI risk to university jobs despite staff believing roles are safe
Automation may be used as an excuse to cut further posts, experts warn, even if it isn’t capable of replacing academics
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If the ERC is the victim of its own success, how can it be saved?
The European Research Council’s swiftly withdrawn proposal to limit resubmissions was decried as an own goal for the ‘Champions League’ of research. But how else can the pressure be eased on referees...
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Declaring retractions is a small step towards accountability in Indian HE
Universities and researchers alike are currently able to distort the truth with impunity. Attaching consequences to retractions could help, says Pushkar
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Australian R&D spending rebounds but cross-subsidy still key
New figures highlight contribution of international education – and danger of shutting it down
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New Zealand to scrap fee-free university scheme
Students will no longer be given money off in final year as coalition minister calls policy ‘wasteful spending’
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Sexual harassment worse at more elite universities
Students on languages, medicine and veterinary sciences courses also report far higher incidents of harassment than sector average
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Labour ‘may back down’ on migration curbs after election losses
Party predicted to abandon efforts to ‘out-Reform Reform’ despite losing half of seats, potentially easing pressure on universities struggling to recruit international students
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Bishop quits as ANU chancellor, citing ‘regulatory overreach’
Embattled leader warns interference was making her work untenable, but opponents say regulator’s actions are warranted
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Public engagement declining amid UK financial pressures
Time spent on events and free exhibitions drops as academics face ‘work intensification and time deprivations’
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British medical students abroad ‘may abandon NHS’ after new law
UK nationals have increasingly looked abroad for medical training in recent years in light of caps on domestic places, but new laws mean they will find it harder to secure a job at home
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Retractions ‘must be the start of AI slop clean-up’, says critic
Withdrawal of education papers by British Education Research Association is long overdue, says integrity campaigner who argues more retractions are needed
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The OfS should appeal against the flawed Sussex free-speech ruling
The verdict wrongly overlooks the Equality Act’s role in determining what universities can be expected to do to protect free speech, says Maya Forstater
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Smith: Target quality over ‘bums on seats’ to win over Home Office
Skills minister acknowledges commitment to reducing net migration is causing ‘competing priorities’ in UK government