Huddersfield criticised for cutting jobs during summer holidays
University accused of trying to dodge proper consultation by unveiling latest cuts while staff are away
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Mexico looks to US and beyond to recruit staff and students
Chance to ensure research has ‘real impact’ in fast-developing country attracting top scholars from abroad, rectors say
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Vacancies ‘an opportunity to reshape South African mathematics’
Three hundred mathematicians expected to have retired by middle of the century
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Chinese funder lets women get early career grants up to age 48
Female researchers given additional three years to apply to reflect childbearing and caring responsibilities
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Military academies could face challenge over race in admissions
After being exempted from Supreme Court ruling on Harvard and UNC, training grounds for Pentagon officers face their own legal threat
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World Reputation Rankings 2023: methodology
Our Academic Reputation Survey forms the foundation for these rankings, meaning that they are built on the insights of a representative sample of global experts
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To become world-class, India’s universities need to collaborate
Working together to tackle specific teaching and research needs could seed high-quality research institutes, say Diya Dutt and Sudarshan Saha
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USS chief executive gets £260K bonus ahead of departure
Bill Galvin receives overall pay packet of £790,000, one of 212 pension fund staff paid more than £100,000
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OpenAI shelves chatbot text detector over accuracy concerns
ChatGPT creator concedes tool set up to help educators identify when students are using AI in essays does not work properly
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Half of universities pay ransoms in hacking attacks
Payments to attackers do not shorten recovery times for compromised institutions, survey reveals
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Universities join alliance to tackle semiconductor ‘skills gap’
Cambridge-based chipmaker Arm warns of ‘clear mismatch’ between graduate skills and industry needs
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Edtech firms ‘lack evidence’ to prove products’ impact – Unesco
Studies claiming how technology can ‘transform’ educational systems require more academic rigour, finds new report
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US rejects majority of student visa applications from Africa
Figures published for first time show how refusals vary by continent, as overall rejection rate rises to 31 per cent
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Vietnam’s German university struggles to loosen government grip
Battle over who should have final say over professorship appointments demonstrates difficulty in reconciling starkly different academic cultures
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Australian accord proposals ‘will tie administrators’ hands’
Landmark report has generated applause but could deny vice-chancellors a free hand