Australian changes risk ‘driving misbehaviour underground’
Latest tweaks to international education rules accentuate gap between treatment of public universities and increasingly desperate private colleges
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Dutch student organisations ‘at risk of disappearing’ amid cuts
Groups struggle to find board members as financial pressure on students increases, umbrella body says
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Turing to ‘step up’ defence work after government pressure
AI institute pledges to support national goals and ‘deliver innovation’ on a level not possible in individual universities
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UK universities see busiest first day of clearing on record
Number of students placed on courses on day one the highest since records began, with direct to clearing route also seeing unprecedented interest
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Real-terms fall in R&D spending ‘could hold back UK’s growth’
Warnings UK failing to keep up with international competitors as real-terms research expenditure declines
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Internationalisation questioned as Japanese far right wins seats
Success of Trump-inspired nationalist party will increase scrutiny over institutions’ plans to grow overseas intakes, academics predict
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Fears Trump-backed overseers ‘will block scientific progress’
Network of political appointees at universities and grant agencies will be difficult to dismantle, scholars warn
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‘Students-first’ university promises ‘harmonisation’ with VET
With a nod to community needs, and a nod to the political winds, Canberra puts accessibility before ‘institutional ego’
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Study participants ‘rarely told’ about results of research
Review finds strong support for dissemination of results rarely followed through in practice
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AI-based fake papers are a new threat to academic publishing
As an editor, I am receiving submissions from spurious authors consisting of previously published papers altered by AI. But why, asks Seongjin Hong
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Campus theatre performances help reduce stigma around suicide
Findings show importance of arts-based approaches to mental health challenges, say authors
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‘Uneven’ recruitment may ‘force more universities into mergers’
Record number of applicants brings temporary relief to under-pressure institutions, but issues of ‘systematic underfunding’ remain
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China unveils new visa to lure young science and tech specialists
Graduates of ‘renowned’ domestic or overseas universities targeted as part of bid to become technological superpower
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Elite universities grow intakes as more students get first choice
Rising demand from 18-year-old applicants drives up entry rate, with two-fifths of cohort set to enter most selective institutions