Sheffield’s renowned chemistry department at risk in latest cuts
Plans to cut staff numbers in department that has produced four Nobel prizewinners will harm university’s research reputation, warns UCU
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Nottingham UCU to strike for two months and start marking boycott
University faces major escalation of industrial action after putting 2,700 people at risk of redundancy
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Grade inflation much higher in ‘AI-exposed’ degrees
Rise in top marks was most prevalent when students completed written tasks at home, says University of California, Berkeley scholar
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Staff see King’s merger as start of ‘bifurcation’ of sector
Attitude towards proposed deal mixed across two institutions, with Cranfield staff hoping for more security while many King’s employees see move as risky
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Ban for authors submitting AI content ‘welcome but unenforceable’
Research integrity experts commend arXiv’s crackdown on bogus AI-written citations but warn it may be impossible to police at scale
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José Manuel Barroso: Horizon shift needed in ‘difficult’ times
Former commission head discusses competitiveness focus of ‘revolutionary’ Horizon programme, why Europe has to increase spending on defence research and the need for more scientific expertise in...
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English universities’ caution about the LLE is hardly surprising
For the initiative to fulfil its potential, we need funding incentives, clearer understanding of demand and better policy alignment, says Jamie Roberts
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One in four Australian graduates ‘squandering their skills’
Lack of ‘suitable jobs’ for PhDs represents a ‘structural failure’ to capitalise on the ‘public investment’ in their education
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Why we are not appealing the Sussex free speech case
Letting the judgment against the OfS stand is the best way to achieve freedom of speech and academic freedom across English HE, says Josh Fleming