Funding challenges mean UK ‘risks falling behind’ on AI education
University finances and ‘painfully slow’ accreditation processes contributing to UK lagging behind neighbours on AI training, experts warn
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Paid carer’s leave ‘could help struggling university staff’
UK institutions urged to go beyond their legal responsibilities to help staff with caring commitments
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Are Australian universities crying wolf over their finances?
Redundancies are being pushed through at many universities even as their accounts attest to relatively robust financial health. But as Labor’s de facto caps on international enrolment start to bite,...
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To best preserve US science, Europe should focus help on junior scholars
Early career researchers are most in need of rapid support for work halted by political interference or sudden funding loss, say five scholars
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Lincoln staff vote for strike action over further job cuts
University employees back industrial action, accusing leaders of poor financial management
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Risk of HE reform being sidelined as ministers focus on skills
With spending review expected to leave little room to manoeuvre, focus on post-16 agenda worries universities
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Top leaders ‘won’t touch Florida’ after Ono’s public rejection
Politicised appointment processes threaten to leave key university positions in red states only open to ‘ideologues’
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Quarter of UK’s AI research collaborations done with China
East-West partnerships playing an ‘increasingly substantial role’ in development of critical technologies but geopolitics puts trend under threat, finds British Council
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Bournemouth UCU calls four days of strikes over exam season
University ‘unlikely to be able to award degrees’, union says, as it holds walkouts over 100 job cuts - but institution insists it has a contingency plan
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Entrepreneurship education can bridge gap between universities and SDGs
The operational functions of universities mean many are ill-equipped to fully support global priorities. The answer lies in integrating entrepreneurship education into their core mission, says...
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English universities must be involved at all levels of the skills system
As Skills England begins its work, HEIs must embrace an agenda closely tied to ministers’ ambitions for the economy and the regions, says David Bell
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Fears for Polish research reforms as right-winger wins presidency
Historian Karol Nawrocki could use veto to block changes, adding to academics’ frustration over slow progress
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Metro mayors get share as research spend set to hit £22.5 billion
Pledging to invest £86 billion over the rest of the decade, Labour promises local input into decisions over how to spend some of the fund
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Make Horizon part of trade talks, universities tell Canberra
Involvement in giant research collaboration scheme would provide ‘a seat at the table’ as US partnership frays