Personal statements scrapped over growing ChatGPT use
Singapore Management University provost Timothy Clark says reforms will push students away from using generative AI in admissions statements
Singapore Management University provost Timothy Clark says reforms will push students away from using generative AI in admissions statements
New vetting committee for candidates is reminiscent of ‘eastern-bloc style managed democracy’, says Conservative MP
Researchers say precariously employed academics will lose out if universities are required to stump up fees for open access
Further government investment is needed to ensure UK is a ‘leading country in the G7 on R&D’, say universities, research charities and learned societies
Editors express concern over dating of soil samples ‘not associated with manmade features’, but authors attack ‘unjust retraction of groundbreaking research’
Swift clarification of exemption for mass-market books follows claims that REF open access requirements would destroy publishing opportunities for scholars
Pilot to test potential indicators announced amid sector uncertainty
University of Miami president Julio Frenk explains how his institution is reaping rewards from the tech and finance influx to south Florida
Growing use of chatbots within higher education is likely to foster unoriginal and ‘solipsistic’ thought, says IE president
London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses
Heilbronn Institute director Catherine Hobbs warns that graduates of highly selective institutions are less likely to work in school sector
Emotional strain of facing near-empty auditoriums should prompt review of university lecturing, says psychologist
Improved settlement for UK’s ‘biggest-ever’ doctoral training investment will deliver fewer funded PhD places than in previous years, UKRI confirms
Plans to introduce 20 per cent ‘baseline’ for research time will harm university’s standing in academia and beyond, warns critic
President Hugh Brady says new structures will provide ‘sandbox’ for interdisciplinary thinking and ‘shop window’ for industry engagement