UK universities’ academic misconduct procedures are not fair
The experienced lawyers we surveyed were consistently sceptical about arrangements’ consistency and robustness, say Alex Fairbairn and Daniel Sokol
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All Manchester students to go out on placement as part of degrees
Universities must provide more of the types of experiences that would once have been gained during first graduate job, says vice-chancellor
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Turkey reverses move to close university after student protests
Istanbul Bilgi University handed reprieve after authorities abandon attempts to close it over concerns about parent company
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OfS could charge large universities £50K more under new proposals
New fee structure for English regulator seeks to relieve ‘higher burden’ being placed on smaller providers
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More flexible student loans key to reforming ‘failing system’
Submissions to UK parliamentary inquiry also stress need for new mechanisms to ensure higher earners pay more
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Polish academics call for research funding to be trebled
Public science sector at risk of disappearing in next decade without big injection of funds, politicians warned
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Standardise funding of research overheads, Canberra told
Dedicated stream from Medical Research Future Fund will ‘begin’ to solve problem, independent research institutes say
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Do UK university finances justify the redundancy wave – or v-c pay?
Times Higher Education’s recent survey of UK university staff revealed widespread scepticism about whether the state of sector finances truly justifies the scale of job cuts being made, or the...
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Market competition is hollowing out humanities in England
Hertfordshire’s announcement of course closures is the latest example of a dynamic that narrows access and deepens inequality, says Dragan Plavsic
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US fuel blockade ‘brutal’ for Cuba’s universities, minister says
Constant power outages and lack of fuel risks causing lasting damage to island’s higher education sector, warns Reynaldo Velázquez Zaldívar
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Two in five universities considering mergers as majority cut jobs
UK institutions look to structural changes to address cost pressures, but warn there is only so much they can do without government support
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Why short-lived ‘research breadth’ rule failed in Australia
Requirement that universities produce ‘world standard’ research in at least half of fields taught encouraged too many ‘broad-based’ institutions, critics say, but its demise could end up hurting some
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The UK Biobank breach shows the need for data management training
Modern research culture’s encouragement of widespread sharing makes disclosure risks inevitable, say Elizabeth Green and Felix Ritchie
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European academics shun US business conference over Trump fears
Academy of Management to move event in future years as regular attendees stay at home owing to visa fears and opposition to president’s research policies