Canberra pre-summit roundtables ‘will make a difference’
Amid claims outcomes of long-anticipated talkfest have been orchestrated in advance, expert says precursor events promise ‘substance’
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How quickly can academia recover from right-wing populism?
Donald Trump’s assaults on US science and universities in many ways mirror those previously enacted in Brazil by Jair Bolsonaro. Two years on from the latter’s election defeat, Patrick Jack assesses...
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University over-expansion has led to the farce of pretend graduate jobs
Employers are confining many low-skilled roles to graduates. Why should they care that this requires recruits to take on huge debt, asks Paul Wiltshire
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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