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It’s time to take TikTok degrees seriously
Laugh at the ‘influencer major’ but the real joke is the supposedly ‘safe’ university degrees we’re still selling, says Matthew Brophy
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Monash’s Italian outpost is beyond Australia’s European horizon
The first stand-alone Australian university base in Europe has flourished since opening 25 years ago today
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Enrolments on humanities degrees teeter on the edge
History and social sciences tick upwards but languages and creative arts continue to fall, while vocational subjects rise
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Can Indonesia’s universities match its government’s ambitions?
Higher education is under pressure to help deliver Indonesia’s 8 per cent target for economic growth. But should institutions be focusing on internationalisation, funding reform or commercial...
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News Talks podcast: What the new science minister means for UK research
We discuss how Chris McDonald is progressing in his role as minister for science, and whether his appointment signals a major change in direction for research activities in UK universities
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Can AI patients improve medical training?
One Hong Kong university has rolled out a Cantonese-trained, AI-driven virtual elderly client for teaching social workers
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UK universities may have to ditch degrees, ex-Ucas boss warns
Mary Curnock Cook tells sector to reflect on how digital provision has transformed journalism amid a ‘nightmare scenario’ facing higher education
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Academia must ‘engage with’ anti-woke research critics
Experts urge universities to better ‘demonstrate the value of public research’, as critics such as Charlotte Gill ‘rage bait’ sector on X
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Australian university funding bill set to pass Senate
Passage of legislation appears assured after Greens ‘secured’ government’s agreement to a dozen amendments
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Only scant relief in Australia’s R&D tax break plans, groups say
Lobbyists say constraints on the R&D Tax Incentive outweigh the benefits, despite unexpectedly favourable treatment of biomedical research
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Ministers won’t bow to Plan 2 loan reform pressure, experts say
Martin Lewis hopes autumn budget will address controversial threshold freeze, as MPs try to force total system review
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The Jason Arday tragedy underscores the perils of tokenism
When an institution defines you by your trauma narrative or your skin colour, it leaves no room for you to be ordinary, says Aymen Idris