Australian union demands inquiry into university governance
‘Consultancy addiction’ contributes to boom-bust hiring practices in a sector where executives routinely ‘out-earn the premier’
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How the British Library cyberattack disrupted research
Academics who rely on the British Library’s unmatched collection are still feeling the impact of a devastating cyberattack a year ago. Jack Grove hears from those affected and considers how another...
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Is it time to reintroduce student number controls in England?
The removal of recruitment caps in 2015 was hailed by ministers as a boon to institutions’ and students’ ambitions. But the tuition fee’s declining value and the Russell Group’s ever-growing market...
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I thought I could harness AI for the good, but I was wrong. Now what?
Encouraged to use ChatGPT to help them with the hard stuff, my students let it do all their thinking for them. Maybe I should give up, says Dan Sarofian-Butin
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Risk of compulsory redundancies as 170 staff face axe at UEA
Announcement follows the departure of 400 staff members last year as efforts to close budget black hole continue
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Trump picks WWE co-founder Linda McMahon as education secretary
President-elect says ally will ‘send education back to the states’ after pledging to get rid of department entirely
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UK’s ‘uneven’ sexual harassment policies ‘put students at risk’
Welsh regulator’s perceived failure to follow English sector lead on preventing misconduct seen as contributing to ‘patchy’ protections
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AI chatbot can conduct research interviews on unprecedented scale
Freely available tool performs strongly in trials against human interviewers and traditional online surveys
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Disadvantaged students suffer as new subject ‘cold spots’ develop
Shrinking humanities departments reducing options for those who wish to study close to home, finds British Academy
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Visa curbs drive ‘historic change’ in global student flows
Would-be international students opt to enrol closer to home, with continental Europe, Asian hubs and the Gulf seen as alternatives for learners locked out of ‘big four’
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Australian universities face uncertainty after caps’ demise
Prolonged integrity problems, ongoing visa chaos, harsher caps to come: the post-caps prospects for Australian international education
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Are universities asking too much of an academic class full of neurodiversity?
Burnout is rife in an era when the traditional attractions of academia to obsessives are diluted by many new duties, observes Joseph Cronin
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Scotland’s ‘perfect storm’ without funding to cover tax hike
Universities need £60 million boost from Holyrood budget to avoid further cuts to per-student funding, says IFS
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Hong Kong jails pro-democracy academic Benny Tai for 10 years
Ex-HKU law professor receives longest sentence to date under controversial national security law
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Indian and Pakistani universities close as smog envelopes region
Institutions switch to online learning as air pollution levels soar