Japan asks: how do you shrink a higher education sector fairly?
Government commission advocates for intervention in downsizing of higher education sector to avoid regional disparity
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US universities must not obey Trump and Musk in advance
At the very least, they should hold out until the administration works out how to enforce its crackdowns on DEI and research, says Johann Neem
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How Catholic should a Catholic university be?
Disagreements over the extent to which Catholic teaching should influence academic practice have caused ructions at the Australian Catholic University. But where exactly should the line between...
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Birmingham City union threatens strike action over restructure
Vice-chancellor reportedly wrote to staff encouraging them to leave if they did not support university’s new strategy
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AI: cheating matters but redrawing assessment ‘matters most’
Universities should prioritise ensuring that assessments are ‘assessing what we mean to assess’ rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating
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Hong Kong universities asked to return reserves to government
Government announces 2 per cent cut to university budget in efforts to row back public spending
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Be careful what you wish for, Australian universities told
Advocate more judiciously, sector representatives urged, as they demand more money to ‘do our job for the country’
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Australian opposition eyes fee review, grant veto, v-c pay rules
Coalition has departed from usual practice, outlining a comprehensive suite of changes if it regains government
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Nine in 10 UK undergraduates now using AI in assessments – survey
One in four students tell Hepi they use text generated by tools such as ChatGPT in submitted work
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New UKRI chief ‘ticks right boxes’ for Labour’s research missions
Arriving from outside academia means UK Research and Innovation’s new chief executive is more willing to take unorthodox but correct strategic decisions, say scientists
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Cambridge bid to ban Senate House Palestine protests ‘shameful’
University seeks five-year year injunction against protests over Middle East conflict but faces opposition from union and civil liberties group
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Don’t lament the sunset of imperial language departments
Departments should refocus on brokering linguistic services to meet the needs of staff and students in a polyglot world, says Tomasz Kamusella
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‘Devastating’: jobs on the line as Edinburgh cuts £140 million
Principal warns of ‘radical university-wide actions, which will lead to a smaller staff base’
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OfS notified as Greater Manchester probes ‘concerning’ claims
Shadow minister urges government to investigate reports of attempts to pay money to relatives of university managers
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Trump ‘has public support’ to stamp out campus antisemitism
Universities must change their language to survive assault on DEI, says former Trump chief of staff