Focus on intersectionality won’t close the UK’s degree-awarding gaps
While there are ethnic, class and gender penalties, Sean Brophy found no evidence of an extra penalty for falling into more than one category
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Universities caught up in global IT outage
Computer systems, library resources and payments disrupted by defective Crowdstrike software update
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Private college faces regulator investigation
Applied Business Academy faces scrutiny over management and governance arrangements, as well as data reporting
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Geoffrey Alderman: public sector critic unrepentant on retirement
Outspoken enemy of sector regulators steps down as principal of private college, more than six decades after entering higher education sector
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Donations to UK universities hit new high
Data from Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that providers received £2.2 billion in donations and endowments last year
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Chinese language departments redraw courses in response to AI
Changing student expectations and labour market challenges also drive shift towards interdisciplinary programmes
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For better sector PR, we must update popular views of university success
Modern universities make up over half of the UK sector, yet their vital work flies under journalists’ and politicians’ radars, says Amanda Broderick
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The age of the influencer?
A new government interested in solutions not dogma should be fertile ground for those with ideas to sow – but there will be limits on blue-sky thinking
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THE Awards Arab World 2024: shortlist announced
Universities from across 15 countries and territories submitted more than 400 entries
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How Black Lives Matter and Covid reshaped university syllabuses
References to equality, diversity and inclusion all rising sharply, according to Open Syllabus database
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University summer schools are an antidote to the marketisation of HE
Summer schools are sometimes dismissed as money-spinning playgrounds for rich overseas students. But with academic life increasingly characterised by heavy workloads and regulation, faculty should...
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The week in higher education – 18 July 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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New Ucas application questions out, as applications fall further
Applications now down 1.6 per cent year-on-year, with bigger drop among international applicants
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Interview with Tom Lee
Goldsmiths creative writing lecturer talks about the difficulties of revisiting his psychological breakdown for his acclaimed memoir The Bullet
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Malaysian university seeks approval for AI-taught degree
New technology that allows AI avatars to deliver lectures could be used to ‘democratise’ access to higher education, says professor