The week in higher education – 4 January 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Can England’s university funding system be fixed?
Long-frozen, loan-funded tuition fees are neither covering course costs nor, arguably, fairly recognising the benefits of higher education to society and employers. But is there an alternative that...
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If you’re worried about censorship, blame ‘adults these days’
Generation Z students may hold different views on risk, conflict and identity from prior cohorts, but who did they learn them from, asks Musa al-Gharbi
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Four in five universities struggle on Turing Scheme applications
Higher education providers participating in UK’s Erasmus+ alternative say application process was either very or fairly difficult
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One ranking to rule them all? Absolutely not
There is no single or ‘correct’ way to rank universities – and that’s a very good thing, writes Phil Baty
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Online pioneers begin urgent pursuit of value from AI
Stepping down from SNHU presidency, LeBlanc joins Siemens in pushing US higher education to take the generative intelligence challenge far more seriously
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OfS’ delayed Stock investigation ‘shows free speech difficulties’
As high-profile case drags on, legal experts say issues regulator has faced are a harbinger of what is to come
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Open University posts £25 million deficit as recruitment drops
Some other larger universities also in deficit as universities publish accounts amid bleak climate on funding
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Freeman: UK will never be science superpower behind visa paywall
The former science minister talks to Jack Grove about his concerns over recent visa reforms and his ‘lonely battle’ to keep Britain in Horizon Europe
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White-walled lecture theatres are a missed teaching opportunity
During every teaching session, students’ minds inevitably wander. We need to accommodate this part of the learning process, too, says Brad Evans
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Claudine Gay quits as Harvard University president
Premier institution loses first black leader after record short tenure amid persistent partisan pressure and evidence of her own scholarly failings
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Sunak warned against ‘talking up’ overseas student dependant rule
Prime minister’s drive for ‘political capital’ on net migration risks ‘long-term damage’ to international reputation, UK sector warns
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Quality ‘at risk’ as cash-strapped Korean campuses look overseas
Chungbuk National University head says simply ‘selling degrees’ is not in the interest of students or the sector
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Sabbatical payout pushes Oxford spending on v-cs past £1 million
Former leader Dame Louise Richardson left with equivalent of year’s pay on top of her usual salary, accounts reveal
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Open science ‘has turned Dutch research funding into lottery’
Leading cell biologist says outstanding young researchers are missing out on funding as panellists are focusing excessively on open science contributions