Even in hard times, teaching staff are vital assets, not costs to be shed
When teaching staff are casualised and cut while delivering the core business of universities, something is broken, say Katharine Hubbard and Damien Page
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Ukraine’s universities push to restore campus life
Attending in-person lectures seen as sign of resilience amid ongoing conflict that has damaged hundreds of university buildings
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Demand for MBAs declining amid visa and cost concerns
New survey finds students increasingly tempted to stay at home as quality of global business schools rises
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Russell Group to train 26,000 more healthcare students by 2030
Research-intensive universities also pledge to remove barriers to medical careers as part of bid to support strained NHS
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Australia fast-tracks talks on Horizon Europe association
Associating before 2027 would put country in the ‘box seat’ to access and influence massive research scheme’s next iteration
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Third of UK university students ‘from wealthiest backgrounds’
Proportion of undergraduates from families of doctors, lawyers and engineers grows in comparison with other socio-economic groups
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Graduates from deprived backgrounds ‘earn less with same degree’
Degree-holders who grew up in poverty paid thousands of pounds less than peers despite similar qualifications, finds Resolution Foundation
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China hikes research spending as self-reliance remains priority
Long-term investment plans suggest superpower’s economic development becoming ‘subservient’ to technological progress
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Viral disinformation about London safety ‘damaging universities’
Coordinated social media campaigns portraying capital city as unsafe pose problems for institutions trying to attract students
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Faculty are right that AI output is mediocre. They’re wrong about why
If AI amplifies what you bring to it, the liberal arts mission of developing critical thinkers becomes not nostalgia but practical necessity, says Nicholas Creel
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Arif Ahmed urges university leaders to stay ‘politically neutral’
Political statements by management may appear to be viewpoint of institution, warns university free speech tsar
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Senate committee to probe ‘failed promise’ of higher education
University degrees no match for bots that sift applications as well as stealing graduates’ jobs, rebel senator says
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