UK universities reject ‘improved’ offer from Springer Nature
University groups say the proposed agreement with the German-British publisher ‘still does not meet the needs of the sector and our members’
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To outwit ChatGPT, lecturers must embrace it
Forcing undergraduates to use AI chatbots as a learning tool will help students and educators, argues Dan Sarofian-Butin
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To be or not to be a university: Australia’s identity crisis
Tough new demands requiring institutions to produce world-class research could put some universities’ titles under threat. But is that a good thing?
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Korean universities poised to abandon 14-year tuition fee freeze
More universities may opt to increase charges if government offers no way out of growing deficits, scholar warns
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Florida governor DeSantis escalates battle with College Board
State education department head suggests SAT could be replaced by Christian-oriented alternative
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‘Blindsided’ UCU members say pause in strike action ‘unjustified’
UCU leadership criticised for making ‘unilateral’ decisions as academics scramble to get back to work
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Having too many early-morning classes ‘drags down student grades’
One in three students misses 8am classes, and having more early starts is associated with lower grades, Singapore study finds
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Nottingham-Ukraine master’s ‘will help fight Russian propaganda’
Dual history programme for Ukrainian students will be developed and offered with Ukrainian Catholic University, one of six schemes to share charity funding
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Oxford professor Angela McLean named UK chief scientific adviser
Science community welcomes appointment, which follows creation of dedicated Whitehall department
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Tragedy of Taliban’s ban on female students is starting to hit home
In the week his sister should have graduated in Kabul as a doctor, PhD student Naimat Zafary describes the reality for Afghan women denied their degrees
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Phakeng’s future at Cape Town in balance amid suspension reports
Fate of vice-chancellor set to be decided at crunch meeting, with student protests also disrupting start of academic year
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Students resist returning to campus after Michigan State shooting
University leadership attempts to restart in-person operations but students still in mourning say ‘we aren’t ready’
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Essex plans Clacton research centre to boost coastal communities
University hiring professor to direct Centre for Coastal Communities, based in Essex seaside town hit by deprivation
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Germany’s sweeping innovation strategy is ‘ministerial wish list’
Flying taxis indicative of a free-for-all, say critics, who see a half-baked attempt at a whole-government approach
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Australian staff ‘underpaid by more than A$83 million’
Union calls for criminalisation of ‘wage theft’ with jail time for worst offenders