Excellence isn’t enough – it must come with societal impact too
The Sustainable Development Goals – and independent assessments based on them – help guide the University of Manchester towards its ‘north star’, writes vice-chancellor Duncan Ivison
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Universities must help shut down the illicit AI detection economy
Anxious students offer rich pickings for those offering to check their AI-likelihood scores, say Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and James Mian Jia
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University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’
Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go
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SOAS provost to take over as v-c at strike-hit Goldsmiths
Joanna Newman joins under-pressure creative arts institution in the autumn
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Dutch university allowed to use gender quota in aerospace degree
TU Delft plans to set aside 132 of 440 places in its programme for women to address decades of under-enrolments
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Laura Trott: ‘we’re not on an anti-university crusade’
Shadow minister says institutions delivering strong graduate outcomes should be better funded, with money taken off those failing to deliver for students
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Changing the system ‘more important than upskilling’
South-east Asia must take a wider approach to addressing the region’s rapidly evolving skill needs, forum hears
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Maths course closure at Dundee a ‘national tragedy’
University defends decision to shutter provision after more than a century because of declining recruitment
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Hertfordshire to cut 200 jobs in bid to save £20 million
Vice-chancellor says action must be taken to ‘remain financially sustainable’
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Sharp rise in ERC advanced grant applications from outside Europe
UK again claims top spot in highly competitive scheme, with big increase in interest from US researchers after relocation funding announced
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Complacency hampering Indonesian research culture, says minister
Senior academics need to recapture their love for research, according to former professor-turned-politician
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English test options ‘confusing’ international students
Range of current providers and questions around which assessment is best requires greater clarity from universities, UKCISA warns
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UK ‘may live to regret’ loss of Turing exchange scheme
Focus on widening participation and shorter exchanges difficult to replicate in wider Erasmus programme, experts fear
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Paternity leave ‘shockingly low’ at several UK universities
Campaigners call for institutions to commit to giving new dads six weeks off as audit reveals stark differences in entitlements across sector
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In the AI age, oracy can be the most valuable graduate skill – if we instil it
Imagine if every student graduated with evidence not only of what they knew, but also of how effectively they could communicate it, says Bruce Hood