Careful, collective deliberation is key to educational success with AI

Some of the most important questions around accuracy, bias, authorship and appropriate use might not be immediately visible, says Santa Ono

Iran ceasefire brings hope after university attacks ‘normalised’

Escalating conflict in the Middle East has seen institutions increasingly drawn into the fighting, with material and psychological damage leaving long tail

Scottish Tories pledge to protect free university tuition

Conservative manifesto ahead of Holyrood poll promises to promote alternatives to higher education, but declines to row back on totemic fee policy

NSW governance probe recommends scrutiny of UTS and Wollongong

‘Focused interim action’ required on a sector that politicians say is ‘sacrificing fundamental social benefits in the pursuit of corporate outcomes’

Australian sector braces for ‘more control’ in looming strategy

Notwithstanding other ‘unfinished business’ in international education, government maintains focus on integrity and numbers

Academics risk ‘losing craft of feedback’ if outsourced to AI

Productivity gains from using technology to mark students’ work a ‘false economy’ given loss of skills and relationships, argues new paper

‘Confidence without attitude’: Haas dean aims for bolder approach

New leader of top business school believes it has been ‘underselling’ itself and needs to show its worth in world buffeted by Trump, AI and continued questioning of MBAs

Rockets are not good metaphors for research success

How we describe research groups can shape how we lead them. It’s time we abandon images that normalise exploitation, says Anders Bach-Mortensen

University of Wisconsin system ousts its president

Unite calls 24-hour strike at three Scottish universities

Cleaners, security guards and technicians to walk out after unions reject below-inflation pay rise

Student loan interest rates capped at 6 per cent over Iran war

Maximum interest rate to be limited as Westminster government continues to look at wider reforms to controversial student finance system

Bringing stopped-out students back to college

‘Past its peak’ US higher education system faces ‘polycrisis’

Series of pressures sector faces could trigger a shift from ‘college for all’ toward ‘college for some’, according to futurist

Tackle ‘AI slop’ in education research ‘or lose teacher trust’

Teacher-turned-sleuth Stephen Vainker warns rise of chatbot language in journals will further erode school confidence in education faculties

UK job cuts hit English and modern languages staff hardest

‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’