Research careers ‘losing appeal as trust in academia falls’

Universities struggling to compete with the opportunities offered by the private sector as potential doctoral candidates question value of PhDs, summit hears

Sheffield Hallam faces strikes as Teesside job cuts fears deepen

Universities say financial pressures forcing their hands as staff discontent grows over cost-saving measures

Personalised phishing attacks likely after global Canvas hack

With data potentially stolen from 200 million users at 9,000 institutions worldwide, staff and students told to be alert for more sophisticated attempts to steal data

Professor turns his firing into fight for academic freedom

Employers fear graduates lack adaptability as AI reshapes work

Concerns that UK universities not preparing students adequately as annual survey shows big rise in performance-related issues among recent hires

Singapore ‘experiments’ with master’s for non-graduates

Postgraduate business degree with no undergraduate admission requirements ‘could be transformational’ in an ageing world, says dean

Racial diversity ‘boosts graduate salaries’, finds major study

Researchers say new findings should prompt review of Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action in admissions

Higher education steward anoints priority skills areas

Strategy statement seen as another step towards harmonisation with VET, as Atec marks the ground for compact negotiations

‘HE has given me a good career. But, my word, it’s in a terrible situation now’

The second part of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey examines the impact that the waves of layoffs have had on those left behind – and reveals a sector riven by rock-bottom...

Elitist journal lists undermine the social purpose of business schools

The FT’s list of ranking-worthy publications undercuts research into power, inequality and corporate responsibility, say Carl Rhodes and Alison Pullen 

Hertfordshire drops history, English and other humanities courses

University says programmes no longer financially viable owing to drops in recruitment

Co-design curricula with employers, universities told

Dean calls for end to ‘silos’ that exist between academics, career services and industry

Universities’ reputations ‘no longer built on research alone’

Institutions must articulate ‘clear narrative’ about what makes them different in competitive global environment, summit hears

Staffordshire v-c stands down due to health concerns

Martin Jones replaced by former Birmingham City leader Philip Plowden after resigning with immediate effect

Colleges using institutional neutrality to suppress student speech