The UK needs a big debate on the sustainability of TPS for post-92s
Northumbria’s move to encourage staff on to USS is not about saving costs. It will allow pay to keep up with other research-intensives, says Andy Long
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Is mass cheating the inevitable result of AI’s rise?
The brief launch of an app promising to attend students’ lectures as well as write their assignments caused some academics to despair at a dystopian near-future in which learning becomes a pointless...
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Record visa rejections hit Australian higher education
Unprecedented refusal rates raise fresh doubts over risk rating methodology as officials get tough on ‘non-genuine’ students
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Loss of US dominance in education ‘mirrors car industry decline’
European destinations emerging as ‘legitimate rivals’ for international students because they are improving while US stagnates, argues paper
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Fears of free tuition crackdown as Chile moves to exempt over-30s
New right-wing president eyes reforms to student finance as part of wider austerity measures
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Junior academics ‘under-represented in university governance’
Female early career scholars found to be ‘largely absent’ from higher-level governance structures in many European countries
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Heavy part-time work cuts into study time in Japan
Most students who work more than 23 hours a week report spending ‘zero minutes’ reading but scholars say time spent in employment not wholly bad academically
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Students feel ‘misled’ after being forced to pay back loans
‘Weekend-only’ learners signed contracts in good faith before being suddenly told to repay money through no fault of their own, says NUS head
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Innovation model questioned after collapse of ‘fraud-hit’ network
Universities set to miss out on promised funding after EU fraud office finds ‘irregularities’ at body that supports HE-business collaborations
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NZ research funding reallocated towards advanced technologies
Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’
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Diplomatic ties ‘likely to spare other countries’ from visa brake
Increase in visa refusals expected to be used as primary method for addressing asylum concerns for politically important nations
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Scholars urge BBC to rethink changes to archive access
Historians say their ability to study material held in ‘mother lode of all 20th-century archives’ diminished by long suspension of vetting requests
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‘We’re still fighting’: Georgian academics battle drastic reforms
Decades-old programmes among those being lost under new system that prioritises each institution’s traditional strengths