For two decades, Germany has spent billions of euros on boosting the research capacity of its top institutions. As selection proceeds for another six-year Excellence Strategy, Emily Dixon examines...
Let’s focus concern about AI’s energy and water use where it can make the biggest difference and demand accountability from developers, says Cal Innes
Two institutions enrol almost 40 per cent of all students from poorer regions as intake drops at other universities
Promotion freezes at UK universities?exacerbate frustrations caused by mass redundancies and low pay?rises, with academics warning it could force more people out of the sector
Commission claim that decades-long discrimination dispute has been resolved described as ‘incomprehensible’
Researchers find non-repayable grants key to increasing higher education participation in countries where more than two-fifths of adults have a degree
Sector lobbyists may be partly responsible for the Public Accounts Committee’s over-emphasis on commercial outcomes, says B.V.E. Hyde??
OpenAI?builds tool to combat student reliance on AI answers, but insists that cheating requires ‘holistic’ approach from universities and tech firms
Viral case reveals how Chinese universities prioritise prestige over personal choice, exposing tensions in a system struggling to adapt to mass higher education, academics say
Commission cites ‘rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation’ in Gaza, saying Israel has breached human rights obligations
Russell Group institution gets green light to set up international base in time for its 150th anniversary
Rather than spreading resources thinly, better to build two or three true educational hubs in key regions beyond the capital, says Theodore Jun Yoo
Amalgamation of Perth?institutions up for discussion again, two years after review went nowhere