‘An earthquake in Chinese academia’: Tongji abolishes tenure
Shanghai’s leading research university has overhauled its faculty appointment system. Will other institutions in China follow suit?
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Distrust in institutions doesn’t extend to science or universities
Science and universities have ‘weathered a collapse in trust’ in many major UK institutions, although ‘shallow’ public support has not been stress-tested, research by Campaign for Science and...
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Governance ‘crisis’ claims overblown, says UA chief
Intellectual disagreements, broader societal problems and ‘governance 101’ are being misconstrued as blunders, Carolyn Evans claims
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Scholars and practitioners need not speak such different languages
Commercial events have persuaded me that intractable human problems can be overcome, but I’ve also been driven mad by flaky consultants’ glib analyses, says Adrian Furnham
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Britons ‘least positive’ on value of university, Ipsos finds
Public opinion across the UK diverges significantly from international norms, a poll of 31 nations reveals
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Wolverhampton accidentally reveals staff at risk of redundancy
Impacted staff were all copied into a group email, prompting outrage
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Have Schwarzman scholarships helped change views on China?
Prestigious programme that has brought international scholars to Tsinghua for past 10 years aims to foster ‘more nuanced view’ of Eastern giant – despite ever-changing geopolitics
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Axe threshold freeze to ‘show loan reform intent’, ministers told
Burnham government seen as more likely than Starmer to act on growing calls to relieve pressure on young graduates
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Enhanced research veto powers rushed through Australian parliament
Senate committee inquiry blocked and stakeholder objections ignored, as ‘wide-ranging’ powers become law
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AI tends to mark students’ essays higher than humans – study
LLMs cannot be relied on to give accurate indication of student performance, researchers find, as universities explore ways of relieving pressure on markers
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Manchester shows the possibilities and limitations of devolution
Devolved powers can better integrate the post-16 system but England’s national architecture pulls in the other direction, say Nic Beech, Fran Darlington-Pollock and John Blake
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Australia must enshrine university autonomy in law – UA chair
Democratic role needs protection from ‘creeping regulation’ and ‘populist backlashes’, says legal scholar
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Scotland’s HE minister resigns to focus on his health
Ben Macpherson leaves government after serving just three months in newly expanded role
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