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PhD students are let down by sector’s silence on ChatGPT misuse
Failure to explain how AI-aided academic writing is a form of plagiarism leaves graduate students horribly compromised, says E.M. Wolkovich
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‘Long-term commitment’ needed for refugee university initiative
Global University Academy aims to find ways of bridging different countries’ funding and regulations to provide ‘stackable’ courses for displaced people
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Plans to grow UK chip industry threatened by lack of courses
Decline in degree programmes, student interest and graduate jobs likely to hold back development of UK’s semiconductor industry as government looks to boost economy
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US cuts ‘a sign of things to come’ as Trump squeezes funding
Universities of Oregon and Chicago latest to cut provision as experts predict ‘slow attrition’ across the sector in coming years
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Has massification driven UK higher education to the end of the road?
A university participation rate of more than 50 per cent did not prevent the Soviet Union’s collapse. With UK participation at a similar level 30 years on, the sector is in meltdown and politicians...
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Prosperity summit’s sidelining of Australia’s universities is baffling
Excluding academia from the main discussions at recent national productivity summit is short-sighted and complacent, says Shamit Saggar
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‘Guard rails needed’ as big tech targets students with AI tutors
Fears raised over ‘culturally encouraged introversion’ but could study assistants help bridge gap between universities and Silicon Valley?
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Million-dollar-plus pay ‘now the norm’ for Australian v-cs
Inflated earnings keep rising after Covid-era pay cuts, as ostensible scrutinising bodies trade responsibility
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Biotech ‘to shift to UK and China’ after US ‘own goal’ mRNA cuts
Migration of talent ‘already under way’ as experts predict decision will still delay development of vaccines that could save lives
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‘Happiness effect’ of higher education ‘fades in richer places’
Long-touted benefit of getting a degree depends on country’s economic development, finds new study
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Gazan students fear for future as path to UK remains blocked
Dozens face ‘heartbreak’ of missing out on university places, after battling against the odds to apply
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College wins judicial review after courses de-designated by DfE
Institution singled out by minister because of ‘recruitment and attendance’ concerns experienced an ‘obvious injustice’, says leader
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Deficits likely as overseas students ‘loss-making’ under levy
Middle-tier universities on ‘wafer-thin margins’ face starkest financial challenges from government proposal, policy analysts suggest