China investors bet on Malaysia campus despite steep competition
New city-like development planned in Kuala Lumpur’s suburbs complete with fledgling institution headed up by former Nottingham Malaysia CEO
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ÌÇÐÄVlog’s most-read articles of 2025
Trump turmoil, financial strife and shifts in international student enrolment all feature heavily in annual round-up of stories that most engaged THE readers
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Chilean academics fear funding cuts under new far-right leader
Incoming president pledges to slash government spending but remains quiet on other higher education issues
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Atec commissioners jettisoned following conflict concerns
Interim leaders’ early departure the latest snag in controversial commission’s troubled birth
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Scholar defends scathing book review as ‘laser-focused on facts’
Pierre Legrand’s ‘offensive’ attack on a law textbook has led to calls for retraction and a journal apology but he insists his robust criticism was fair
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Staff fear ‘catastrophic’ impact of Nottingham ‘consolidation’
Increases to staff-student ratios could send university into a ‘death spiral’, says union leader as vice-chancellor insists institution must act now
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Ghanaian students blocked from UK study amid payment delays
Some institutions have lost money after the government failed to cover scholarship costs, forcing them to decide whether to waive fees or lock students out
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Student group chats a ‘blind spot’ in learning support
Private chat forums are ‘valued learning environments’ that can help stop students falling behind, Australian study finds
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While we worry about plagiarism, AI coaches suicide. Here’s how to respond
We need a holistic approach that teaches students not just to use AI but to survive its psychological terrain, say Sean McMinn and Nick McIntosh
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UK universities ring-fence PhD posts for ethnic minority students
Practice seen as a way to boost participation at higher levels of academia but critics say it could have the opposite effect
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Who will be the next leader of the Office for Students?
Government thought to want someone who can move English regulator away from ‘highly politicised’ past as applications open for new leader
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Gender-critical academic sues Bristol over disrupted talk
Failure to stop intimidation from trans right activists during visiting lecture breached free speech rights, says sociologist Alice Sullivan
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UK publishing deals with ‘big five’ hailed as ‘key milestone’
‘Global first’ agreements break link between pricing and the number of articles published for the first time
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I was wrong. Universities don’t fear AI. They fear self-reflection
The various reactions to my recent article on universities’ tardy AI adoptance underlines their allergy to internal transformation, says Ian Richardson