Extend childcare grants to postgraduates, urge universities
Students doing master’s and PhDs in the UK are ineligible for childcare grants, which are in place only for full-time undergraduates
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Supervisor suspended after students allege academic misconduct
Huang Feiruo placed on leave by Huazhong Agricultural University after whistleblowing report circulates widely
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Russell Group universities contemplate overseas student ‘shocks’
Research-intensives warn they are ever more reliant on Chinese and Indian students, as York’s sharp fall sounds alarm on global market shifts
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Australia’s per-student international earnings eroded by Covid
Cash-strapped institutions face task of rebuilding per-student returns as well as student numbers, with earnings slashed by scholarships, offshoring and other factors
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‘Endemic’ casualisation ‘a choice, not a necessity’, says UCU
Union ranks institutions on efforts to better support precarious workforce, and finds most failing to get to grips with the issue
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Red tape declining but so is funding, says outgoing science chief
Unlike the institutions they work for, Australian researchers have less paperwork – but investment remains in the doldrums
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Elite US universities face investigations over legacy admissions
Biden administration examining if favouring alumni families is a civil rights violation
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Publishers resist changes to textbook access scheme
Policy that has allowed universities to automatically charge students for course materials comes under threat from Biden administration
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Used as a learning co-pilot, ChatGPT puts students on the road to success
With careful prompting, the AI can offer personalised tutoring that helps students understand where they need to go, says Dan Sarofian-Butin
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Canadian universities blast international student visa cap
Requirement for new applications to be accompanied by letters of attestation means limits are effective immediately, universities say
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Most overseas graduates switching visas are working in care
Oxford researchers say more international students are staying in UK beyond two-year period allowed by post-study work visa, but many of them are not going into graduate-level jobs
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Nottingham introduces ‘reduced offers’ for international students
Russell Group university follows York in dropping entry bar, but sector is warned of hit to reputation
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Teaching caps at risk as Brighton redraws academics’ contracts
Time reserved for research ‘being eroded’, says UCU, as university insists it is seeking to create ‘more flexible workforce’
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Offer pregnant applicants more flexibility, research funders told
Pregnant researchers and new parents describe how they were hindered by inflexible interview process
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Irish postgraduate researchers set to strike for staff status
Other universities could follow Trinity and announce action, says union president