UCU challengers: the candidates trying to unseat Jo Grady
Union members voting on who should be next general secretary, with incumbent under pressure from all sidesÂ
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Lifelong learning ‘needs bespoke courses, not repackaged degrees’
Difficulties experienced during OfS short-course trial show universities will have to work far harder to attract students, say sector leaders
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Australia can teach England how to reboot widening access
A reinforced focus on access and participation plans belies the collaboration that makes a real difference, say Graeme Atherton and Philip Dent
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Student poaching should be banned – even if that probably won’t stop it
Stealing other people’s research students corrupts collegiality, the cornerstone of academic life, says T. Prabhakar Clement
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Government influence on university events ‘concerning’, says MP
Jamus Jerome Lim, who raised issue in Singaporean parliament, says diverse ideas must be ‘allowed to circulate and be subject to debate’
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Ukraine’s post-war recovery will depend on lifelong learning
Making good the human capital losses resulting from Russia’s invasion will be vastly easier if the existing workforce can be reskilled, says Alexander Kostyuk
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LSBU writes off £16 million ‘bad debt’, including overseas fees
Bad debt provision pushes London university into deficit and affects banking covenant
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V-c paid £515K for five-month stint at University of Law
Craig Mahoney’s remuneration, including £340,000 compensation for loss of office, equivalent to about £4,500 a day
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Rules won’t stop research misconduct in social science
Required remedies include harsher punishments, more flexible research design stipulations and stronger social sanctions, says Akhil Bhardwaj
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18 January 2024 digital edition
A world of space: Can international students save Korea’s universities?
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Social sciences are ‘secret sauce’ for research impact success
Report authors warn focus on sciences risks making UK research sector ‘lopsided’
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Administrator’s suicide came after refusal of mental health leave
President of Lincoln University in Missouri voluntarily agrees to take paid administrative leave following death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey
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‘Overcrowded’ Canadian provinces could face overseas students cap
Campuses in urban areas of Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia may be first to face federal cap on education visas
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Icebergs, straight ahead
After years of warnings, a dip in international enrolments risks tipping universities into crisis. It is deeply strange that government seems not to care
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NAO: franchised HE fraud ‘potentially linked to organised crime’
University courses franchised to colleges accounted for 53 per cent of £4.1 million of fraud detected by SLC last year, says public spending watchdog