Half of universities pay ransoms in hacking attacks
Payments to attackers do not shorten recovery times for compromised institutions, survey reveals
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Universities join alliance to tackle semiconductor ‘skills gap’
Cambridge-based chipmaker Arm warns of ‘clear mismatch’ between graduate skills and industry needs
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Edtech firms ‘lack evidence’ to prove products’ impact – Unesco
Studies claiming how technology can ‘transform’ educational systems require more academic rigour, finds new report
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US rejects majority of student visa applications from Africa
Figures published for first time show how refusals vary by continent, as overall rejection rate rises to 31Â per cent
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Vietnam’s German university struggles to loosen government grip
Battle over who should have final say over professorship appointments demonstrates difficulty in reconciling starkly different academic cultures
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Australian accord proposals ‘will tie administrators’ hands’
Landmark report has generated applause but could deny vice-chancellors a free hand
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Push for fresh commitments on access after Supreme Court ruling
After court rejects racial preferences in admissions, biggest US civil rights group presses campuses for corrective pledges
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For better representation, what if universities paid staff’s union dues?
Employers might find it easier to reach agreement with a less politically skewed membership body, says an anonymous academicÂ
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Texas A&M ‘wanted to fire scientist who criticised politician’
Days after president quits, massive institution alleged to have been part of another high-profile case of political interference
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Turnitin says one in 10 university essays are partly AI-written
Tool developed by edtech giant used by customers 65Â million times in three months since launch
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Closure of African history master’s ‘an attack on black academia’
Union criticises Chichester’s plan to sack Hakim Adi, first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history
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Japan expected to lose 140,000 students by mid-century
Tokyo could use figures to justify more heavy-handed sector intervention, academics say
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Stanford president’s downfall: a wider indictment of US research?
While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, the circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives
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Research ‘underdone’ in landmark Australian review
Light-touch treatment of one of universities’ fundamental roles leaves too many questions hanging, observers worry
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Researchers welcome easier access to TikTok data ‘goldmine’
ByteDance’s pre-regulation ‘strategic’ move will allow academics to pull more data from the platform, but critical work may still have to use workarounds if the company extends its veto on...