Willetts: move universities from DfE ‘treating them like schools’
Tory former universities minister urges shift of responsibility to DSIT and binning of ‘Thatcherite rhetoric’ against industrial strategy
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Watchdog targets ‘misleading’ MBA adverts
London-based provider told to remove text from website that implied it could award postgraduate degrees
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US universities should teach a genuinely common core of knowledge
Graduates who can make connections across time and disciplines would be more stimulated, in both the workplace and wider life, says Harvey Graff
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AI must acknowledge scientific uncertainty, says Nobel laureate
Chemistry laureate Avram Hershko says ChatGPT should be forced to cite its sources and state uncertainty levels
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US academics pitch new Confucius Institute-style partnerships
While admitting the much-protested model is dead in the US, Dartmouth’s Hanlon leads expert panel in setting out ways that similar language-culture teaching programmes could grow
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Nobelist: ‘anti-science’ Greenpeace in ‘crime against humanity’
Charity’s opposition to genetically engineered ‘golden rice’ is immoral given crop’s potential to end hunger, says Sir Richard Roberts
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Open University plans in-person teaching with new campus move
Distance-learning provider seeks to fill university ‘cold spot’ in Milton Keynes
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New Zealand boosts subsidies for cash-strapped universities
Observers welcome ‘funding correction’, bankrolled from ‘transfer of underspends’ amid flagging enrolments, but say permanent solutions are needed
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Tulane aims to help New Orleans ‘resurrect jobs pipeline’
Redevelopment of hospital abandoned since Hurricane Katrina seeks to spin innovation from medical and public health strength
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Mandatory ‘Indian knowledge’ course seen as ‘indoctrination’
New guidelines for government-funded universities in India lack critical engagement and follow a political agenda, scholars sayÂ
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US lawmakers encouraging three-year degree experiments
On a bipartisan basis, members of Congress see value in federal government tweaking rules to allow and encourage quicker pathways
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Impact Rankings 2024: time to register
First-time universities can now sign up to participate, while others can confirm their registration for another yearÂ
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Politicians need help to transcend shouty idealism about hitting targets
Researchers can help policymakers get to grips with what is and isn’t possible in areas such as hydrogen fuel production, says Tracey Brown
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Latin America University Rankings 2023: methodology
The World University Rankings performance indicators are the heart of the Latin America University Rankings, but we make some adjustments to take account of the region’s unique characteristics
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UK’s National Cancer Research Institute to close
Loss of organisation, blamed on funding ‘uncertainty’, described as ‘shocking news’