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See you in court, says exiting London vice-chancellor

Wendy Thomson steps down as head of federal institution with immediate effect after 11-month suspension over bullying and mismanagement allegations, which she branded “unfounded”

Arizona State faculty concerned about new AI course builder

Retain more Manchester graduates to ‘close productivity gap’

Upskilling local students not enough to help region catch up with London’s economic performance, report warns

Universities told to pay out £1.8 million in student compensation

Students not receiving the service they expect amid high fees and mounting cost of living pressures, sector ombudsman warns

Universities lose respect as they gain autonomy, says exiting v-c

University of Auckland’s Dawn Freshwater argues higher education leaders should do more soul-searching and less rewriting of strategies in a difficult but privileged job

Metrics obsession is supplanting academic vision in China

But the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ decision to stop updating its journal ranking list is a hopeful sign, says Bruce Macfarlane 

More than 1,000 scientists urge ERC to reverse resubmission rule

Plans to limit reapplications to European Research Council will penalise bold and original proposals and early career researchers, senior researchers claim

OfS to review teacher training diploma funded by student loans

Regulator investigating how much public money was given to education providers offering course linked to high dropout rates

Regulator to take charge of ANU chancellor recruitment

Compromise move allows university to press ahead with search for Bishop’s replacement by giving Teqsa unprecedented role

Florida law school reverses course to allow Turning Point chapter

‘Radical’ model pays off at college for adults with some credits

College Unbound granted full accreditation for degrees aimed at adults with some college experience but no qualifications, with institution’s flexible design mooted as a remedy for declining student...

‘Unaddressed’ cost pressures undermining university access work

London-based institutions failing to respond to risks outlined by regulator and setting fewer access-related targets, report finds

Surrey redesigns all degrees to embed ‘discipline-specific’ AI

Students expected to use AI for information before evaluating technology’s output as institution seeks to prepare learners for changing labour market

Informal research ties ‘more important’ than co-authorship

Those who are frequently thanked in journals are much more likely to be successful themselves, says PNAS paper

When the scientist becomes the experiment

I found myself consoling the people who had come to console me. I filed these moments privately under unexplained results, says Hamideh Rezvani Alanagh