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Reform promises Welsh universities sustainable funding model

Party says it will recognise universities as central to ‘Wales’s economic future’, while cutting funding for institutions perceived as curtailing free speech

In-person classes aren’t safe from the AI cheating boom

Rise in unconditional offers could ‘distort’ students’ decisions

Guaranteed places may be ‘irresistible’ to UK students but unlikely to be in their best interests long term, warn experts

Stalling German economy prompts graduate ‘poverty’ fears

Concerns degrees are losing value may be misplaced, say economists, but high unemployment and rise of AI ‘sinking all ships’

UK academic stuck in Dubai keeps teaching amid Iranian attacks

Professor who expected flying visit to teach on MBA course trapped in city after flights grounded due to missiles

Is authors’ treatment by publishers getting worse?

Complaints from authors abound about interminable delays, long silences, unfair rejections and shoddy copy-editing. But are standards really slipping? And, if so, where does the blame lie? Matthew...

What Zohran Mamdani can teach us about changing the publishing system

His successful insurgent campaign for New York mayor was not driven primarily by moral appeal but by sustained fieldwork, says Mayank Chugh

Review whether students with no A levels should get loans – v-c

‘Difficult questions’ must be confronted as English funding system ‘not working for anyone’, says Birmingham’s Adam Tickell

Ministers urged to investigate students’ posts mourning Ayatollah

Islamic student groups in the UK say statements calling Iranian supreme leader a ‘martyr’ were ‘free speech’ and deny inciting violence

UK study visa ban for four countries ‘cruel and short-sighted’

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Women lead almost three in 10 of world’s best universities

Experts welcome milestone from THE analysis as ‘cause for cautious celebration’

Lawmakers and universities push back on loan caps

Threat of libel ‘chilling academic freedom’, say UK researchers

Academics urge government to strengthen legal protections for scholars undertaking studies in controversial fields

Middle East crisis could halt branch campus plans, experts warn

‘Inevitable’ that conflict will bring ‘serious’ repercussions, as universities forced to reassess how they operate in the region amid increased insecurity

Male university staff out-earn women by 10 per cent

Gender pay gaps worse at Australian universities than other educational institutions, as women dominate senior roles in administration but not academia