Testing applicants’ open-mindedness ‘could reshape universities’
Six US institutions adopt online module that promises to assess civil discourse of potential students but scholars sceptical it will improve campus debate
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The OfS must spearhead a dilution of the UK’s lavish student experience
If the UK has decided it can no longer afford the sub-Oxbridge university model, expectations need to be systematically lowered, says Robert Dingwall
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Scientists show signs of ‘eureka moments’ before they happen
Researchers observe shifts in behaviour among mathematicians as they approach breakthrough point
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Flexible estates ‘the future’ as high street site opens to public
Gloucestershire eyes civic engagement and new revenue streams after saving department store building
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‘Top-down approach needed’ for EU to finally establish ERA
Long-awaited ‘single market’ for research won’t happen based on voluntary commitments alone, sector leaders say
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Canberra pre-summit roundtables ‘will make a difference’
Amid claims outcomes of long-anticipated talkfest have been orchestrated in advance, expert says precursor events promise ‘substance’
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How quickly can academia recover from right-wing populism?
Donald Trump’s assaults on US science and universities in many ways mirror those previously enacted in Brazil by Jair Bolsonaro. Two years on from the latter’s election defeat, Patrick Jack assesses...
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University over-expansion has led to the farce of pretend graduate jobs
Employers are confining many low-skilled roles to graduates. Why should they care that this requires recruits to take on huge debt, asks Paul Wiltshire
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Australian changes risk ‘driving misbehaviour underground’
Latest tweaks to international education rules accentuate gap between treatment of public universities and increasingly desperate private colleges
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Dutch student organisations ‘at risk of disappearing’ amid cuts
Groups struggle to find board members as financial pressure on students increases, umbrella body says
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Turing to ‘step up’ defence work after government pressure
AI institute pledges to support national goals and ‘deliver innovation’ on a level not possible in individual universities
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UK universities see busiest first day of clearing on record
Number of students placed on courses on day one the highest since records began, with direct to clearing route also seeing unprecedented interest
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Real-terms fall in R&D spending ‘could hold back UK’s growth’
Warnings UK failing to keep up with international competitors as real-terms research expenditure declines