Europe Summit: 鈥榮cience diplomacy鈥� can combat 鈥榚roding trust鈥� Whole role of science in societies 鈥榖eing threatened鈥� by period of great turbulence, says scholar who chaired Ireland鈥檚 Covid vaccination drive By Juliette Rowsell 8 May
Northern Irish universities issue plea for 鈥榰rgent鈥� fee increase Higher education and business leaders write to Stormont over the sector鈥檚 鈥榬eal and current jeopardy鈥� By Patrick Jack 8 May
University finances 鈥榳orse than predicted鈥� as nearly half in red Office for Students warns providers against being overly ambitious in their forecasting after financial performance declines for third year running By Helen Packer 8 May
Permanent 鈥榯raining wheels鈥� of AI 鈥榠nhibits student learning鈥� Academics at UCL鈥檚 law school challenge sector鈥檚 embrace of technology, claiming students鈥� over-reliance on 鈥榮hortcuts鈥� damages skills acquisition By Jack Grove 8 May
Plan to limit apprenticeship funds to under-21s 鈥榬idiculous鈥� Maintaining opportunities only for young people dismissed as little better than wholesale defunding By Helen Packer 8 May
Will UK department mergers boost interdisciplinarity 鈥� or just cut costs? The amalgamation of disparate disciplines into larger administrative units is prompting fears about academic identity, voice and workload 鈥� not to mention student experience. Juliette Rowsell reports By Juliette Rowsell 8 May
Von der Leyen and Macron鈥檚 words on science must be followed by action Europe needs effective responses to attacks on science in the US and elsewhere, says Jan Palmowski By Jan Palmowski 8 May
Europe Summit: universities have 鈥榤ore power than they think鈥� Institutions forget their importance to countries when they let themselves get embroiled in political debates, summit hears By Juliette Rowsell 7 May
Europe Summit: aim for evolution, not radical transformation Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association By Juliette Rowsell 7 May
Aberdeen cuts jobs as it targets 鈥榤ore efficient鈥� course offering Scottish university looks to save further 拢5.5 million to bring down its deficit, a year after languages cuts By Tom Williams 7 May
Almost half of employers think graduates 鈥榣ack resilience鈥� Survey highlights concerns that university leavers are less prepared for work than previous generations By Patrick Jack 7 May
Reduce high visa costs or miss out on US talent, say UK peers Lords committee urges government to make it cheaper for foreign researchers to work in UK following science funding cuts in US By Helen Packer 7 May