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Late blooming in STEM careers ‘almost never happens’

Early career publishing success is a reliable guide to whether scientists will succeed long term, concludes international study

By Jack Grove

15 April

Digital Universities UK: develop ‘common language’ around AI

Expert says ‘coordination problem’ leaves degree courses out of sync with business needs

By Juliette Rowsell

15 April

Tourists are planning the day in historic Westminster City.

UK universities ‘foolish’ to bank on overseas student growth

Foreign students no longer a magic bullet for cash-strapped universities as visa changes and pricing wars force leaders to reconsider growth strategies

By Helen Packer

15 April

A woman passes by graffiti depicting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pulling a rope against health workers with the question "Which side of the rope are you on?", Brazil, 2020. To illustrate ‘political shocks’ hitting women’s representation in science.

‘Political shocks’ hitting women’s representation in science

Progress towards equality hampered by crackdowns on academic freedom by populist regimes, finds new study

By Juliette Rowsell

15 April

Rodin's Thinker statue falling from its pedestal. To illustrate that calls to ditch AI because it is destroying students’ analytical skills ignore institutions’ terrible record at developing complex reasoning.

Invoking AI’s harm to critical thinking is a weak defence for universities

Calls to ditch AI because it is destroying students’ analytical skills ignore institutions’ questionable record at developing complex reasoning, says Ian Richardson

By Ian Richardson

15 April

Digital Universities UK: Virtual fellowships a ‘lifeline’ in Gaza

Universities find ways to help scholars keep work going despite widespread destruction of universities and research facilities

By Juliette Rowsell

14 April

Postdoc cuts on hold as under-fire STFC announces extra funding

Science and Technology Facilities Council chair Michelle Dougherty confirms ‘top-up’ funding will enable more postdoc recruitment than anticipated

By Jack Grove

14 April

Scottish Greens oppose REF and TEF in election manifesto

Party objects to marketisation of higher education, promising to maintain free tuition and fight for longer graduate visa

By Helen Packer

14 April

Rama Thirunamachandran, former vice-chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University, with students during a demonstration over tuition fees and university funding In Whitehall, London, 2010, in the background.

‘We should have fought for a graduate tax,’ says former v-c

After 13 years running Canterbury Christ Church University, Rama Thirunamachandran blames leaders’ ‘self-interest’ and government pressure for current ‘lose-lose’ funding model

By Patrick Jack

14 April

People tipping floodwater out of the basement level of Pontypridd town museum in south Wales

Welsh parties ‘lack plan’ for universities despite pledges

Post-election coalition could see parties collaborate on funding review, but reforms may be hard to negotiate with Westminster

By Helen Packer

14 April

The gravestone of Jim Stanford Horn shaped like a book by Penguin Books publishing house is covered in snow at Highgate Cemetery on 12 December, 2022 in London, England. To illustrate that reading is dying out on UK campuses.

One book in three weeks? At some universities that would be a triumph

With undergraduates viewing education as a transaction and AI offering helpful summaries, reading is dying out on UK campuses, says Agnieszka Piotrowska

By Agnieszka Piotrowska

14 April