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Minister tells peers OfS and others will closely examine findings of ‘independent’ probe

Scholarship ‘risks drifting away from excellence-based peer review and towards serving insider interests’ when cliques dominate, warns study

Threatening sanctions for unauthorised AI use is having no impact on rampant student cheating. Only a ban can save critical thinking in classrooms, says Deborah Rogers

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Stress-testing academic arguments for weaknesses is uncomfortable for scholars but it should never have become controversial, says Ian Pace

Fixating on the remarkable life story of ex-University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday did a disservice to black scholars, says Femi Owolade

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A year after the University of Virginia’s president was ousted amid anti-DEI attacks, his ‘apolitical’ successor Scott Beardsley says institutional neutrality does not diminish the institution’s commitment to upholding free speech

Demand management, peer review reform and AI will help panels make decisions quicker, says national funder

‘Data transparency crisis’ in research stems from failure to police mandates on sharing results, researchers argue

Students must be taught a more community-based form of development, less dependent on the goodwill of donors, says Noam Schimmel

University of York leader will switch to fellow Russell Group member in October after seven years in charge

With thousands dying in armed conflicts across the world, peace studies may hold valuable insights on ending war. But suspicions over the discipline’s innovative theories mean its voice has not always been heard, writes Jack Grove

Social science imprint based in Leeds is described as ‘outstanding strategic fit’ for American publishing giant

Funding and affordability significant barriers for UK students hoping to progress to postgraduate study, says report

‘Decisive action’ is needed to address structural deficit despite recent cost-saving measures, says principal 

New rules mandating higher tuition fees for non-EU students have sparked debate on whether France’s universities have abandoned their egalitarian principles and may soon charge far heftier fees for all, writes Seher Asaf

Immigration, transgender issues and race among the topics many students avoid talking about on campus, OfS survey suggests

Leopoldo López reflects on how academic writing helped him while in prison, the impact of political interference on his country’s universities and what it will take to rebuild civil society

Nursing professor who led overhaul of Research Excellence Framework will leave funding body in spring 2027

Famed journalist, biographer and Tulane professor says technology can help scholars think creatively but all writing must be done by human hand

Growing levels of questionable research practices have been overshadowed by a ‘moral panic’ over student use of AI, says education dean

New flagship university-based research centres may signal end of intentional sidelining of pedagogy academics

Uncertainty remains on whether students would be locked out of classrooms mid-semester if a university folded, education committee warns

Withdrawal of education papers by British Education Research Association is long overdue, says integrity campaigner who argues more retractions are needed

A 142 per cent rise in bids for Marie Curie fellowships shows peer review must adapt to ChatGPT era, says Nature study

Organisation to resume role as national agency for study abroad programme after Capita handed oversight of Turing Scheme

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

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

Pretending research environments could be measured by metrics or policies ignored how scholarship actually relies on peer-to-peer relations unique to academic cultures, say Martin Holbraad, Dan Nightingale and Aeron O’Connor

The former education secretary’s throwaway line arguably fired the starting gun for a new era in which scholarly expertise could be dismissed and social media sages exalted. Ten years after the notorious putdown, Patrick Jack caught up with Michael Gove and his critics on the legitimacy and legacy of his infamous barb

Lacking profile or career reward, higher doctorates are being mothballed by UK universities. That is a pity for a credential that helps scholars build on the research potential of their PhD, says Andrew Shenton

With polls predicting defeat for Viktor Orbán in Sunday’s elections there are hopes that controversial governance reforms – copied by Donald Trump and other populist politicians – will be abolished. Yet not all scholars are convinced that reversing a decade of contested legislation criticised for restricting academic freedom would be straightforward, says Seher Asaf

Teacher-turned-sleuth Stephen Vainker warns rise of chatbot language in journals will further erode school confidence in education faculties

Appointment of philosopher who has refused to recognise viewpoint as legitimate could have ‘chilling effect’ on types of studies submitted to the exercise that distributes £2 billion in funding, says professor

Pushing doctoral students to credit more senior academics on early publications has contributed to ‘ethical scandal hiding in plain sight’, says education professor

Female scientists less likely to use comedy in conference presentations, finds study that highlights ‘absence of humour’ the norm

Universities told to adjust to new attitudes on HE expansion, as figures show boom in new entrants who have few to no qualifications

Positive impact of channelling government funding into charity at expense of universities has yet to be proven, argues learned society

Birmingham vice-chancellor’s call to review loan eligibility for students with no A levels criticised by own staff members

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

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

Mega university’s first foray back into overseas education since branch campus failures proves controversial

Worries over admitting ChatGPT use for editing and drafting may explain extremely low disclosure rates, study suggests

Forcing institutions to remain neutral on contentious issues will stifle – not protect – academic freedom, argues Gavin Schwartz-Leeper

Sharp rise in grievances may reflect financial pressures on universities and ‘heightened expectations’ of procedural fairness, says ombudsman

Highly restrictive policies introduced after launch of ChatGPT being eased in favour of more nuanced responses, finds study of thousands of course materials

Former department store transformed into an institution focused on climate, energy, digitalisation and security

Former University Alliance head returns to UK to lead research universities group after more than a decade in Australia

Large numbers of editors publishing in their own special issue attacked as ‘academic narcissism’ and ‘scientific misconduct’ in first-of-its-kind study

Jordanian professor’s free-wheeling study is pulled and an editorial board member sacked after linguists criticised ‘extremely strange’ article

Little-noticed joint efforts by publishers to catch fake papers are delivering results but further ‘scaling’ is needed, says report

Doctoral candidates offered hybrid ‘stipend and salary’ studentships with significant teaching hours will struggle to balance competing pressures, union fears

Pierre Legrand’s ‘offensive’ attack on a law textbook has led to calls for retraction and a journal apology but he insists his robust criticism was fair

Failure to stop intimidation from trans right activists during visiting lecture breached free speech rights, says sociologist Alice Sullivan

Practice seen as a way to boost participation at higher levels of academia but critics say it could have the opposite effect

Europop tracks based on chapters from Metaverse book have attracted thousands of fans, with one calling them ‘almost poetic’

Thousands of mistakenly awarded citations left uncorrected highlight the perils of leaving profile curation to academics, say critics

Universities can decide on publishing deals after terms agreed with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis

Rollback of decoupling researchers from their work questioned despite policy U-turn on books