Unscientific social science is trading under false pretences
Social scientists must work hard to verify their conclusions. Too many that do not are rewarded anyway, says Martyn Hammersley
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MPs urge ESRC to rethink defunding King’s Brexit thinktank
Parliamentarians warn removal of funding for UK in a Changing Europe might be seen as ‘deprioritisation of impact-based work’, given its success
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Bedfordshire faces monitoring after OfS registration breach
University required to report to English watchdog as it addresses quality concerns relating to business and management courses
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Australian student caps resurrected in ministerial workaround
New directive prevents officials from issuing more than 270,000 student visas next year, and applies indicative caps on institutions previously proposed through legislation
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LSBU to OU: Dave Phoenix named Open University vice-chancellor
Biochemist heads to Milton Keynes after decade leading London South Bank University
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UK university financial crisis ‘failing to register with public’
Polling indicates lack of awareness over sector’s funding turmoil, with public seeing more international enrolments as solution to difficulties
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Hungarian universities stay blocked from EU grants despite appeal
Hungary ‘has not sufficiently addressed’ conflict of interest concerns, EU body rules
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Australia earmarks A$2.5 billion to expand universities
Reforms will redraw funding system and create tertiary education commission, but questions remain over how much cash will materialise
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Japan seeks to improve salary prospects for PhD graduates
Employers’ attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase doctoral level enrolments
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Italy mandates live delivery and staff ratios for online degrees
New decree, also requiring exams to be held in person, divides opinion among distance-learning universities
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Free speech act ‘toothless’ without right to sue, say campaigners
Academics sign open letter to education minister amid reports she is set to ‘water down’ campus free speech legislation
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AI is here to stay, so we may as well learn to use it? That’s a cop-out
We can’t just concede that usage is ethical if within universities’ narrowly conceived rules. What about the pursuit of truth, asks Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin
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Australian margins on international students ‘all but erased’
Universities must rethink their use of agents and discounts and put more effort into securing and retaining enrolments, consultant says
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Coventry to axe 92 jobs and transfer academics to subsidiary firm
Remaining staff will lose access to Teachers’ Pensions Scheme as union attacks ‘Scrooge playbook’ cuts
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University of Tokyo probes Tiananmen Square website reference
Hidden code revealed on university admissions page may have prevented Chinese students from accessing content