Government and universities must do more on students’ cost-of-living crisis
Spread among more than 100 institutions, an extra £50 million for hardship funds is a drop in the ocean, says Karen Cox
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New leader hopes to take Swiss universities through wilderness
New umbrella body president must safeguard world-leading institutions through a difficult time; luckily, the Neapolitan physicist is ready for a fight
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Open branch campuses with us, Kazakhstan tells West
Population boom and geopolitical shifts create positive conditions for institutions to set up shop in central Asia, says higher education minister
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Doubts over Australian student immigration reforms
Clearer permanent residency pathways may not favour international students in Australia
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Pandemic ‘widened divide’ between Australian elite and regionals
Big Group of Eight institutions got bigger while others suffered, exacerbating ‘David and Goliath scenario’
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Student number controls for England ‘still under discussion’
DfE said to think controls could be set without primary legislation, but ministers urged to consider market is already ‘doing the job’
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Yes, peer review sucks. But attention-economy hellscapes would be worse
Obliging everyone to undertake post-publication review would aid discoverability in a world without traditional journals, says Robert de Vries
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Fresh pay talks agreed as UK university strikes continue
Acas to mediate between unions and employers in an attempt to resolve deadlock on pay
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College graduates more likely to use gene-editing technology
Study that asked Americans if they would use genetic screening or gene editing to improve chances of offspring getting into a leading university triggers warning of increased educational inequalities
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ChatGPT can pass US medical licence exams, study claims
AI-generated answers showed ‘new, non-obvious and clinically valid’ insights in tests usually taken by students after years of study
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OfS gives sector more time for access reboot after feedback
English regulator concedes providers being asked to do too much, too quickly and gives most another year to work on plans
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Heads of Rotterdam Islamic seminary tried for money laundering
Board members of bankrupt Islamic institution accused of laundering more than €1 million and firearms offences
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Make research funding more flexible, says German science council
Country’s top policy advisory body calls for project funding to be more generous with fewer constraints, as institutions’ budgets swell
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University referrals to Prevent ‘strikingly low’, says review
Controversial counter-terror scheme widely shunned by academics despite risks to universities from extremist groups
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US universities test limits of abortion bans
Amid a still-evolving patchwork of laws and interpretations after Supreme Court ruling, campuses are taking risks and pushing boundaries