Want a catchy paper title? All you need is a Beatles lyric
Study finds thousands of papers reference songs by the Fab Four, suggesting scholars under pressure to stand out have leant on ‘one of the most globally recognised cultural phenomena’
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Science minister: UKRI should fund ‘fewer, longer awards’
Chris McDonald backs UK Research and Innovation’s demand management push with dig at ‘value-destroying’ peer review
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To defend against prejudice, I had to make my students’ work unassailable
I knew that somebody, somewhere, would question their abilities because of the colour of their skin. But when all three secured academic posts, we could – and did – ignore the raised eyebrows about...
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Restructuring ‘too often adding cost rather than removing it’
Universities are ‘underestimating’ the challenges caused by outsourcing services amid major professional services staff redundancies, report warns
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Has Ireland’s research prioritisation agenda gone too far again?
As Western nations desperately seek meaningful economic growth, many are pondering whether to direct more of their research budgets towards industrial priorities. That is a policy Ireland has pursued...
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Small providers face ‘systemic barriers’ to engaging with industry
Slow regulatory cycles, rigid graduate outcome measures and inflexible funding holding back specialist institutions, report claims
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Reshaping universities to suit the untested AI economy is wrong
Rush to integrate artificial intelligence indiscriminately across the curriculum ignores the true purpose of higher education, say Jelena Belic and Kritika MaheshwariÂ
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Degree wage premium in decline since 2010, finds study
Higher education still pays but the margin of advantage has ‘narrowed noticeably’, quarter of a century of Australian survey data suggests
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Is universities’ AI embrace undermining their net-zero targets? Â
Amid all the debates about student employability and academic integrity, the question of how AI mandates square with universities’ commitments to addressing climate change has been largely neglected...
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Imperial turns to home-grown inventions in climate fight
‘Slow and steady’ sustainability strategy utilises products founded by graduates from leading science university
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Course closures at University of Surrey raise concerns
Science and maths programmes among those suspended in recent months, with UCU claiming decisions are being made ‘in haste’
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Arts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cuts
University for the Creative Arts loses more than half its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero
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Devolution drives new alliances – but what can they achieve?
Institutions increasingly grouping together locally in bid to make their voices heard but those behind the initiatives say incentives to collaborate still too weak
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Cuts to creative courses ‘undermining government’s own strategy’
Arts institutions warn creative education is becoming increasingly hard to deliver as government slashes funding from September onwards