World Academic Summit: call for guidelines on AI use in research Newcastle vice-chancellor says shared approach needed to prevent ‘bad practices’ Chris Havergal 10月 8日
Scrap REF and allocate funds based on external grants – thinktank Abandoning ‘bureaucratic’ exercise now would save universities £430 million, according to UK Day One Patrick Jack 10月 8日
Switzerland ‘losing attractiveness’ as government limits spending Funders and prestigious universities ‘cannot compete’ as budgets stand still or go backwards Emily Dixon 10月 8日
Call for more focused research ‘risks fostering academic elitism’ Experts fear ‘high-risk strategy’ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas Tom Williams 10月 8日
World Academic Summit: humanities research is ‘vital’, says Brian Cox BBC presenter and physicist says ‘no one is clever enough’ to know which subjects to switch off Jack Grove 10月 7日
World Academic Summit: UK ‘going backwards’ on university access Former education secretary tells World Academic Summit that UK has ‘deprioritised’ equitable access Jack Grove 10月 7日
World Academic Summit: universities ‘learn more’ from Global South Manchester vice-chancellor says institutions must continue to work across borders in the face of political scepticism Chris Havergal 10月 7日
Labour commits to £7 million fund to tackle campus antisemitism Funding aims to ‘educate people about antisemitism’ and ‘better equip’ universities to tackle antisemitic abuse Juliette Rowsell 10月 7日
World Academic Summit: minister eyes funding reform ‘sooner rather than later’ Baroness Smith references October budget as she says government is ‘working on a whole range of options’ Chris Havergal 10月 7日
‘Tough year’ for UK international student recruitment Highly selective universities among those struggling as Indian and Nigerian learners stay away Patrick Jack 10月 7日
Jo Phoenix condemns Open University review ‘whitewash’ Gender-critical professor says Dandridge report is another sign that campus free speech legislation is needed Juliette Rowsell 10月 7日
Clock hours and tally pay to fix authorship disputes, says paper Quantitative approach could help junior contributors ‘raise their voice’ and get due credit, researcher proposes Emily Dixon 10月 6日