Scholarships fail to reverse declines in Latvia’s student numbers Monthly payments not enough to counter massive rises in cost of living, says students’ union Ben Upton 2月 18日
Strikes paused after breakthroughs in pay and pensions disputes All sides hail significant progress, with phasing-out of zero-hours contracts and higher wages for lower paid to be discussed in two-week talks Tom Williams 2月 17日
Rayner shows her support for striking academics Labour deputy leader promises to raise staff concerns about pay deductions with shadow education secretary Patrick Jack 2月 17日
UK universities make big gains in Stonewall’s inclusivity top 100 Swansea University highest placed institution in list of LGBTQ+-friendly employers but some institutions choose not to take part Patrick Jack 2月 17日
ChatGPT reveals the uncomfortable truth about graduate skills AI-written essays have exposed the unambitious and unoriginal thinking that universities require from undergraduates, says James Warren John Warren 2月 17日
‘CV-blind’ grant review divides Dutch scientists Preventing expert reviewers from reading applicants’ CVs could damage Netherlands’ hard-won research excellence, warns senior researcher Jack Grove 2月 17日
Students offered blended learning ‘less likely to drop out’ Advance HE survey finds retention rates have recovered after the easing of Covid restrictions, with students also happier with levels of staff engagement Tom Williams 2月 16日
Leading departments face cuts under ‘unnoticed’ REF funding shift More details emerge of how sharp rise in quality outputs and tweak to funding formula are hitting institutions Jack Grove 2月 16日
Providers must submit to regulation – and the OfS to proportionality Hopes that a new regulator would bring light-touch, proportionate regulation in England have been dashed, says Iain Mansfield Iain Mansfield 2月 16日
‘Missing’ family education data linked to single parent households Numbers of students unable to say if parents had studied could point to need to rethink representation questions, says Hesa Patrick Jack 2月 15日
Scholar cleared of Islamophobia says Bristol caved in to students Steven Greer says students who accused him of laughing at the Koran should be sanctioned Jack Grove 2月 15日