Students ‘not using AI as much as academics think’
‘Over-regulation’ feared as actual use of new technologies lags far behind perceptions of university staff
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Disabled students are badly served by furore over ‘unfair’ accommodations
Misleading claims that some undergraduates are unjustly receiving extra help obscure how many universities are actually failing to provide sufficient support to disabled students, says Chris Pepin-...
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Self-citations: are they good or bad?
Concerns around scholars using excessive self-citations are valid, but banning them entirely is not the right approach, says David Watkins
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Oxford Brookes removes ‘unfair’ clauses from student contracts
University among the latest providers to be referred to National Trading Standards by English regulator
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Australian vice-chancellor quits amid redundancy plans
University leaders under ‘extraordinary pressure’ amid funding crisis, says departing University of Southern Queensland chief
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Funding crisis ‘puts universities at higher risk of cyberattacks’
Institutions already years behind private companies in their ability to tackle online threats, university chief of IT warns
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Latin America University Rankings 2024: methodology
The World University Rankings performance indicators are the heart of the Latin America University Rankings, but we make some adjustments to take account of the region’s unique characteristics
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Empty lectures aren’t just dismaying – they’re a social justice issue
With ethnic minority students missing disproportionately more classes, traditional timetabling risks widening attainment gaps, says Christopher Byrne
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Nobel economist Simon Johnson: ‘big tech doesn’t like our ideas’
Sheffield-born laureate on his hometown’s influence, his PhD struggles and why social media should be taxed like smoking
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Team research pilot tackles dominance of principal investigators
Alternative to traditional principal investigator-led approach aims to bring different voices to the fore
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Academics’ time increasingly taken up with research security
Research institutes ‘unprepared’ for impact of growing focus on national security amid geopolitical shifts, survey finds
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More UK university history departments cutting jobs and courses
Survey by the Royal Historical Society finds axe is falling most heavily on post-92 institutions
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‘Covid-scale’ job cuts engulf Australian universities
“Workforce change” processes under way at seven institutions likely to claim well over 1,200 jobs, with more campuses expected to follow suit
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Heitor report is most compelling vision yet for EU’s post-Horizon future
With its focus on breakthrough research and innovation, Manuel Heitor’s plan for European research should be commended, says Jan Palmowski