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Calls to ditch AI because it is destroying students’ analytical skills ignore institutions’ questionable record at developing complex reasoning, says Ian Richardson

Lack of scrutiny given to rapidly expanding institutions out of step with amount of public money flowing through them, researchers argue

Concerns degrees are losing value may be misplaced, say economists, but high unemployment and rise of AI ‘sinking all ships’

Generation raised in digital-first classrooms questioning importance of books, academics say, but others believe issue has been overblown

Government mandates restricting which disciplines universities can offer jeopardises internationally recognised courses, says worst-affected institution

Sapienza University of Rome knocked offline for more than three days after suspected cyberattack

Queen’s University Belfast to drop name of US senator George Mitchell from its peace centre, and remove bust from campus

Former department store transformed into an institution focused on climate, energy, digitalisation and security

Enrolments up as universities find ways to connect with country’s huge diaspora, but deputy minister fears many students and academics who have been out of the country for so long unlikely to ever return

Universities say limit could dissuade ‘cases with little merit’, but student organisations warn of unfair advantage for wealthy

Umbrella body calls for more investment and warns against focus on political priorities for EU mobility scheme

Groups struggle to find board members as financial pressure on students increases, umbrella body says