Glasgow School of Art ‘can’t afford’ £265m Mackintosh repairs
Institution appeals for donors to help turn burned-down building into creative district, as it says site no longer needed for day-to-day operations
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Extension of Australia’s placement payments a ‘huge relief’
But medical and veterinary students should not be left out, postgraduate body insists
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Scholarships offered to students affected by UK ‘visa brake’
Students blocked from UK education by new Home Office rules offered chance to study online or via transnational partnerships instead
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Universities ‘unloved’ by new government as No 10 confirms roles
Burnham government appointments signal focus on youth unemployment and skills as universities are left ‘without a home’, according to policy analysts
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Worsening finances push English HE into ‘future nobody planned’
With financial pressures intensifying and income sources drying up, new report argues for more differentiated sector to avert worst-case scenario
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Medical students ‘silenced’ by professionalism rules, BMA finds
Minor infractions being labelled as a breach of standards, potentially harming future careers
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Ucas launches budget calculator amid cost-of-living concerns
New tool allows prospective students to compare transport, food and accommodation costs in more than 100 cities and towns across the UK
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University teaching spaces ‘only used 20 per cent of the time’
Institutions could mothball buildings at less busy times of year to cut exorbitant energy costs, estate expert suggests
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Could an AI ever win a Nobel prize?
Artificial intelligence is already having a huge impact on research, and the technology is advancing so quickly that some suggest it could soon be capable of directing its own research programmes....
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Private universities give India’s young people a second chance
Concerns about quality and price will not go away any time soon, but neither will student demand, says Pushkar
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No case for insolvency regime for universities, government says
Ministers reject calls to legislate to clarify process for university going bust, despite admitting arrangements are unclear
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More grants for ECRs in Australian Research Council overhaul
Lobbyists welcome streamlining and greater spread of competitive funding, but say opportunities for novice researchers will come at a cost for their established peers
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Jacqui Smith retains skills minister role in Burnham government
Labour peer to continue in position amid Cabinet shake-up, working with new education secretary Lucy Powell