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DSIT’s likely abolition criticised by university and tech leaders

Loss of stand-alone Department for Science, Innovation and Technology risks research becoming ‘afterthought’ in governmental discussions, argue sector leaders

Inside the ‘culture of fear’ at one American-Chinese university

Research income targets for Liverpool’s new academics ‘unfair’

Growing pressure on probationary staff to win grants represents ‘material divergence’ from agreed policies, argue UCU leaders

Iranian students struggling to pay Dutch fees as war continues

Blocks on international money transfers may force students to abandon degrees unless universities offer support before coming tuition fee deadline

‘Sense of possibility’ key to overseas students’ experience

Anticipation of future happiness in host country more crucial to sense of belonging than social contact or development of language skills

University staff back Burnham over Starmer but Greens hold allure

New UK prime minister urged to adopt more progressive stance, including lifting ‘harmful’ student visa restrictions

Collaborate globally to retain strength in AI research, UK urged

Country leads way in producing highly cited papers but overall share of publications drops

To solve youth unemployment, Andy Burnham must harness HTQs

Degrees are not the place to turn to if we want to reduce the number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training, says Mark Morrin

Nicola Phillips: Adelaide must ‘bring about real social progress’

Adelaide University is South Australia’s second biggest employer and the country’s second biggest undergraduate recruiter. As such, its inaugural v-c is determined to steer the merged behemoth...

University gallery closures show ‘lack of imagination’

Critics fear ‘act of self-harm’ as Dundee becomes latest to consider shutting public exhibition space

Korea ‘needs new internationalisation plan’ after meeting target

Having hit 300,000 foreign enrolments ahead of schedule, experts say the next stage of expansion should be better thought-through

Critics misinterpret our mission, says joint campus leader

‘Bumps’ inevitable when an institution tries to fuse the best of the East and the West, according to management theory expert

Greater research integrity focus ‘likely for REF 2029’

Forthcoming guidance on how Research Excellence Framework rates environment will focus more closely on governance related to research integrity and security risks, THE understands

Students who work part-time ‘more likely to graduate’

Jobs on the side benefit students academically, as long as they do not overdo it, analysis suggests

The AI era is exactly the wrong time to be closing a philosophy programme

Dundee’s proposal comes just as a hiring spree in Silicon Valley is raising the ceiling on what a philosophy degree can lead to, says Oisín Keohane