Northern Irish universities issue plea for ‘urgent’ fee increase
Higher education and business leaders write to Stormont over the sector’s ‘real and current jeopardy’
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University finances ‘worse than predicted’ as nearly half in red
Office for Students warns providers against being overly ambitious in their forecasting after financial performance declines for third year running
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Former Australian v-c avoids conviction after ‘assault charges’
Brigid Heywood told a court she reflects ‘every day’ on ‘momentary aberration’ that ended 40-year academic career
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Cleverest New Zealanders ‘increasingly studying abroad’
Report finds overseas departures among high-performing school-leavers have reached highest level in 15 years, with many heading to neighbouring Australia
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Plan to limit apprenticeship funds to under-21s ‘ridiculous’
Maintaining opportunities only for young people dismissed as little better than wholesale defunding
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Permanent ‘training wheels’ of AI ‘inhibits student learning’
Academics at UCL’s law school challenge sector’s embrace of technology, claiming students’ over-reliance on ‘shortcuts’ damages skills acquisition
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Von der Leyen and Macron’s words on science must be followed by action
Europe needs effective responses to attacks on science in the US and elsewhere, says Jan Palmowski
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Will UK department mergers boost interdisciplinarity – or just cut costs?
The amalgamation of disparate disciplines into larger administrative units is prompting fears about academic identity, voice and workload – not to mention student experience. Juliette Rowsell reports
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Universities have ‘more power to resist politics than they think’
Institutions forget their importance to countries when they let themselves get embroiled in political debates, summit hears
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Target evolution, not radical transformation, universities told
Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association
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Aberdeen cuts jobs as it targets ‘more efficient’ course offering
Scottish university looks to save further £5.5 million to bring down its deficit, a year after languages cuts
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Almost half of employers think graduates ‘lack resilience’
Survey highlights concerns that university leavers are less prepared for work than previous generations
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Reduce high visa costs or miss out on US talent, say UK peers
Lords committee urges government to make it cheaper for foreign researchers to work in UK following science funding cuts in US