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University of Sheffield’s Nobelist brands chemistry cuts ‘insane’

Genetics pioneer Richard J. Roberts criticises plans to cut posts at ‘brilliant’ department that launched his scientific career

Critical thinking skills helped secure jobs, say overseas alumni

Third edition of British Council survey of international graduates shows continued positivity with UK education, despite sector challenges

Universities eye levy U-turn under Burnham leadership

Sector pushes to reopen negotiations on controversial tax, while some call for the income raised to be reinvested in universities

Branch campus partnerships risk veto under new Australian bill

Amendments bring offshore campuses under Foreign Arrangements Scheme, while reframing it around ‘national interest’

In India, AI is only exacerbating academic inequality

For those without digital and cultural capital, AI is a dangerous helper whose use is liable to land them in hot water, says Rituparna Patgiri

Scottish universities form new alliance amid financial challenges

Universities to use government transformation funding to explore collaboration opportunities, but representatives insist institutions will maintain their own identities

Actors urge Nottingham to save student-run theatre

Broadcaster Matthew Bannister leads star-studded group of alumni in bid to protect site that has launched dozens of careers

Declining overseas enrolments slow UK’s education export growth

Country still on track to reach international education strategy target despite dip in revenue

Colleges reflect on 250 years of American history, warts and all

Marketised model ‘clearly coming to an end’, says ex-Greens leader

Natalie Bennett insists resurgent environmental party remains committed to free tuition, and building a system where universities are no longer ‘places of fear’

Consult properly over restructures, Australian universities told

Sham and shortcut consultations frowned on, as Canberra mulls more governance reforms

Neglected ‘cash cow’ postgrads ‘need bespoke support’

‘Bad tendency to lift and shift’ undergraduate support on to postgraduate taught cohort, says leader of UK-wide study

Turkey’s reversed university closure edict: cock-up or conspiracy?

Last month’s presidential decree demanding the closure of Istanbul’s liberal Bilgi University seemed to mirror the academic purges that followed 2016’s failed coup. But then it was cancelled. What...

Hiring academics for departmental ‘fit’ is a disservice to disciplines

Recruiting whoever costs least, unsettles least and matches current operational needs most closely is self-defeating on many levels, says Peter Sutoris

Women in Research charter to boost family leave and fight bullying

Government initiative aims to dismantle ‘systemic factors that slow progression and push too many women out of research’