Three in 10 university places in Bangladesh set to go unfilled
Figures will ‘strain’ private institutions, with faculty and course cuts expected by academics
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Staff must declare intimate relationships with students, says OfS
English regulator plans to order institutions to create registers of relationships, with expectation that staff who keep liaisons secret will be sacked
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Ex-ministerial adviser heads Economic and Social Research Council
Stian Westlake will take helm after two-year delay in appointing a permanent executive chair
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End Treasury meddling and restructure UKRI, say Blair and Hague
Former leaders call for science and technology delivery unit to end Whitehall ‘micromanagement’ of research funding and for ‘bespoke’ research councils
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African universities struggle for research funding
Association of Commonwealth Universities survey also highlights gender inequalities in academic appointments
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Canadian universities wary of new rules on China collaborations
Trudeau administration imposes broad halt on federal research funding agencies supporting projects involving foreign nationals with possible security risks
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Be bold, Australian reviewers urge sector
All options on the table as Australian accord seeks ideas before the ‘hard work’ of implementation begins
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Israel’s right-wing coalition ‘already damaging science’
Sector leaders warn of brain drain as government pushes for constitutional change to assert control over judiciary and end to recognition of degrees from Palestine
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Crushing impostor syndrome almost forced me to quit university
Intense feelings of academic inadequacy and alienation can drive first-in-family students to self-destructive behaviour and thoughts of dropping out, reflects Malik Johnson on his difficult journey...
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Overseas enrolments surge at UK universities
Number of transnational learners up 9 per cent year-on-year
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UK government’s £1.6 billion Horizon clawback ‘breaks R&D pledge’
Unused funds earmarked for UK association to the European Union’s research programme returned to Treasury
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Australia extends post-PhD work visa to six years, others to four
Almost 400 bachelor’s and master’s courses attracting enhanced post-study rights named as term-time working hours limit extended
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University funding pressures ‘threaten science superpower goal’
Vice-chancellor warns of cuts to areas such as degree apprenticeships and infrastructure projects if fee squeeze continues
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UK universities reject ‘improved’ offer from Springer Nature
University groups say the proposed agreement with the German-British publisher ‘still does not meet the needs of the sector and our members’
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To outwit ChatGPT, lecturers must embrace it
Forcing undergraduates to use AI chatbots as a learning tool will help students and educators, argues Dan Sarofian-Butin