Sheffield Hallam faces strikes as Teesside job cuts fears deepen
Universities say financial pressures forcing their hands as staff discontent grows over cost-saving measures
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Higher education steward anoints priority skills areas
Strategy statement seen as another step towards harmonisation with VET, as Atec marks the ground for compact negotiations
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Scientists made to declare retractions when seeking grant funding
Mandatory reporting of retractions to Indian science funding agency will force researchers to think harder about perpetrating fraud or working with serial offenders, says integrity champion
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‘HE has given me a good career. But, my word, it’s in a terrible situation now’
The second part of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey examines the impact that the waves of layoffs have had on those left behind – and reveals a sector riven by rock-bottom...
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Are accelerated degrees the solution to higher education’s problems?
The idea of shortening the duration of degrees has always run into concerns about loss of intellectual depth or infringements on academics’ research time. But amid concerns about universities’...
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Universities lose respect as they gain autonomy, says exiting v-c
University of Auckland’s Dawn Freshwater argues higher education leaders should do more soul-searching and less rewriting of strategies in a difficult but privileged job
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Entrepreneurial training ‘essential’ as value of degrees questioned
Universities urged to play greater role in teaching people how to create their own work, as countries become more sceptical of higher education
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Will anyone in England take up their lifelong learning entitlement?
The LLE is seen as a key part of maintaining employability in rapidly changing employment sectors. Yet with less than six months to go before applications open for the stand-alone modules central to...
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South Korea’s universities can’t drive its AI transition without better policy
Political ambition is not enough. Stable funding, coherent regulation and realistic institutional differentiation are also vital, says Kyuseok Kim
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Loss of US dominance in education ‘mirrors car industry decline’
European destinations emerging as ‘legitimate rivals’ for international students because they are improving while US stagnates, argues paper
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One book in three weeks? At some universities that would be a triumph
With undergraduates viewing education as a transaction and AI offering helpful summaries, reading is dying out on UK campuses, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
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Unite calls 24-hour strike at three Scottish universities
Cleaners, security guards and technicians to walk out after unions reject below-inflation pay rise
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UK job cuts hit English and modern languages staff hardest
‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’
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NZ research funding reallocated towards advanced technologies
Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’