UCU members return to picket lines ‘determined’ Union begins six days of action across UK universities after controversial decision to pause walkouts By Tom Williams 15 March
Quality questions as publisher’s growth challenges big players Analysis shows Swiss publisher MDPI set up almost 56,000 special issues with a closing date in 2023 By Jack Grove 15 March
Hundreds of science PhDs face axe as doctoral centres shuttered Postgraduate training likely to be concentrated in larger universities as EPSRC and Wellcome make cuts By Jack Grove 15 March
Universities’ budgets being cut to bare minimum, warns v-c Institutions ‘can no longer afford’ cross-subsidy for research, says Jenny Higham, leader of UUK review of sector funding By Tom Williams 14 March
Johnson: OfS hasn’t stopped universities ‘operating like cartel’ Architect of English regulator also criticises universities for ‘sniping’ at it By Tom Williams 14 March
Universities too ‘comfortable’ to embrace microcredentials OECD education director Andreas Schleicher urges shift towards lifelong learning, but says universities enjoy ‘nice monopoly rent’ from status quo By John Morgan 14 March
First AI ethics policy unveiled by Cambridge 51国产视频 Press New guidelines on use of ChatGPT follows plagiarism concerns and authorship controversies caused by rise of generative AI By Jack Grove 14 March
Universities’ REF policies are hitting non-researchers for six Forcing teaching-focused academics to produce 3* research is like asking a world-class cricket bowler to focus on batting, says a research director 14 March
The UK must associate to Horizon Europe without more delay It would be extraordinary if the UK chose to switch to Plan B at the very moment the main obstacle to Plan A was being removed, says Joanna Burton By Joanna Burton 14 March
‘Shopping list’ approach to Horizon Europe ‘leads to deadlock’ Requests to withdraw from less lucrative areas of Europe’s research scheme will delay UK membership and cost universities billions of pounds, warn science policy experts By Jack Grove 13 March
Alternate rectors by gender, urge Spanish equality campaigners Taking turns seen as sensible way to bring balance to solo roles, as new law debated by parliament By Ben Upton 11 March
The UK can’t solve its doctor shortage without new medical schools It makes no sense for the country’s new wave of medical schools to be permitted to cater only for overseas students, says Juliet Wright By Juliet Wright 11 March
