Universities may have to shut door on elite to hit access targets English providers will have to enrol fewer privileged students if the sector is not allowed to expand, regulator says By Anna McKie 21 February
UK government names 16 AI doctoral training centres One thousand PhD places to be created over next five years By Rachael Pells 21 February
Teaching intelligence: laptop ban made my students truly critical thinkers Without devices, classes fostered engaged, active learning, writes Ioannis Costas Batlle By Ioannis Costas Batlle 21 February
Interview with Manu Kapur ETH Zurich’s learning sciences expert discusses his own ‘cut-throat’ schooling, why lecturing fails, and how students can fail ‘productively’ By David Matthews 21 February
Sheffield Hallam law firm to give students ‘cutting edge’ Law students will undertake work experience at campus-based firm in each year of their degree By Ellie Bothwell 20 February
Sudden v-c exits raise big question: who should run universities? Marketisation and intense competition a key underlying factor in spate of senior departures and suspensions, experts argue By John Morgan 20 February
Plan S leaders resist pressure for slower open access transition Little sympathy among scheme’s architects for suggestion that embargoed dissemination should continue to be supported By Rachael Pells 20 February
Grade point average misses the pass mark in the UK Key working group no longer active and grade inflation consultation makes no mention of initiative By Anna McKie 20 February
Doubts over Israel’s bid to double international student intake Country’s ?93 million initiative aims to make it a ‘beacon of academia’, but scholars question whether learners will want to go By Anna McKie 19 February
European university heads take the fight to publishers Vice-chancellors are leading contract negotiations, allowing universities to make more demands on open access and costs By David Matthews 19 February
Report calls for moratorium on new Confucius Institutes in UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission calls for investigation into whether Communist-supported centres are being used to intimidate students or restrict freedom of expression By Anna McKie 18 February
Commercialised university receives satirical screen treatment Weitermachen Sanssouci may be the first film to tackle the woes of research assessment, casualisation and an obsession with student employability By David Matthews 18 February
