Patten: boost funding ‘or lose university world power status’ Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ‘chairman of the Tory party when there was one’, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees John Morgan 3月 19日
Student protests go on as Greece passes private universities law New legislation will allow private universities to issue degrees and international institutes to open Greek branches Emily Dixon 3月 19日
Universities look for ways out of TPS as contribution rates soar Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue Tom Williams 3月 18日
Books ‘should be open access within two years’ for REF submission Extension of journal mandate to monographs designed to ‘make research more open and equitable’, but has historically been a source of controversy Chris Havergal 3月 18日
Thirty days ‘not enough time’ to deal with free speech complaints Short deadline for universities dealing with issues internally will ‘inundate’ regulator with partially investigated cases, sector fears Tom Williams 3月 18日
Dropped immigration law ‘not reality of France’, minister says Sylvie Retailleau says France wants to ‘welcome’ international students, despite fallout from row over stricter controls Emily Dixon 3月 17日
‘Academic solipsism’ risk from chatbot use, warns university head Growing use of chatbots within higher education is likely to foster unoriginal and ‘solipsistic’ thought, says IE president Jack Grove 3月 15日
UK funding crisis forces three more universities to cut jobs Winchester, Surrey and Queen Mary latest to shed academic positions as industrial disputes heat up elsewhere Tom Williams 3月 15日
‘Beyond frustrating’ for Palestinian refugee denied UK PhD visa Amena El Ashkar was hoping to study a PhD in international relations at the London School of Economics but her visa was rejected Patrick Jack 3月 15日
51国产视频 presses rack up legal bills over AI copyright breaches London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses Jack Grove 3月 14日
Portuguese university apologises after sexual misconduct claims Investigation follows publishing controversy that saw chapter detailing allegations withdrawn by Routledge Emily Dixon 3月 14日
English regulator consults on tying funding to quality metrics Office for Students insists it has ‘no recommendations of directions of travel’ as it seeks views on distribution of ?1.5 billion annual budget John Morgan 3月 14日