Business schools without AI teaching ‘irrelevant’, says professor Rapid pace of change makes keeping course content up to date a real challenge, according to technology expert Juliette Rowsell 4月 6日
Turkish students describe ‘sense of despair’ as protests continue Cost of living concerns and difficulties finding graduate jobs drive students to join widespread protests Emily Dixon 4月 5日
UKRI budget quells fears over dual support research system Concerns that UK’s ?2 billion annual quality-related funding stream could be cut allayed by Research England’s budget increase Jack Grove 4月 4日
Reintroducing student number controls ‘perverse’, warns Johnson Reviving caps could ‘backfire’ if Treasury given more control over what courses universities run, says former universities minister Patrick Jack 4月 4日
‘More work to be done’ as UKRI handed flat cash budget Total of ?8.8 billion given to UK’s main research funder a real-terms cut but likely to be viewed favourably amid Whitehall spending reductions Jack Grove 4月 4日
Oxbridge hiring rates revealed, with dozens chasing every vacancy Recently published jobs data shows difficulties of securing Oxbridge role, plus characteristics of those most likely to be successful Jack Grove 4月 4日
Trans policies vanish from university websites after Sussex fine OfS finding that university failed to uphold its free speech duties prompts others into reviewing policies that some believe were ‘copied and pasted’ Helen Packer 4月 4日
International recruitment more than halves at some universities Latest figures reveal damage to student numbers from dependants ban, with one university seeing enrolments fall by almost 80 per cent Patrick Jack 4月 3日
No student should graduate without being taught AI, leaders told Universities let students down if they fail to prepare them for the future workplace, LSE conference hears Juliette Rowsell 4月 3日
Rising costs will outstrip funding, European universities fear ‘Financial resilience’ strategies needed as survey finds vast majority of institutions expecting staff and capital expenditure to increase in next five years Emily Dixon 4月 3日
Black researcher support group welcomed by key UK funders New consortium will seek to ‘supercharge’ efforts to address lack of black researchers in UK academia Jack Grove 4月 3日
All universities should be assessing closure risks, says OfS Institutions ‘not always aware of the scale of the challenges involved’, regulator warns, as financial crisis exacerbates likelihood of bankruptcies Tom Williams 4月 3日