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17 July

Sidelining universities ��won��t tackle skills crisis��, says SMF

17 July

Ukrainian rectors split on ��challenging�� higher education reform

17 July

Can educational developers resolve their identity crisis?

Caught between academic and service roles, educational developers have struggled to define their exact remit. As AI raises questions about the value of HE, they should focus on implementing leaders�� pedagogical strategy in line with different academic cultures, say Claire Gordon and Samantha Smidt

By Claire Gordon

17 July

Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai, symbolising bridging Indian divides

India��s new push for research and innovation must bridge old divides

17 July

Silhouette of a woman with hands on her, illustrating sexual harassment

English universities are still enabling sexual misconduct

16 July

Rankings

Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026: time to register

Universities can now subscribe to participate in THE��s revamped sustainability ratings framework

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Events

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Christchurch, New Zealand

Campus

Three AI-focused grids to future-proof your course design

By Sean McMinn

Redefining the university library for 2025 and beyond

North America

By Ryan Quinn

15 July

Chu: China ��will blow us away�� if Trump destroys US universities

By Jack Grove

15 July

By Johanna Alonso

14 July

By Sara Weissman

11 July

Europe

��Cut-throat�� recruitment round expected after record applications

17 July

Sidelining universities ��won��t tackle skills crisis��, says SMF

17 July

Ukrainian rectors split on ��challenging�� higher education reform

17 July

Can educational developers resolve their identity crisis?

By Claire Gordon

17 July

Asia

India��s new push for research and innovation must bridge old divides

By Eldho Mathews

17 July

Will AI be the death of liberal arts in Asia?

By Saikat Majumdar

14 July

Students from Vietnam can ��help stabilise enrolments in big four��

11 July

China produces more AI research than US, UK and EU combined

10 July

ߣߣ��Ƶ & New Zealand

Biotechnology specialist working with advanced equipment

New ARC grant proposals ��still leave next generation behind��

15 July

��Secretive�� university boards ��just rubber-stamp decisions��

15 July

New Zealand relaxes work rules in new push for overseas students

14 July

Flinders ��comes of age�� as two other Adelaide universities merge

By John Ross

14 July

News

��Cut-throat�� recruitment round expected after record applications

Number of 18-year-olds applying to university reaches new high but anticipated drop in top A-level grades adds to uncertainty ahead of clearing period

17 July

Students looking at car engine on auto mechanic apprenticeship course

Sidelining universities ��won��t tackle skills crisis��, says SMF

Urgent reforms to funding and regulation needed or universities will struggle to support Labour��s economic ambitions, finds thinktank

17 July

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Ukrainian rectors split on ��challenging�� higher education reform

Fears recent tuition fee hike for ��oversaturated�� subjects will limit access but improvements in autonomy and accreditation hailed

17 July

Horizon Europe budget to be almost doubled under new proposals

16 July

��Protection fund�� needed to help students hit by closures

By Helen Packer

16 July

Sally Mapstone: Labour��s short-termism ��bad for universities��

By Helen Packer

16 July

Real-terms value of tuition fees down by a third �C Russell Group

By Jack Grove

16 July

Fee levy ��an act of immense economic self-harm��, warns Khan

16 July

Regional education partnerships ��should embed credit recognition��

By Tom Williams

16 July

National Student Survey 2025: which university performed best?

By Patrick Jack

15 July

Chu: China ��will blow us away�� if Trump destroys US universities

By Jack Grove

15 July

Students win plagiarism appeals over generative AI detection tool

By Chris Havergal

15 July

In-depth

By Claire Gordon

Can educational developers resolve their identity crisis?

17 July

A large robot on a parade float at the Republic Day Parade 2024 in New Delhi, illustrating the large threat to liberal arts posed by AI

Will AI be the death of liberal arts in Asia?

An Indian university founder recently quoted Google AI in defence of his institution��s failure to back an under-fire academic. The incident exemplifies the threat posed to viewpoint diversity on campus by our increasing reliance on a tool trained to favour the majority view, says Saikat Majumdar

International students at the 2014 Lord Mayor's Student Welcome event in Melbourne

Is ߣߣ��Ƶ exploiting international students?

Once, ߣߣ��Ƶ offered generous scholarships to help overseas students gain an ߣߣ��Ƶn degree. Now it relies on their fees to keep its HE system afloat. But with significant proportions of some developing countries�� students now studying abroad, has the model become too ��extractive��? John Ross reports

Opinion

By Eldho Mathews

India��s new push for research and innovation must bridge old divides

The government��s huge loan scheme for firms to collaborate with academia could be a game changer if the benefits are widely spread, says Eldho Mathews

17 July

English universities are still enabling sexual misconduct

New regulations are due to take force next month but leaders are not doing enough on prevention and response, say Graham Towl and Clarissa DiSantis

Two cogwheels driving a mechanism, symbolising innovation

University collaboration is better than competition to boost UK innovation

Cambridge and Manchester��s blueprint will build on existing assets and address real constraints to deliver results quickly, say Deborah Prentice and Duncan Ivison

As a British parent in the US, I��ve seen what UK alumni relations is missing

By Laura Trevelyan

14 July

University collaboration is better than competition to boost UK innovation

By Deborah Prentice

15 July

Impostor syndrome soured my PhD �C then I was diagnosed with dyspraxia

By Polly Penter

13 July

Over-recruitment of healthcare students in England is a silent crisis

By Ruth Pearce

11 July

World policy

India��s new push for research and innovation must bridge old divides

The government��s huge loan scheme for firms to collaborate with academia could be a game changer if the benefits are widely spread, says Eldho Mathews

Editor��s pick

A robot reading, illustrating AI peer reviewing

My paper was probably reviewed by AI �C and that��s a serious problem

Our paper was rejected on the basis of reviewer comments that were vague, formulaic, often irrelevant and occasionally inaccurate, says Seongjin Hong

Over-recruitment of healthcare students in England is a silent crisis

Current enrolment rates are increasingly misaligned with NHS capacity for clinical placements, never mind graduate recruitment, says Ruth Pearce

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By John Ross

Flinders ��comes of age�� as two other Adelaide universities merge

Being odd one out from a celebrated merger makes it ��easier to differentiate��, while conferring the ��mantle of seniority��, says vice-chancellor

14 July

John Latham, vice-chancellor of Coventry University, with the campus in the background sinking in to the red and Rachel Reeves walking away. To illustrate that universities can't rely on government funding according to Latham.

Coventry v-c says universities ��can��t rely on government funding��

Institution falling back on reserve cash to pursue growth through major transformation, including a new teaching model, overseas expansion and controversial staff redundancies