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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

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...

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

The alumni reunion events that I am launching as Cardiff chancellor will cement lifetime engagement and, hopefully, donations, says Laura Trevelyan

Impostor syndrome soured my PhD – then I was diagnosed with dyspraxia

Facing a thesis whose bibliography alone was longer than any essay I’d ever written, I was convinced that this time I’d gone too far, says Polly Penter

New widening access scheme targets ‘overlooked’ group

Students who have previously been safeguarded progress to university in ‘vanishingly low’ numbers, highlights Sheffield initiative

Universities must ‘reinvent themselves’ to end inequalities

Universities are at a crossroads and must act decisively to become sites of social transformation, says first black woman to lead a university in Brazil

Students from Vietnam can ‘help stabilise enrolments in big four’

South-east Asian country sees more than 40,000 visas issued in 2024, a 20 per cent increase on five years ago

EU competitiveness fund ‘must not overshadow Horizon successor’

University groups call for new fund to ‘complement, but not substitute’ next framework programme

Florida board of governors to vote on new accreditor

Elsevier journal under fire over ‘AI-generated’ review comments

Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated

Dundee bailout ‘sets precedent’ as MSPs evade funding reform

Warning more institutions may look to Scottish government for support as ailing university’s problems blamed on mismanagement rather than wider funding pressures

Editors stage mass resignation after academic publisher sold

Amsterdam University Press series editors quit with open letter objecting to sale to for-profit publisher

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

ߣߣÊÓƵn universities face funding threat over antisemitism

Special envoy plans ‘report card’ judging institutions on efforts to tackle hate speech and protect Jewish students and staff

Universities urged to ‘set the agenda’ on protecting biodiversity

Academics must come out from ‘behind our walls and our labs’ and take the lead on sustainability issues, conference hears