Chinese language departments redraw courses in response to AI
Changing student expectations and labour market challenges also drive shift towards interdisciplinary programmes
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For better sector PR, we must update popular views of university success
Modern universities make up over half of the UK sector, yet their vital work flies under journalists’ and politicians’ radars, says Amanda Broderick
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The age of the influencer?
A new government interested in solutions not dogma should be fertile ground for those with ideas to sow – but there will be limits on blue-sky thinking
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THE Awards Arab World 2024: shortlist announced
Universities from across 15 countries and territories submitted more than 400 entries
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How Black Lives Matter and Covid reshaped university syllabuses
References to equality, diversity and inclusion all rising sharply, according to Open Syllabus database
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University summer schools are an antidote to the marketisation of HE
Summer schools are sometimes dismissed as money-spinning playgrounds for rich overseas students. But with academic life increasingly characterised by heavy workloads and regulation, faculty should...
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The week in higher education – 18 July 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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New Ucas application questions out, as applications fall further
Applications now down 1.6 per cent year-on-year, with bigger drop among international applicants
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Interview with Tom Lee
Goldsmiths creative writing lecturer talks about the difficulties of revisiting his psychological breakdown for his acclaimed memoir The Bullet
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Malaysian university seeks approval for AI-taught degree
New technology that allows AI avatars to deliver lectures could be used to ‘democratise’ access to higher education, says professor
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PhD students ‘spending entire stipends on childcare’
Postgraduates with children ‘fall between the cracks’ as ineligibility for government support ‘disincentivises’ study, report warns
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Labour told to use key appointments to reset sector relationships
Search for new leaders at OfS and UKRI offers chance for new government to break from the past in its approach to universities and research
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Are better days ahead for New Zealand’s storm-lashed universities?
Years of tight funding settlements, exacerbated by high inflation and recent research cuts, have left New Zealand’s higher education and research sectors in a parlous state. Will the comprehensive...
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18 July 2024 digital edition
End of their tether: Will New Zealand’s universities see their fortunes rebound?
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Academic success should not depend on cultivating strategic incompetence
Those who take on vital academic housekeeping should be acknowledged as champions of good practice and rewarded accordingly, says Eleanor Baker