Renaming postdocs and PhD students would boost respect, pay, progression
What other industry would deem those with so much prior training to still be mere trainees? Let’s call them what they are – researchers, says Michele Nardin
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US university suggests AI could help ‘offset’ striking instructors
With 3,000 graduate students picketing for higher pay, Boston University dean encourages faculty to ‘think creatively’ about using technological alternatives
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AI-generated lecturers take a turn at Hong Kong university
AI lecturers have the potential to free up academics’ time and create more immersive learning environments, but institutions are treading cautiously when it comes to introducing the technology into...
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Extend researcher sanctuary scheme to Palestinians, MPs urge
Researchers at Risk programme currently limited to Ukrainian scholars
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For Taylor Swift, professors find a place in this world
College courses based on Swift and other pop stars grow quickly in US, promising academic value for instructors battling to maintain weakened attention spans
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OfS should hold firm on 30-day limit for resolving free-speech complaints
Extending England’s proposed threshold for legal recourse would encourage universities to adopt delaying tactics, says Abhishek Saha
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Campus statues for ‘anti-woke’ champions divide UK academia
New university monuments will guard against culture war attacks, vice-chancellors argue
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‘Crisis’ as Indian states battle BJP for control of universities
Latest salvo sees Keralan state government challenge national president in the Supreme Court over vice-chancellor appointments
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Academic careers recommended by just one in six postdocs: survey
Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ‘rare sport’ of academia
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Hungarian academics want 50 per cent public university pay rise
Thousands of employees of few remaining non-foundation institutions say earnings have been heavily eroded by inflation
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Tibet’s easier gaokao offer for investors ‘exploitative’
Rights group criticises government’s move to use region’s lower university admissions standards to its advantage
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Student activist settles University of Queensland lawsuit
Both sides claim a win, with Pavlou lauding ‘legacy’ and university saying legal fees have been put to better use
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Union warns Goldsmiths of ‘unprecedented unrest’ as strikes loom
UCU members back more industrial action over job cuts at London institution but Northumbria dispute could soon end after compulsory redundancies ruled out
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Hope in short supply as election looms
Universities are in a funding cul-de-sac, blocked in by negative rhetoric about their role and value. Will a likely change of government provide a way out?
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Privates lose out as publics get almost all Ontario student visas
Facing C$3 billion revenue loss from federal crackdown on overseas gravy train, Ford administration promises to spare 22 of 23 public universities from the toll