Overseas students in UK: Romanian students ‘most likely to work’ Census data shows Chinese students have one of the lowest rates of employment By Patrick Jack 20 April
Digital Universities UK: ‘research needed to open machine learning black box’ Universities must address ethical questions and bias in AI and ensure students are ‘better than ChatGPT’, says Wei Li By Sara Custer 20 April
‘More universities needed’ as UK applicant numbers set to soar Existing providers must hone a distinctive offer to deal with increased competition at home and abroad, experts tell Ucas By Tom Williams 20 April
Mass resignations from Elsevier journal over ‘unethical’ price hike Editorial team at NeuroImage will work with MIT Press to establish new non-profit journal By Jack Grove 19 April
‘Essay mills’ reprimanded over ‘misleading’ adverts Companies that implied students could purchase essays and pass them off as their own work told to remove claims by watchdog By Tom Williams 19 April
Cyberattacks target UK universities ‘weekly’, survey reveals Higher education institutions more likely to be targeted than other educational bodies By Patrick Jack 19 April
Paul Nurse: UK’s ‘weak’ Pioneer scheme ‘not a good bargaining chip’ Ministers’ blueprint for Horizon alternative will be seen by Brussels as a ‘paper tiger’, warns Crick director By Jack Grove 19 April
Campus security: ‘We’re much more than a grudge spend’ New chair of global guards’ association on being the first port of call for emergencies, helping students with their mental health and planning for terrorist attacks By Pola Lem 19 April
Digital Universities UK: ChatGPT ‘experimentation’ puts universities in ‘dangerous position’ Experts tell THE and Leeds event that institutions are facing risks they don’t understand By John Gill 18 April
OfS accused of seeing student engagement as ‘tick box exercise’ Student representatives tell Lords inquiry that English regulator more concerned with satisfying desires of government By Tom Williams 18 April
Clintons launch £500K scholarship fund for NI students to study in US Scholarships announced at QUB conference as Hillary and Bill Clinton visit to mark 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement By Patrick Jack 18 April
New university ‘won’t cure’ Germany’s rural doctor shortage Brandenburg’s multi-billion euro ‘model for rural medicine’ will not stop doctors wanting to work in big cities, experts caution By Ben Upton 18 April