Cost of living: don’t bank on government support, UK sector told Students ‘unlikely to be high up the list of priorities’ for further funding despite risk of dropouts Tom Williams 12月 14日
UCU split on plans to call ‘indefinite strike’ from February Union leader Jo Grady distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin Tom Williams 12月 13日
Fairer loan system or graduate tax ‘could save government money’ UAL-commissioned report looks at alternatives inside and outside current system in wake of ‘regressive’ changes John Morgan 12月 13日
Ethics committees ‘struggling to deal with’ AI research Governance of data science research makes it difficult to highlight potentially harmful impacts that might arise, says ethics review report Jack Grove 12月 13日
Wellcome Trust director takes World Health Organization role Infectious disease specialist who came to national prominence during Covid will become WHO chief scientist Jack Grove 12月 13日
Weak leadership and law-making ‘undermining EU alliances’ Ambition of European Universities Initiative will be realised only by competent leadership and ceding more power to EU officials, says EUA president Ben Upton 12月 13日
Fiona Hill: higher education’s future ‘is on the line’ After elite universities took her from County Durham to White House, next Durham chancellor aims to work on spreading benefits of higher education beyond elites John Morgan 12月 13日
Anton Muscatelli on social justice and Brexit The principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow discusses the economics of higher education Rosa Ellis 12月 13日
Only about 20 per cent of school-leavers need to go to university Massification, metrics and consumerism have eroded what was distinctive about UK higher education, says Philip Langton Philip Langton 12月 13日
UUK seeks ‘bold and serious’ solutions to underfunding of sector Vice-chancellors’ group launches ‘national conversation’ on future UK-wide research funding and teaching support in England Chris Havergal 12月 12日
‘Avoid all-metric approach to REF’, says review Bibliometric-led evaluation of research outputs unable to replicate ‘richness’ of peer-review model Jack Grove 12月 12日
REF robot reviewers ‘not yet ready’ to replace human judgement Automation should only be used to support peer review and not usurp it, finds major study Patrick Jack 12月 12日
