Academics wouldn’t drink to the handover of marking to AI
Would someone who found effective software for their department never have to buy a beer again? Not according to my survey, says Paul Breen
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Open University ‘apologises unreservedly’ to Jo Phoenix
Vice-chancellor announces ‘major independent review’ after acknowledging ‘in several areas we fell very short’
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Abandon plan for foreign funding register, universities tell EU
European University Association says being forced to disclose international funding could lead to institutions being wrongly ‘suspected of representing foreign interests’
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Ukraine’s university born out of war: ‘education is our future’
SET University president Iryna Volnytska discusses the challenges of building a new institution in wartime
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Human resources professor ‘sacked over Greta Thunberg tweet’
Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’
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Canadian universities reel from international student visa cut
Provinces promise action against private operators, but universities fear Trudeau is going too far, too fast, without consulting sector
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UCU Left is fighting for a more democratic, effective academic union
Far from being elitist, UCU Left members see collective decision-making as key to campaigning strength, says general secretary candidate Saira Weiner
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Nature journal launches large-scale effort to replicate papers
Partnership with Institute for Replication will support reproduction and replication attempts tied to papers published from 2023 onwards
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Lancaster objects to ‘very confusing’ Uclan name change plan
University wants to drop ‘Central’ and become ‘The University of Lancashire’, as existing location description has ‘little or no current relevance or meaning’
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Number of UK care leavers getting student loans ‘falls’
Experts describe drop as disappointing but caution that a number of statistical reasons could be behind the decrease
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Ottoline Leyser to step down as UKRI chief executive
Head of UK Research and Innovation announces she will not seek to stay in office beyond next year
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THE Awards Asia 2024: shortlist announced
Eighty finalists from 17 countries and territories in the running across 10 categories, as prestigious awards enter sixth year
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A year after Bolsonaro, Brazilian campuses are still recovering
A change in atmosphere has encouraged academics to return to the country where they were once maligned, but funding pressures and issues with polarisation continue
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Out-of-state student fees grab hits new high in US
In Vermont, a flagship for the first time counts more freshmen from a neighbouring state than from its own population
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Is a bit more joy what universities need?
It might sound ‘wishy-washy’ but joyfulness can succeed where KPIs fail in supporting the institutional mission, new book argues