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Rapid growth in number of students studying AI courses reflects its cultural prominence but experts warn content could lack rigour and quickly become outdated

Sharp rise in grievances may reflect financial pressures on universities and ‘heightened expectations’ of procedural fairness, says ombudsman

Institutional blind spots around part-time Australian students seen as making life unnecessarily difficult ‘for people on the breadline’

Sociologist accuses LSE of lack of support after tight thesis deadlines contributed to him overstaying his visa, potentially jeopardising future in UK

Under pressure from students to speak out but wary of angering the White House, institutions are trying to find ways to help while avoiding ‘pageantry’

Grande école embarks on biggest redevelopment for more than 50 years amid changing enrolment patterns and disruptions to traditional teaching models

Sapienza University of Rome knocked offline for more than three days after suspected cyberattack

Still unclear whether Scotland will meet fair access goals set for this year, as country prepares to adopt institution-level approach

Report flags how seven institutions that have achieved a coveted gold rating have black awarding gaps exceeding 25 percentage points

Response to Sullivan Review argues recommendations could hit quality of findings and impinge on academic freedom

Poll shows support for eliminating some or all of the money graduates owe the government, as calls grow for reform of the loan system

Queen’s University Belfast to drop name of US senator George Mitchell from its peace centre, and remove bust from campus

New polling finds policy intended to foster lifelong learning and reskilling in England still suffering from very low levels of engagement

Former department store transformed into an institution focused on climate, energy, digitalisation and security

Multiple calls to extend Atec’s remit, as the cost of arts degrees edges past A$54K

Policies and procedures at all universities to be investigated following ‘systemic’ issues that led to undergraduate wrongly being told he had failed course

Cost-cutting measures impacting student experience, finds OfS polling, with increased class sizes and reduced access to facilities among issues raised

Calls for more support for people with experience of prison to access higher education as experts warn programmes being hampered by staff shortages

Meeting public expectations demands careful design of statutory and regulatory arrangements, not rhetorical commitment, says Emma Roberts

Analyst predicts end to enrolment uncertainty despite pressure on South Asia, onshore demand and postgraduate programmes

University expands presence in Central Asia after growing first capital city site from 95 students to 428

Adelaide ‘throwing everything’ at resolving enrolment hitches as students and staff protest

Enrolments up as universities find ways to connect with country’s huge diaspora, but deputy minister fears many students and academics who have been out of the country for so long unlikely to ever return

Sharp increases in outlay in recent years along with changes to the English system put pressure on Wales to ensure student loans ‘remain sustainable’, says report

Visa applications from the subcontinent go under the microscope, as Canberra finalises measures to combat onshore poaching

Vast majority of parents in England having to support children at university, finds poll, with some sending more than £1,000 a month

Teaching and research central to any hopes of rebuilding country, according to academics, as pressure grows for political change

Students may not have started the current uprising but they are seizing what might be a last chance to remake the country, says Roohola Ramazani

Experts say introduction of compulsory test for all undergraduate courses shows country’s shifting approach to internationalisation

Inclusion worker challenges institutions whose scholarship programmes are not open to all after missing out on place on master’s

Bereaved families push politicians to make universities’ responsibilities toward their students clearer as suicide deaths continue

Universities facing ‘ongoing repression’ as regime responds to demonstrations with force

Students encouraged to study elsewhere owing to concerns about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on UK campuses

Campuses closed in attempt to quell unrest, with experts warning of risk of further brain drain unless protests deliver meaningful political change

‘No change’ in widening participation policy, says Trinity Hall, after plans to target students from Eton and Winchester leak

MP seeks reform to ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ system amid cost-of-living concerns

Study warns against heavy reliance on metrics such as logins and page views to judge students’ performance

Graduate employability increasingly seen as ‘university-wide priority’ involving academics and researchers as well as dedicated careers services

Some institutions revisit gender-related policies against backdrop of legal and political developments

Private chat forums are ‘valued learning environments’ that can help stop students falling behind, Australian study finds

Practice seen as a way to boost participation at higher levels of academia but critics say it could have the opposite effect

Changing demographics prompt call for universities to review what support they offer

Founder of support group urges more consistent approach to handling bereavement at universities because staff can feel ‘awkward’ talking about death

Short-term placements a chance to rebuild EU links and campus diversity but could also ‘reshape demand in ways that challenge current financial models’

Long-delayed proposal would merge seven state-run colleges into a new public university

Confirmed deal to cost UK £570 million in first year, with ministers targeting 100,000 participants including apprentices and adult learners

Westminster government reportedly agrees reassociation to Europe’s flagship student exchange programme five years after departing under Brexit

University leaders considering internal recommendation to cease veterinary education after regulators extended conditional accreditation of degrees

If a student feels remembered by a machine but overlooked by humans, something in the educational contract has broken, says Agnieszka Piotrowska

Charging interest on loans already repaid would be illegal in other sectors, senator highlights

Researchers sent emails to authors of recently published papers to test how much prestige matters in access to academic resources

Reject calls for passive ‘neutrality’ and develop integrated plans to promote student voting, say Jonathan Becker, Erin Cannan and Yael Bromberg

AI-assisted software makes it easier for students to forge medical evidence for disciplinary hearings, says legal expert

Institution agrees to pay undisclosed sum after cutting unique master’s programme amid review of provision

Rise in number of college-educated people out of work could be down to AI boom and economic policies of the Trump administration, experts say

Low value of support on offer not enough to move the dial on university access, critics fear

Many students in Australia struggle to afford enough food, and expensive campus outlets are not helping, say Jane Dyson and four colleagues

Undergraduates are choosing silence over dissent given the high price paid by scholars advancing controversial ideas, says Yashraj Garg

Activists step up efforts to protect caretaker of shrine situated inside construction zone

South-east Asian country predicted to overtake US and Brazil in next decade but China and India to remain ‘big two’