Regulator finds ‘systemic’ failings at De Montfort after v-c exit
OfS investigation followed Dominic Shellard’s departure, with university admitting failure on oversight of leadership, ‘in particular the v-c’
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Australian contract cheating law ‘could prohibit friendly help’
Proposed legislation could thwart peer support, universities say
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Cambridge PhD student quits over ‘structural racism’
Indiana Seresin accuses universities of focusing on gender equality at expense of racial justice
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Pakistan funding cuts ‘disastrous’ for universities
Scholars say cuts to Higher Education Commission’s budget will drive academic brain drain
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Cardiff ordered to pay £9K to anti-vaxxer healthcare student
Case hinged on university’s failure to promptly read a form on which the student declared their opposition to immunisations
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Technology can help teachers reach more students more effectively
Online tools can enable large-scale mentoring, identify where students might struggle and support collaborative work that gives useful practical experience, says Dil Sidhu
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Turkey attempts to bridge the quality gap
Budget restrictions, a focus on teaching and a paucity of internationalisation all hold back Turkish research, says Hakan Ergin
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Scholars split on Indonesian president’s leadership intervention
President’s appointment of new Islamic university rector raises academic freedom concerns
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University advertising must be scrupulously accurate
Recent ASA rulings show that students are still potentially being misled, says John Bradley
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Lack of public confidence in AI readiness an ‘opportunity’ for HE
Gallup-Northeastern University report analyses views on AI revolution from survey of 10,000 members of public across US, UK and Canada
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Augar missed the chance to put English universities’ WP spending to better use
Means-tested fees discounts would remove the rationale for fruitless widening participation efforts, argues Norman Gowar
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UCU plans strike ballots over pay and pensions
Union sets out timetable for ballots over industrial action in relation to the pay and USS pension disputes
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David Willetts: new universities ‘converge on old models’
Former universities minister says institutions do not always succeed in maintaining founding diversity as he predicts ‘growth agenda’ will win in the UK
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Jim Al-Khalili: boost public engagement to beat pseudoscience
Physicist and broadcaster says academics must have freedom and support to communicate with society, to ‘avoid mistakes of past’
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Sir Mark Walport: end ‘fury’ over ‘top-down’ funding decisions
UK’s public research funding overseer argues debate over political control of public finances is a ‘false dichotomy’ and distracts from bigger societal issues