China’s real estate collapse is blocking students’ path to the West
I foresee that we will go back to the situation of 25 years ago, when only a small Chinese elite was able to study abroad, says Sabrina Wang
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Apprenticeship funding for medical courses back on after cuts
Some level 7 health and social care apprenticeships to be funded following concerns about NHS workforce
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Two in five students think degree not needed for ‘good career’
Proportion of young people planning to attend university full-time has fallen to just over half, survey suggests
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Automated university systems ‘make administrative burden worse’
Risk-averse mindset, fervour for meetings and ‘time sink’ labour-saving ploys leave everybody overburdened, finds Melbourne study
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Medical schools ‘can’t deliver NHS plan with broken funding’
Healthcare courses can lead reform of ailing system but only with more government support, says new chair of Medical Schools Council
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X’s Altmetric hegemony ‘ending’, with Bluesky ‘clear alternative’
Alternative social media platform matching engagement of Elon Musk’s X in ways that ‘would have seemed unthinkable until recently’, says study
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In these times, UK-German research collaboration must be ramped up
The recent Germany-UK Treaty provides a platform to build on existing links and boost success in the next Horizon Europe, say Chris Day and Michael Hoch
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Raygun: ‘I don’t go on campus much. When I do, I try to keep a low profile’
Cultural studies academic Rachael Gunn’s breakdancing performance at the Paris Olympics went viral for all the wrong reasons. One year on, she tells John Ross that although processing the ridicule...
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Onwurah: Global Talent Fund criteria ‘arbitrary and inconsistent’
Omission of northern institutions from fund to attract top researchers does not add up, says select committee chair
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Royal Society to make journals open access from next year
UK science academy adopts ‘subscribe to open’ model, with libraries being asked to back transition
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OfS opens new investigation into axed franchise agreement
Regulator to examine quality controls at institution delivering degrees of UK’s biggest franchise university
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Insolvency plans ‘must give richer universities reason to buy in’
No incentive for wealthy institutions to support initiatives such as bespoke clearing scheme, experts fear, as policymakers face hurdles in developing process for market exits
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Tax incentives for business-backed R&D in the frame for review
Submissions to Australian Strategic Examination insist A$11 billion scheme is ‘not as effective as it could be’