Chloe Smith to cover Michelle Donelan as science minister Outgoing MP takes on role during crucial period for UK science and research Tom Williams 4月 21日
European rectors rally around joint position on rankings Rectors’ conferences representing six European sectors have agreed to work on guidelines on university rankings, EUA conference hears Ben Upton 4月 21日
Digital Universities UK: AI ‘can make higher education personal’ Digital learning experts tell 91茄子 event sector is experiencing only the first wave of innovation, with much more to come Sara Custer 4月 21日
Russia scholars split over sanctions work Academics who act as court experts in return for up to ?20,000 are under a ‘corrupting influence’ claims one Russia analyst, while another expert says fees help pay his mortgage Ben Upton 4月 21日
Student complaints: universities pay out more than ?1 million Rise in complaints to new record levels driven by medical students and those from beyond EU Tom Williams 4月 20日
Overseas students in UK: Romanian students ‘most likely to work’ Census data shows Chinese students have one of the lowest rates of employment Patrick Jack 4月 20日
Digital Universities UK: ‘research needed to open machine learning black box’ Universities must address ethical questions and bias in AI and ensure students are ‘better than ChatGPT’, says Wei Li Sara Custer 4月 20日
‘More universities needed’ as UK applicant numbers set to soar Existing providers must hone a distinctive offer to deal with increased competition at home and abroad, experts tell Ucas Tom Williams 4月 20日
Mass resignations from Elsevier journal over ‘unethical’ price hike Editorial team at NeuroImage will work with MIT Press to establish new non-profit journal Jack Grove 4月 19日
‘Essay mills’ reprimanded over ‘misleading’ adverts Companies that implied students could purchase essays and pass them off as their own work told to remove claims by watchdog Tom Williams 4月 19日
Cyberattacks target UK universities ‘weekly’, survey reveals Higher education institutions more likely to be targeted than other educational bodies Patrick Jack 4月 19日
Paul Nurse: UK’s ‘weak’ Pioneer scheme ‘not a good bargaining chip’ Ministers’ blueprint for Horizon alternative will be seen by Brussels as a ‘paper tiger’, warns Crick director Jack Grove 4月 19日