Plan to limit apprenticeship funds to under-21s ‘ridiculous’ Maintaining opportunities only for young people dismissed as little better than wholesale defunding Helen Packer 5月 8日
Permanent ‘training wheels’ of AI ‘inhibits student learning’ Academics at UCL’s law school challenge sector’s embrace of technology, claiming students’ over-reliance on ‘shortcuts’ damages skills acquisition Jack Grove 5月 8日
Von der Leyen and Macron’s words on science must be followed by action Europe needs effective responses to attacks on science in the US and elsewhere, says Jan Palmowski Jan Palmowski 5月 8日
Will UK department mergers boost interdisciplinarity – or just cut costs? The amalgamation of disparate disciplines into larger administrative units is prompting fears about academic identity, voice and workload – not to mention student experience. Juliette Rowsell reports Juliette Rowsell 5月 8日
Europe Summit: universities have ‘more power than they think’ Institutions forget their importance to countries when they let themselves get embroiled in political debates, summit hears Juliette Rowsell 5月 7日
Europe Summit: aim for evolution, not radical transformation Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association Juliette Rowsell 5月 7日
Aberdeen cuts jobs as it targets ‘more efficient’ course offering Scottish university looks to save further ?5.5 million to bring down its deficit, a year after languages cuts Tom Williams 5月 7日
Almost half of employers think graduates ‘lack resilience’ Survey highlights concerns that university leavers are less prepared for work than previous generations Patrick Jack 5月 7日
Reduce high visa costs or miss out on US talent, say UK peers Lords committee urges government to make it cheaper for foreign researchers to work in UK following science funding cuts in US Helen Packer 5月 7日
Universities unfazed by eLife’s loss of journal impact factor Leading research institutions endorse experimental non-profit journal as it loses its impact factor Jack Grove 5月 7日
‘Nothing off the table’ for student visas after election shock Restrictions to incoming international students and graduate route thought to be more likely following losses by Labour in local elections Helen Packer 5月 7日
UK immigration policy must handle international students with care Amid talk of an asylum crackdown, any policy changes must avoid harming overseas graduates’ post-study work opportunities, says James Pitman James Pitman 5月 7日
