Regional education partnerships ‘should embed credit recognition’ Single voice needed to coordinate work on local skills needs, argues new report, which says credit transfer easier to do at regional level Tom Williams 7月 16日
English universities are still enabling sexual misconduct New regulations are due to take force next month but leaders are not doing enough on prevention and response, say Graham Towl and Clarissa DiSantis Graham Towl 7月 16日
National Student Survey 2025: which university performed best? THE’蝉 analysis reveals that a former Anglican teaching training college has again beaten the country’蝉 elite universities for student satisfaction Patrick Jack 7月 15日
Russell Group joins call for ‘openness’ in Horizon successor Research-intensive universities urge UK to signal ‘early intent’ to associate to FP10 Emily Dixon 7月 15日
Students win plagiarism appeals over generative AI detection tool Ombudsman tells universities to be mindful of ‘limitations’ of detection tools and to consider if they are biased against international students Chris Havergal 7月 15日
University collaboration is better than competition to boost UK innovation Cambridge and Manchester’蝉 blueprint will build on existing assets and address real constraints to deliver results quickly, say Deborah Prentice and Duncan Ivison Deborah Prentice 7月 15日
Drop ‘science superpower’ slogan, Wellcome urges UK government Boris Johnson-era messaging about ‘UK greatness’ in science annoys and alienates potential research partners, says report from major funder Jack Grove 7月 14日
‘Disappointing’ LLE changes ‘unambitious’, says Birkbeck v-c Lack of details on institutional eligibility for new student funding scheme brings more uncertainty to providers, according to Sally Wheeler Helen Packer 7月 14日
US scholars want UK jobs but some university roles ‘hard to fill’ Applications for professional service posts decline as appeal of working in universities ‘fades’, but academics face more competition than ever Juliette Rowsell 7月 14日
New widening access scheme targets ‘overlooked’ group Students who have previously been safeguarded progress to university in ‘vanishingly low’ numbers, highlights Sheffield initiative Tom Williams 7月 12日
EU competitiveness fund ‘must not overshadow Horizon successor’ University groups call for new fund to ‘complement, but not substitute’ next framework programme Emily Dixon 7月 11日
Elsevier journal under fire over ‘AI-generated’ review comments Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated Jack Grove 7月 11日