Scottish jobs 鈥榩ermacrisis鈥 transforming universities pre-review
Closure of low-enrolment courses, higher staff-student ratios and departmental mergers among measures being considered by institutions
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Shorter UK graduate visa 鈥榙ampens international student interest鈥
Reduction in work rights may be contributing to reduced international demand for UK study, as ongoing visa issues exacerbate uncertainty
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Maintain focus on governance reforms, urge staff and students
Representative groups hope their 鈥榬obust practical鈥 proposals will ensure that intent to fix a 鈥榖roken governance system鈥 does not end up in 鈥榯he long grass鈥
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Three brushes with populist power tell me no one in academia is safe
Experiences in聽Hungary, the US and the Netherlands make threats like autocratic legalism and oligarchic capture feel existential, says Ferenc Lacz贸聽
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US science budgets have been spared. So why is no one celebrating?
The Trump administration鈥檚 proposals to eviscerate the NIH and NSF have been overturned in Congress after a year of cancelled programmes and legal wrangling. Yet as funding continues only to dribble...
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Best universities in the world
Find the world鈥檚 top universities using the latest 探花视频 World University Rankings data
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Best universities in the UK
The University of Oxford is top in a list of the best universities in the UK, which includes institutions in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Best universities in Germany
Find the best universities in Germany through 探花视频鈥檚 World University Rankings data
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GenAI can join the dots, so teach students to draw new lines in empty space
GenAI tools are getting better at tasks such as sorting data, writing basic reports and generating simple code. That鈥檚 why higher education needs to focus on what it can鈥檛 do
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Why process mapping matters in higher education
A technique to help universities improve collaboration, reduce inefficiencies and build shared understanding across teams to support more effective working 鈥 and a framework for successful implementation
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What established academics can learn from ECRs
Professors can gain immediate, practical benefits if they listen to early career researchers, through inter-generational exchanges such as reverse mentoring. Here, Ian Williams offers five capabilities that ECRs can offer more seasoned scholars
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How to run effective industry-enriched project-based learning in STEM
The foundation of widening participation lies in a curriculum that is flexible enough to accommodate increasing student diversity while aligning with industry needs, writes James Williams
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Why AI paraphrasing no longer works 鈥 and how StrikePlagiarism.com exposes rewritten AI text
As generative AI becomes a routine tool in academic writing, a persistent belief continues to circulate: that AI-generated text can be made 鈥渟afe鈥 through paraphrasing or human rewriting. Change the wording, adjust the structure 鈥 and detection will fail.
March 6, 2026