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
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University collaboration is better than competition to boost UK innovation
Cambridge and Manchester’s blueprint will?build on existing assets and address real constraints to deliver results quickly, say Deborah Prentice and Duncan Ivison
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Flinders ‘comes of age’ as two other Adelaide universities merge
Being odd one out from a celebrated merger makes it ‘easier to differentiate’, while conferring the ‘mantle of seniority’, says vice-chancellor
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Over-recruitment of healthcare students in England is a silent crisis
Current enrolment rates are increasingly misaligned with NHS capacity for clinical placements, never mind graduate recruitment, says Ruth Pearce
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Is Australia exploiting international students?
Once, Australia offered generous scholarships to help overseas students gain an Australian degree. Now it relies on their fees to keep its HE system afloat. But with significant proportions of some...
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More jobs at risk as universities gear up to fight student levy
Domestic student places and essential courses?face axe as plan to tax international tuition fees could prove to be ‘final nail in a coffin’ for some institutions
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Despite population decline, Korea’s Kyung Hee aims for the SKY
Leading private university pivots to graduate and international students as entire sector threatened by low birth rate
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Deborah Prentice: ‘In tough times, we depend on other institutions’
Cambridge’s 347th?vice-chancellor may have spent the whole of her previous career at Princeton, but she has no plans to tear up local or national traditions as she seeks to turn the UK government’s...
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Nancy Ip aims for ‘balance’ as HKUST targets expansion
Innovation cluster, new medical school and cautious growth of non-local student numbers high on the agenda of president of leading Hong Kong research university
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Geologists dig far too deep
University geology courses are largely irrelevant to modern living and should shift their focus from the earth's core and mantle to the inhabited crust, the director of the British Geological Survey...
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Sale time nears for royal star chambers
The government looks set to give the final go-ahead to the sale of the two royal observatories. The Royal Greenwich Observatory works closely with Cambridge University and the Royal Observatory...
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Treasury looks at PFI tax
The Treasury is considering removing VAT on university projects funded under the Private Finance Initiative in an effort to inject life into the flagging scheme. While there are still hurdles to...
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Admissions chaos near
University admissions are likely to be thrown into chaos as unions reveal plans to step up their campaign over pay. Lecturers' unions say that if next Tuesday's one-day strike fails to break the...
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Employers resort to the courts to resolve employment disputes
Unions revealed this week that their legal bills are soaring as members and employers resort to the courts to resolve employment disputes. The AUT has reported a 70 per cent increase in its legal...