Prestige without purpose? It’s time to reinvent doctoral education
Churning out so many PhD graduates into a weak academic labour market and marginalising innovative doctorates is immoral, says Ianis Matsoukas
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Scottish parties discussing ‘entirety’ of HE funding model
Politicians set red lines in cross-party talks that sector hopes could be start of a longer-term funding solution for universities
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Sheffield threatened with further strikes over staffing review
Chemistry and engineering among latest subject areas at risk at south Yorkshire university, as Liverpool settles hybrid working dispute
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Student visa refusals hit record levels in Canada
Immigration officers concerned applicants would not leave country at the end of their stay, according to new report
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Retaining breadth of subjects ‘beyond universities’ means’: UA
Universities need extra funding for ‘important’ but unfancied subjects, and permission to collude without contravening competition law, says Evans
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More Indonesian scholarships will ‘drive growth in TNE’
Government’s budget also aims to boost welfare of academics but scholars note lack of action on ‘mushrooming’ private sector
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Don’t ‘faff’ in wrongful imprisonment cases, says former detainee
With academics at ‘increasing risk’ of arbitrary detention, governments and universities must tackle cases in a ‘proactive’ way
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My Oxford Year is wrong to normalise staff-student romances
Netflix’s university-set romcom is strangely silent about the ethics of college tutors sleeping with their students, says Robert Dingwall
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Trim top tier of fees, Universities Australia tells Canberra
A$770m measure would be a ‘serious downpayment’ on reversal of Job-ready Graduates ‘excesses’, representative group says
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International student growth plans hit by new UK visa metrics
Universities set to take more cautious approach to student recruitment in countries once seen as key to boosting international income
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Imperial and Cumbria open new joint medical school
Institution aims to train doctors equipped to deal with region’s ‘critical health inequalities’
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Gazan students ‘need clarity’ as some set to be allowed into UK
Government plans to evacuate those on fully funded scholarships, but campaigners say eligibility criteria uncertain
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PhD students are let down by sector’s silence on ChatGPT misuse
Failure to explain how AI-aided academic writing is a form of plagiarism leaves graduate students horribly compromised, says E.M. Wolkovich