New widening access scheme targets ‘overlooked’ group
Students who have previously been safeguarded progress to university in?‘vanishingly low’ numbers, highlights Sheffield initiative
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Universities must ‘reinvent themselves’ to end inequalities
Universities are?at a crossroads and must act decisively to become sites of social transformation, says first black woman to lead a university in Brazil
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Students from Vietnam can ‘help stabilise enrolments in big four’
South-east Asian country sees more than 40,000 visas issued in 2024, a 20 per cent increase on five years ago
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EU competitiveness fund ‘must not overshadow Horizon successor’
University groups call for new fund to ‘complement, but not substitute’ next framework programme
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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
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Dundee bailout ‘sets precedent’ as MSPs evade funding reform
Warning more institutions may look to Scottish government for support?as ailing university’s problems blamed on mismanagement rather than wider funding pressures
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Editors stage mass resignation after academic publisher sold
Amsterdam University Press series editors quit with open letter objecting to sale to for-profit publisher
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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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Australian universities face funding threat over antisemitism
Special envoy plans ‘report card’ judging institutions on efforts to tackle hate speech and protect Jewish students and staff
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Universities urged to ‘set the agenda’ on protecting biodiversity
Academics must come out from ‘behind our walls and our labs’ and take the lead on sustainability issues, conference hears
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UCU members told to reject pay offer and vote for strikes
Further meetings fail to reach agreement in UK sector talks, with union calling 1.4 per cent rise a ‘real-terms cut’
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China produces more AI research than US, UK and EU combined
Country amasses 30,000 researchers working on new technology,?‘dwarfing’ the talent pools of its nearest rivals
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UK study visa applications dip after post-study work rights cut
Data for 2025 falls behind 2024 numbers for first time just ahead of?make-or-break recruitment window?
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