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Heavy AI use could wreck net zero goals, universities warned
Hidden environmental impact of roll-out of AI bots and assistants not well understood, experts warn, with much of it outsourced to big technology companies
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Overseas student attendance rules ‘skewing face-to-face classes’
Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say
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Course cancellations ‘inevitable’ after ‘body blow’ funding cuts
Surprise reduction in funding for specialist provision will spark ‘brand new financial crisis brewed entirely in Whitehall’, critics warn
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Cutting DEI from business school accreditation is not just semantics
The AACSB’s removal of ‘politically charged’ terms risks hampering efforts to create a more just society, say?Martyna ?liwa and?Ajnesh Prasad
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Universities ‘using wrong frame of thinking’ on efficiencies
Vocabulary driven by policymakers doesn’t work for sector where outputs are not always measurable, conference hears
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Horizon Europe successor will be ‘self-standing’ – von der Leyen
Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10
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UK universities offer 1.4 per cent pay rise for most staff
Lowest offer since the pandemic?reflects ‘severity of the financial pressures’?facing institutions, says employer body
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Cardiff Met job cuts add to pressure on HE in Welsh capital
Staff want additional funding allocated by the Welsh government to be used to remove threat of compulsory redundancies
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Decade-long wait for UK citizenship ‘risks brain drain’
Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts
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Student hunger becoming widespread problem in top US universities
Many institutions still ‘pretending not to see’ issue of food insecurity among students, new book claims
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Heavily oversubscribed UK spin-out scheme ‘must be expanded’
Thousands set to miss out on fund set up by UK government to support companies in traversing the ‘Valley of Death’ between research and commercialisation, universities fear
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Dreaming spires won’t save UK universities that downplay impact
Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic
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OfS strategic priority fund cut by ?100 million as review begins
Ministers to seek to ensure money used to support high-cost subjects better aligns with priorities for growth
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Fund to attract international researchers to UK gets ?30 million
Royal Society announces government-backed fellowships as countries race to sign up scientific talent fleeing the US