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15 July

Students win plagiarism appeals over generative AI detection tool

By Chris Havergal

15 July

New ARC grant proposals ��still leave next generation behind��

15 July

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

By Deborah Prentice

15 July

US scholars want UK jobs but some university roles ��hard to fill��

14 July

A large robot on a parade float at the Republic Day Parade 2024 in New Delhi, illustrating the large threat to liberal arts posed by AI

Will AI be the death of liberal arts in Asia?

14 July

Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026: time to register

Universities can now subscribe to participate in THE��s revamped sustainability ratings framework

Access all our rankings

Events

2 September - 3 September 2025

Christchurch, New Zealand

Back to the basics of pedagogy

Redefining the university library for 2025 and beyond

Chu: China ��will blow us away�� if Trump destroys US universities

15 July

By Johanna Alonso

14 July

By Sara Weissman

11 July

Students win plagiarism appeals over generative AI detection tool

By Chris Havergal

15 July

Russell Group joins call for ��openness�� in Horizon successor

By Emily Dixon

15 July

University collaboration is better than competition to boost UK innovation

By Deborah Prentice

15 July

Drop ��science superpower�� slogan, Wellcome urges UK government

14 July

Will AI be the death of liberal arts in Asia?

By Saikat Majumdar

14 July

Students from Vietnam can ��help stabilise enrolments in big four��

11 July

China produces more AI research than US, UK and EU combined

10 July

Universities ��must adapt�� as China ��no longer student gold mine��

9 July

New ARC grant proposals ��still leave next generation behind��

15 July

��Secretive�� university boards ��just rubber-stamp decisions��

15 July

New Zealand relaxes work rules in new push for overseas students

14 July

Flinders ��comes of age�� as two other Adelaide universities merge

By John Ross

14 July

News

Chu: China ��will blow us away�� if Trump destroys US universities

Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu

15 July

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

By Chris Havergal

15 July

Biotechnology specialist working with advanced equipment

New ARC grant proposals ��still leave next generation behind��

Funder proposes to create stand-alone fellowship scheme for early-career researchers after criticism

15 July

��Secretive�� university boards ��just rubber-stamp decisions��

15 July

Russell Group joins call for ��openness�� in Horizon successor

By Emily Dixon

15 July

Drop ��science superpower�� slogan, Wellcome urges UK government

14 July

US scholars want UK jobs but some university roles ��hard to fill��

14 July

New Zealand relaxes work rules in new push for overseas students

14 July

��Disappointing�� LLE changes ��unambitious��, says Birkbeck v-c

By Helen Packer

14 July

Flinders ��comes of age�� as two other Adelaide universities merge

By John Ross

14 July

New widening access scheme targets ��overlooked�� group

By Tom Williams

12 July

Elsevier journal under fire over ��AI-generated�� review comments

11 July

Will AI be the death of liberal arts in Asia?

An Indian university founder recently quoted Google AI in defence of his institution��s failure to back an under-fire academic. The incident exemplifies the threat posed to viewpoint diversity on campus by our increasing reliance on a tool trained to favour the majority view, says Saikat Majumdar

14 July

International students at the 2014 Lord Mayor's Student Welcome event in Melbourne

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 developing countries�� students now studying abroad, has the model become too ��extractive��? John Ross reports

Student with brain unravelling in to a brain on a computer screen. To illustrate the increased use of AI by students, outsourcing their brain to the internet.

Have chatbots killed the student essay?

This year��s marking season has confirmed for many academics that, less than three years since the launch of ChatGPT, AI use by students has become so rife that their submitted writing is no longer a reliable indicator of what they have learned. Three scholars offer their views on where to go from here

Opinion

By Deborah Prentice

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

15 July

As a British parent in the US, I��ve seen what UK alumni relations is missing

The alumni reunion events that I am launching as Cardiff chancellor will cement lifetime engagement and, hopefully, donations, says Laura Trevelyan

Two cogwheels driving a mechanism, symbolising innovation

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

Impostor syndrome soured my PhD �C then I was diagnosed with dyspraxia

By Polly Penter

13 July

Over-recruitment of healthcare students in England is a silent crisis

By Ruth Pearce

11 July

Cambridge must reject austerity and be a place of sanctuary

By Gina Miller

10 July

Good governance will not transform South African universities by itself

By Fulufhelo Nemavhola

9 July

World policy

The arrivals board at Seoul Incheon Airport, symbolising internationalisation

Growing English-medium teaching is both opportunity and risk for Korea

South Korea hopes to enrol 300,000 international students by 2027, but more teaching in English could deepen domestic inequalities, says Kyuseok Kim

Editor��s pick

A robot reading, illustrating AI peer reviewing

My paper was probably reviewed by AI �C and that��s a serious problem

Our paper was rejected on the basis of reviewer comments that were vague, formulaic, often irrelevant and occasionally inaccurate, says Seongjin Hong

Cambridge must reject austerity and be a place of sanctuary

Trump��s assaults on science in the US present an opportunity that the university would be unwise to spurn, says chancellor candidate Gina Miller

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Talking leadership

By John Ross

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

14 July

John Latham, vice-chancellor of Coventry University, with the campus in the background sinking in to the red and Rachel Reeves walking away. To illustrate that universities can't rely on government funding according to Latham.

Coventry v-c says universities ��can��t rely on government funding��

Institution falling back on reserve cash to pursue growth through major transformation, including a new teaching model, overseas expansion and controversial staff redundancies