Caught between academic and service roles, educational developers have struggled to define their exact remit. As AI raises questions about the value of HE, they should focus on implementing leaders’ pedagogical strategy in line with different academic cultures, say Claire Gordon and Samantha Smidt

Ombudsman tells universities to be mindful of ‘limitations’ of detection tools and to consider if they are biased against international students

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

Suspensions and expulsions are signs of ‘institutional failure’ to appreciate students’ ‘challenging life circumstances’, Australia’s new welfare arbiter says

Instead of treating certificates and diplomas as afterthoughts, most universities could offer and market them as stand-alone achievements, says Vivek Pundir

Reminding students they could save money by withdrawing early makes no difference, Australian study finds

The only way to prevent AI from undermining assessments is to design them that way, Australian researchers argue

Universities should not overlook artificial intelligence for student support purposes, says machine learning expert

Savings only part of the motivation for university’s ‘realignment’ to ‘remain relevant’, but union says management wants the humanities ‘burned’

VU credits sequential approach to teaching as revenue increases and salary bill drops – but union says it is leading to overwork

Universities can learn from the sustainable use of textiles in South America, where traditional knowledge is integrated with innovation to create a positive impact, says Jade McLachlan

Hike in fees of up to 6 per cent unlikely to compensate for erosion of research funding and cuts to grant schemes and mobility scholarships

Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say

Academics at UCL’s law school challenge sector’s embrace of technology, claiming students’ over-reliance on ‘shortcuts’ damages skills acquisition

If ‘big deal’ subscriptions become unaffordable, librarians will need to help students and academics conduct effective searches, says Caroline Ball 

Universities must also be flexible enough to facilitate continuous course adaptation as technology advances, say Caroline and Lee Clewley

Third straight year that number of first-class degrees awarded falls, although some UK universities continue to buck the trend

Trump’s attacks are not the only problem: falling enrolment and birth rates are forcing colleges to be more things to more people, says Kathleen deLaski 

Universities let students down if they fail to prepare them for the future workplace, LSE conference hears

Students face more ‘formulaic’ and automated tests, as staff are left unable to cope with growing class sizes

AI is here to stay but universities must teach students to use it responsibly, say Duncan Brumby, Anna Cox, Advait Sarkar and Sandy Gould

News website Bellingcat co-creates module in partnership with University of Nottingham

Universities should prioritise ensuring that assessments are ‘assessing what we mean to assess’ rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating

One in four students tell Hepi they use text generated by tools such as ChatGPT in submitted work

City campuses have not delivered institutions an international education bonanza, but Federation hopes its new site will support a new model of cooperative education

There is something about handwriting that enhances the creative flow essential for academic study and scholarly activity, says Rich Smith

I don’t begrudge granting help to students who need it, but we must also have guard rails to deny it to those who don’t, says Nikolay Kukushkin

Financial benefits of increasing domestic recruitment ‘now negligible’, according to leaked document

Rapidly growing AI tool brushes off questions about Tiananmen Square and spouts Communist Party line on sensitive topics like Taiwan

Global study reveals that academics believe students are not critical enough of material produced by artificial intelligence tools for use in their work

Divide between scientists in research institutes and teacher-researchers at universities in spotlight after op-eds

As newly formed institution adopts non-attribution principle, Harvard is among those considering whether it should be applied more widely

Generalists are needed to help India achieve its ambitious space goals, THE summit hears

Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist

Award-winning teaching method that incorporates diverse voices into teaching has been accredited with the ability to transform social science and medical subjects

As more vice-chancellors across the UK emerge from educational backgrounds, rather than academic ones, they argue that academic bias and hierarchies need to be dismantled

Hepi paper says keeping papers under lock and key could be harming student learning

Encouraged to use ChatGPT to help them with the hard stuff, my students let it do all their thinking for them. Maybe I should give up, says Dan Sarofian-Butin

Universities raise quality concerns as regulator sets end-of-year cut-off for transition to digital credits

Enthusiasts claim that authentic tasks boost work-readiness, promote inclusion and diminish cheating, but the evidence remains unclear, says Tim Fawns

Tutorial system monopolised by ‘domineering’ male students and focus on final-year examinations seen as disadvantaging women

The rise of Asian higher education has coincided with increasing graduate un- and under-employment in several nations, calling the value of degrees into question and threatening national stability. But is the problem underprepared students or dysfunctional politics and economies? Helen Packer reports

Alerts about troubling material project ethical universality but trumpet some forms of injustice while conveniently bypassing others, says Eric Heinze

The global cost pressures imposed by sector expansion oblige universities to embrace technology that is finally fulfilling the hype, says Anthony Finkelstein

With ethnic minority students missing disproportionately more classes, traditional timetabling risks widening attainment gaps, says Christopher Byrne

Credentialing is a key good offered by universities, but giving some students more help than others undermines it, says Justin Noia

Some academics put off from using AI because of ‘lack of guidance’ on how to use technology ‘ethically and transparently’

Speaking Spanish is seen as a problem to be erased. But in Puerto Rico it is key to our success, say Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera and Héctor José Huyke

Report comes after former student convicted of 2023 attempted murder of academic

Unfazed by unemployment, and resigned about home ownership, learners are taking their feet off the pedal

No elite US university finishes in the top 50 for the international outlook pillar, a category that is dominated by the United Arab Emirates at the top and the UK lower down

If AI is to transform education, assessment must be rebooted and developers must make leaps in understanding the learning process, experts say. Rosa Ellis reports

Chris Rock’s joke about US gun control exemplifies a cognitive sophistication that machines will struggle to match, say Akhil Bhardwaj and Anastasia Sergeeva

‘Highly focused and narrow policy interventions’ such as the ?3.5 billion-a-year apprenticeship levy have held back wider engagement between academia and industry, says critical report

State must step in, according to submissions to major university review

New report finds expanded offerings in some European countries and significant cuts in others

Staff get a say on how, but not whether, to ditch lectures at merged university

Institutions need to communicate recognition of prior learning policies more clearly if lifelong education reforms are to bear fruit, says QAA

Universities must rethink how they engage with students in era of major upheavals, according to Bonni Stachowiak as she reflects on 10 years of running Teaching in Higher Ed

Many scholars loathe generative AI but it has immense power to engage the intellectual curiosity of students as long as academics truly embrace it, argues John Kaag