Businesses look to universities to help train staff in AI use Researchers seen as having &untapped potential* to meet companies* most pressing skills challenges By Tom Williams 30 April
Doubts about demand for lifelong learning as Labour forges ahead Skills minister urges universities to &rethink education* ahead of roll-out of LLE, but plan for more modular learning still being &ignored* by parts of the sector By Helen Packer 29 April
Dundee job cuts more than halved as part of new &recovery plan* University changes course on redundancies under pressure from unions and politicians, but says new proposal requires &significant public funding* By Juliette Rowsell 29 April
International strategy must address outward mobility too 每 UUKi Dips in UK students studying abroad must be tackled to &add credibility* to debates about internationalisation By Patrick Jack 29 April
UK universities* links to &repressive* mega-campus condemned Institutions advising on Armenia*s merger plans should consider how &academic city* will make student protest impossible, warns Harvard professor By Jack Grove 29 April
Three providers fail to rectify complaints as compensation soars Amount paid out to English and Welsh students more than doubles in a year, driven by cases involving &serious disruption* and &misleading information* By Juliette Rowsell 29 April
Let*s embrace the REF*s radical redefinition of academic excellence We finally have a mechanism to overthrow the UK*s neo-feudal system of academic gatekeeping, say Krzysztof Nawratek and Lakshmi Priya Rajendran By Krzysztof Nawratek 29 April
Student loans for franchised degrees worth nearly ?2 billion Unregistered providers account for more than half of franchised tuition fee money claimed in past three years, new figures show By Helen Packer 28 April
Rise in university-business collaboration &driven by elite few* More than 60 per cent increase in income over past two decades masks &stagnation* in collaboration below high-performing institutions, report finds By Tom Williams 28 April
Elite universities admit fewer local students as intakes grow Students recruited from surrounding areas outnumbered by international applicants at 22 institutions By Patrick Jack 28 April
UK*s global research strengths &threatened* by QR cuts Block grant funding model found to hand country edge over other research systems, but only if value of funding isn*t further eroded By Tom Williams 28 April
Serbia appoints &harmful* new education minister amid protests Academic who has been a vocal critic of long-running student blockades joins government, sparking further demonstrations By Emily Dixon 27 April