Concerns grow alongside popularity of income-based student loans
Advocacy groups worried by entry of high-cost private lenders to market
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AI experts sceptical of automation impact on university workforce
Times Higher Education’s poll of artificial intelligence experts defies predictions that university jobs will be cut as technology advances
European copyright directive ‘opens door to mass digitalisation’
Librarians welcome new European rules on copyright, which also secures right for researchers to mine text and data
Half of UK private providers ‘exit sector in three years’
For-profit institutions at particular risk of collapse, researchers say
Political theory pays dividends for modest campus in US Midwest
While waiting to transform economies, modern monetary theory is raising interest in a humble Missouri university department
German universities fear losing monopoly over doctorates
University leaders claim shift could water down standards, but applied sciences institutes think they are simply defending historic privileges
English universities warned over ‘unachievable’ student number plans
Report from Office for Students says ‘unrealistic’ targets on recruitment could expose an institution to ‘significant risk’
Open University platform scales up citizen science
Members of the public will be able to run their own experiments, producing data that could be valuable for scholars
Sociologists must publish twice as much as before to get first job
Oversupply of young scholars means employers’ productivity demands are much higher than a generation ago, study finds
UK universities lose grants and staff as Brexit uncertainty grows
Leading academics express doubt about UK government’s ability to underwrite large EU funding packages
