Guide
NAAC accreditation: 8 important facts on grades and the binary shift
NAAC accreditation explained: who must apply, the seven criteria, how scores feed UGC rules, and where the move to binary accreditation stands.
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Higher education
Universities and colleges as institutions and businesses: their leaders, finances, student numbers and the decisions their governing bodies take.
Sunderland staff declare dispute over plan to cut £40m from budget
UCU members at the University of Sunderland entered a formal dispute on 15 October over a budget £40m smaller and new tutors hired via…
MBZUAI institute and Inception42 release six open Arabic Jais 3 models
MBZUAI's Institute of Foundation Models and G42's Inception42 released six Apache 2.0 Arabic models from 900 million to 375 billion parameters, plus a speech…
Mission to map over 100 human brains launched at IIT Madras centre
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre on 11 October, launched a mission to map more than 100 brains and released…
KAUST puts its annual economic value to Saudi Arabia at US$5.6 billion
An assessment published on 7 October credits KAUST with about 28,800 jobs, US$2.2 billion in direct GDP contribution and US$5.20 returned to the Saudi…
Oxford reports £455m fundraising year and £800m research income
Vice-Chancellor Irene Tracey's 6 October Oration put Oxford's net assets at £6.9bn, its endowment at £4.1bn and spinout investment at £1.1bn, and called for…
Nottingham approves three-college restructure as 560 jobs go
Council approved the Future Nottingham 2 business case on 1 October: faculties become three colleges from August 2027, MRes programmes fall from more than…
Edinburgh principal Sir Peter Mathieson to step down in early 2028
Sir Peter Mathieson told University Court on 5 October he will not seek a third term, ending ten years as principal in early 2028…
IIT Madras’ CREST Unit Launches India’s First Hub for Incubators & Accelerators Information Platform
In a significant development for India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem, the Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) at IIT Madras has collaborated…
Nursing degree at Aberystwyth University to empower Welsh speakers
Welsh-speaking Aberystwyth Institution, often known as Prifysgol Aberystwyth, is a public research university.
IIT Hyderabad Launches 3 New B Tech Courses from 2021-22
IIT Hyderabad is opening three undergraduate engineering degrees in the 2021-22 academic year.
Assam all set to come up with Skill University
With an investment of Rs. 1000 Crores, Assam is all set to come up with a Skill University.
BITS Pilani introduces BITS School of Management
One of the premiered institutions for engineering, BITS Pilani, introduced a management school named BITS School of Management (BITSoM) on Thursday.
Education Ministry sends inquiry request to President Kovind against DU V-C
Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi had appointed a registrar and pro-Vice Chancellor earlier this week despite being away on medical leave.
Jadavpur University to provide Android Handsets for Students with no Resources
Kolkata: Jadavpur University has come up with the decision to distribute android phones to those students who cannot afford to buy one or the…
Eminent academicians recommend offline-online final year exams for SPPU
Pune: Twelve Senate members and educationists have written to the vice-chancellor recommending offline-online final year exams for SPPU, together with a schedule for holding…
MDS University VC caught in corruption scandal
Ajmer: Rajasthan’s Anti Corruption Bureau has arrested the MDS University VC over an alleged bribe.
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