China overtakes UK in AI talent race Tech China is overtaking the UK in the global race for AI talent, as a growing share of the world’s leading researchers are trained and retained domestically rather than moving to Britain or Europe. Data cited by The Economist shows that at the 2025 conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, half of all presenting researchers began [...]
How universities became a marketplace for academic slop Opinion Pressure to publish papers mean universities have become awash with fake papers and scientific fraud, writes Paul Ormerod.
Graduate crisis proves British universities are no longer fit for purpose Opinion It's time to accept that a substantial proportion of British universities are simply not fit for purpose, writes Paul Ormerod.
Oxford University Press finds half of UK students fooled by AI October 15, 2025 Oxford University Press has warned that schools must do more to help students navigate the world of AI after a survey showed alarming gaps in students’ ability to judge AI content. A new OUP survey of 2,000 UK pupils found that only 47 per cent of students feel confident in identifying trustworthy AI-generated information. A [...]