Poor-quality degrees are “tarnishing the reputation” of England’s universities, the higher education regulator has said, as it pledged to crack down on franchise courses and teaching that does not ...

UK graduates who finished first degrees in 2024 are more likely to be unemployed, unpaid or working part-time than previous cohorts, but AI has not been the biggest factor, according to official data ...

The Chinese drugmakers with the strongest research and development pipelines stand to benefit from this trend more than others. Hengrui Pharma, which recently licensed an experimental weight-loss pill ...

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent told investors in a private meeting that he did not see a “systemic problem” with the AI boom, playing down concerns that the industry is in a bubble like the one that ...

EQT has agreed to buy German diagnostics group Qiagen in a deal valued at €10.8bn, marking one of the largest take-private transactions in Europe this year.

The London Stock Exchange Group is nearing a deal to acquire credit specialist Octus from Permira for $3.5bn, in a move that would bolster LSEG’s financial data services for customers. LSEG and Octus ...

Head of France’s cyber security agency said lack of protection and weak passwords helped criminals seize control of systems ...

Rebecca Perry’s Booker-shortlisted novel plays thrillingly with fact and historical fiction in this artful re-creation of the ...

Andy Burnham has set out plans to scrap fixed daily fees from household gas bills as part of efforts to cut energy costs this ...

Founder of OpenEvidence chatbot says two-thirds of US physicians use the ad-powered tool, prompting a debate about patient ...

The world’s richest man attempts his most audacious deal yet. But shareholders and global regulators will need convincing ...

Zia Yusuf says tactics behind programme that showed party councillors making sexist and racist comments may have been illegal ...