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Delayed government verdict on post-18 education review seen as unlikely to address concerns on rising system costs or HE economic role

Universities express concern about diversion of clinical academic staff to front-line services and impact of lockdown

Quick shutdowns protected students but not off-campus neighbours, Stanford analysis shows

New entry route aimed at ‘entirely new stream of applicants’ from disadvantaged backgrounds

National Union of Students calls on more accommodation providers to issue rebates

Researcher says study demonstrates need to encourage more care leavers to enter higher education

Announcement of hefty article processing charges by prestige titles challenges goals of open access mandate

Crowded job market is only one reason for surge in applicants

Historian has held a series of senior roles across UK sector but also attracted criticism from grassroots staff over pay and pensions

Elise Stefanik, backer of claims that fuelled Capitol riot, evicted from government school

University of British Columbia head advocates ‘servant leadership’ style to build diversity, in contrast to ‘very top-down’ approach at many institutions

Admissions officers say grade distribution will be a key issue for space-limited courses

A model among states, Texas advantages fail on equity without recruiting and aid

THE’s Careers Clinic series brings together the great and good of higher education to answer a burning careers question

Thousands of PhD dissertations by Durham University available on Kindle services following mass scraping of online repository

Institutions with overseas links seen to be acting ‘on behalf of’ foreign interests

Research finds that having just one scholar from an underrepresented group has a positive impact on academic goals of doctoral students in the same department

Genomic analysis demonstrates successful roll-out of testing programme at university, scientists say

UK scholars call for relief on workload to prevent them feeling obliged to send children into schools during crisis

Data show that Italy’s misfortune to suffer early in pandemic was a benefit for research but it could be short-lived

Appointment of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party political candidate, has triggered days of protests from staff and students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul

Despite guidance from government, most leaders do not expect to be able to teach majority of students face-to-face during spring term

New book calls on ‘natural cosmopolitans’ to find solutions to today’s crucial challenges

Student demographics will guide whether universities retain or discard large-scale lectures, administrator says

Agricultural agreements between Australian universities and government agencies could overhaul farm profitability

EduCity initiative could let students stay closer to home until Covid eases

Institutions cut fees after students threaten accommodation rent strikes over lockdown

Holyrood revises guidance in light of spread of new Covid-19 variant

Billionaire becomes second in Cabinet to make symbolic move with two weeks left

V-cs urge government to compensate universities over pandemic rent waivers, with fee refunds also expected to become ‘political football’

Informal use of university scientists as independent advisers is unsustainable when health emergencies last for months, warns committee

More than 13,000 sign petition calling for blanket policy to protect students’ grades from impact of coronavirus pandemic

Defence controls, research fields and New Colombo Plan in the frame, as bureaucracies flag foreign interference risks

Overseas students will only need to be in country by April to be eligible for post-study work visa if their course is finishing this academic year

University leaders fear Trump harming democracy as voters hand more power to Democrats

Policymakers urged to spread best practice rather than use heavy-handed regulation to force focus on retention

Open University report suggests using rap lyrics as texts and explaining content like an MC

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Sector leaders question viability even when people can again gather in big crowds, with Australians leading the sceptics

The British artist on working with refugees, the similarities between art and science and growing up next door to Twiggy

Give undergraduates knowledge that they can apply widely in the workplace, not expertise in particular programmes, say experts

Tributes paid to a towering figure from ‘a great generation of politically engaged South African academics’

Narrow political margin, however, may mean gridlock for major initiatives is unmoved

Manuscripts by female authors enjoy more favourable treatment in many disciplines, according to analysis of 350,000 journal submissions

Research excellence framework submission deadline still set for 31 March

Institutions rewarded for getting ahead of the curve on key issues facing UK sector

Vice-chancellor says feedback from first lockdown shows four-day week ‘helps improve work-life balance’

Whether academic is in a relationship has bigger impact on their perception of work-life balance than whether or not they have children, research suggests

Some opt to keep EU fees at same or similar levels to home fees post-Brexit to avoid ‘killing market’, as others consider legal questions

London institution makes announcement as York cancels face-to-face teaching on classroom-based courses for rest of term

Perfunctory guidelines tell Australian universities little they did not already know, but herald welcome dialogue

US-based academic publisher eager for digital expertise of London counterpart, but outsiders express concern about growing commercial control of scholarly communication

Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies members say that teaching should stay online until Easter

Study finds dismissed supporters of Academics for Peace struggling to gain residence permits, find work and travel

If the UK wins more money from the EU’s flagship research programme it will have to pay it back – but only if the imbalance is structural

A-level exams also unlikely to go ahead as planned

Invaluable Mao era materials will be digitised on an open-access platform

One academic faces five weeks of quarantine, while many students can’t travel to campus at all 

Students have been told not to return to campus for another seven weeks

Ministry warns researchers against ‘degrading’ nation in pursuit of international journal publication