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Turing scheme will not cover tuition fees, travel costs to the UK or staff exchanges, leaving UK universities to negotiate fee waivers

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

New minister’s old work on online education could be revived to encourage tertiary sector integration, experts say

Boise State’s Marlene Tromp sees small-town rescues as solution to anti-intellectual fervour

Rest of students’ return to English universities should be staggered from 25 January, while international students asked to reconsider urgency of need to travel to UK

Diana Beech, former adviser to Tory ministers, wants to challenge ‘crude generalisations’ that could hit London’s vital arts courses

Government gives priority for medical subjects to restart in first weeks of January, with wider student return ‘kept under review’

Both Nottingham universities’ leaders also honoured, along with former AHRC head Andrew Thompson

UCLA astrophysicist also celebrates female mentorship at key moment

Lord Wharton of Yarm urged to get up to speed with challenges as ‘quickly as possible’ if appointment confirmed

With just a few notable exceptions, it’s no surprise to find that this year’s most popular stories were dominated by one particular topic

China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes

Queensland institution spies ‘opportunities’ beyond Java

Survey suggests nation is risking welfare of those it hopes will assist its future growth

Labour warns on uncertainty over future budget for student exchange

Resilience of demand for UK education and short-term nature of disruptions highlighted

Universities welcome certainty on research funding but lament loss of student exchange scheme

Researchers suggest campuses may need to close to in-person teaching to restrain spread of new coronavirus variant

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

Hamish Coates calls for creation of transnational accreditation system to pull the region together post-Covid

Tributes paid to a prolific and ‘fun-loving’ historian with a sharp eye for ‘the inanities of academic life’

Epigeneticist on searching for life’s secrets, distinguishing stem cell science from snake oil and pondering the perfect size for a university

Academics recommend repeated testing in January so universities ‘can open up the student experience’

Overruling of funding recommendations, apparently over security concerns, divulged following minister’s departure

Former schoolteacher Miguel Cardona brings record of fighting achievement gaps

Institutions respond with both electronic crackdowns and pedagogical soul-searching

Three professors shortlisted for Times Higher Education’s Research Supervisor of the Year award discuss their approach to mentoring

Some institutions warn of worst-case scenario of 50 per cent decline in international student revenue

Seth Lloyd faces years of restrictions on pay and student involvement

Australian incident could reflect exasperation at ‘spike’ in misconduct detections

Hidden crisis of pandemic may push early career researchers out of science, leaders warn

Policy experts say UK institutions would be unlikely to join EU research programme before spring

Study challenges image of campuses as places that cultivate liberalism, with limited sway favouring conservatives

Authors express ‘deep regret’ after independent review finds conclusions of research are not supported  

Students can travel home once between 3 December and 7 February, says minister

Nine senior leadership summits, plus range of regional and thematic forums and seminars, planned

Congressional leaders also approve new money for student grants and minority institutions

President and finance chief under pressure to resign amid anger that staff learned of allegations via the press

Daily check-ins launched during the Covid outbreak appear to be increasingly normalised

Critics say draft benchmarks for assessment of scholarly activity are overprescriptive, exclusionary and onerous

Report from Education Committee says support should be focused on students on courses in ‘priority skill areas’

Lord Wharton set to succeed Sir Michael Barber at helm of English sector regulator

Academics will have to pay up to £7,800 for free-to-read option

Research scheme advocated by Dominic Cummings may provide template for streamlined grants process in future

MP brings ‘a good understanding’ of international education and a chequered record on refugees and staff relations

Long-standing cost pressures exacerbated by the pandemic swamping Canberra’s efforts to mould university efforts to economic needs

Creators suggest long-term value, but critics see failure to understand campus communities

Report finds that 40 out of 56 universities in country would not meet strict new standards proposed

Expert says favourable treatment of Catholic university is “logical”, but criticises optics of handout to another Catholic institution

‘Confusion’ over UN rules leads event organisers to bar students, experts or groups

Trying to steer a sustainable middle course, Dutch universities have been at 20 per cent capacity this semester

Community Security Trust finds 123 incidents affecting Jewish students, academics and student bodies over past two years

Review says stall in the rise of firsts and widespread commitment to ‘statement of intent’ is already protecting degree standards

Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months

Commercial aid steers research agenda away from public health impacts, Australian study suggests

University of East Anglia figures show positive cases among students declined dramatically throughout first term, with very few cases among staff

Murdoch gives the language another year and backs away from proposal to sideline some academics from research

The hard-drinking machismo of anthropology, the silencing of women and the dangers of life on remote digs are unearthed and explored anew

Harvard and MIT researchers and alumni see deadly mistake in long approval processes

Ucas says disadvantaged students were among those who benefitted but warns of tougher challenges ahead