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Academics warn that staff, and students, are at risk of a debilitating illness that research suggests can last for months

Colleagues remain baffled at security bureau’s exclusion of Australian literature expert

Sage document from last month says closing universities would have reduced transmission rates

In-person instruction during Covid linked to Republican states and whiter student bodies

Documents reveal Sage advised UK government in September that halting in-person teaching would help prevent spread of Covid-19

Many early career researchers saw their working hours fall, but one in nine scientists worked 60 hours a week, says Vitae study

Be more candid about the nature of your foreign collaborations and think about your own moral responsibilities, Australian parliamentarians warn universities

Unrest over return of face-to-face teaching on UK campuses pushes staff-management relations to breaking point

Andrew Noble says students should study locally at undergraduate level and then travel to Britain for postgraduate courses

Students and academics doubt government directive will shift long-standing power dynamic

Why assessment should not be an afterthought in the teaching process − and how to make sure it serves students as well as possible

V-c says university’s in-house ‘assurance and enhancement’ led to identification and resolution of international flaws

Universities minister Michelle Donelan says outbreaks confirmed on 68 campuses

Institutions have begun cancelling diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in response to an executive order, but critics say it amounts to censorship

New code of conduct says universities should adopt procedures for confidential reporting of threats to freedom and safety as a result of international collaboration

Stanford University professors whose ideas have been used for multibillion-dollar telecoms auctions take this year’s award

Wellington to allow overseas learners back earlier than expected, but only a select few will qualify

Students have been arriving from key markets such as China and India, but flexible start dates mean final numbers are a long way from certain

American Association of University Professors opens formal investigations into institutions accused of cutting jobs without consultation

The profiles of this year’s Nobelists suggest scientists from newer, innovative institutions may soon overshadow those from more historic universities

Government claims it is seeking to root out corruption and free up extra money for Covid-19 measures

Vice-chancellor faces fresh charges of acting outside authority after old allegations deemed not ‘material’

Today is World Mental Health Day, and Matthew Flinders argues that although changes in individual behaviour can help, systemic change is really needed to ease the mental health burden on academics

Physicist Brian Cox, author Bernardine Evaristo and former Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook also recognised

Liverpool becomes latest UK university to halt in-person tuition due to Covid-19

Threats to environment too great to leave education to scientists alone, says Harvard professor Fernando Reimers

Survey and report by Women’s Higher Education Network urges universities to radically revise their attitudes to deadlines, career development and promotion

Early career scholars, seasoned academics and institutions themselves all benefit from the creation of alumni affinity groups, writes Gretchen Dobson

Women on fixed-term contracts twice as likely to have moved forward or delayed plans to start a family compared with permanently employed

Warning comes as report on past 25 years of efforts on issue highlight the major challenges that remain

While tallying massive financial harm, campus presidents list student well-being as chief priority

Significant rise in cases confirmed as universities move tuition online

Widespread anger over cancelled registrations could have been avoided with better management, expert says

Visors, masks and social distancing: staff who have returned to teaching on campus tell us what it’s like

Australian budget package will tide over universities as they ‘wait and see’ if international fees rebound  

Despite a favourable ruling from the EU’s top court, the Central European University, pushed out of Hungary, will remain in Vienna

Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office

Announcement comes after Northumbria staff threatened industrial action over institution’s handling outbreak

Georgetown analysis counts benefit of educated workers with better jobs

Award for French researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier and US biochemist Jennifer Doudna is the first double win for female chemists

THE analysis reveals regions that could lose the most financially due to pandemic and policy-related decline

Data from WSJ/THE US College Rankings paint worrying picture for sector facing further financial woes

Michael Houghton calls for prize committees to allow six or seven winners, rather than Nobel’s limit of three

Cambridge and Oxford jointly lead combined results of three main UK university league tables

Several institutions will not be enrolling doctoral students in autumn 2021 because of the pandemic

New R&D network will help Wales become more research competitive amid fears over loss of regional funds after Brexit

All main Holyrood parties now support keeping status quo on fees

Shift comes as Northumbria staff agree to ballot for industrial action and Universities UK publishes fresh guidance on self-isolation

Universities minister says campuses can be flexible in their start date, ahead of statement from education secretary on whether A levels will be pushed back

Oxford professor Roger Penrose shares top honour with German physicist Reinhard Genzel and US-born Andrea Ghez, only the fourth woman to win prize

Controversial legislation comes under fire for reduced support for students, especially in arts and humanities

Government cites compassion as institutions fret over losses of tuition and fees

Official censure of Leiden researcher who massaged data indicates authorities are more willing to tackle integrity breaches, says Dutch statistician

Critics question whether 314 Action movement should back academics in runs against fellow Democrats

At least start processing visas, foreign students beg, as treasury defers hopes of students’ return

Sheffield Hallam says it is moving more teaching online in response to growing outbreak

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the biggest private US funder of biomedical research, seeks to push adoption of European-led standard

British researcher Michael Houghton and US-born Harvey Alter and Charles Rice honoured for “seminal discoveries” connected to novel virus

Rise of graduate class has reduced status of manual workers, influential figure warns in book that may offer philosophy for Tory reshaping of post-18 education

Students stranded across the world, half a year since restrictions began, suffer from anxiety and loss of opportunity