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Participation in Athena SWAN-style initiative mooted as probable requirement for Horizon Europe grants

Figures from latest Education at a Glance report show low share of women among international doctoral students    

John Jenkins apologises for shaking hands and not wearing mask at ceremony

‘I cannot express how incredibly uncontroversial it is to ask for money to perform skilled work,’ says James Heathers

Campuses across UK report growing number of positive tests

Success rate by award value also consistently lower for women, EPSRC report finds

Observers say the country’s universities are led by loyalists, and have long supported president by expelling opposition students and teaching pro-government ideology courses

Canadian study examines impact of students returning to campus and different testing approaches on Covid-19 infections and deaths

Experts welcome Boris Johnson’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, but call for more details and further progress on obstacles to part-time study

UCU and NUS say there should be ‘no financial detriment’ to students who give up accommodation or leave their course

University says carbon emissions from all investments will balance out at zero by 2038 and that all donations must align with climate goals

The child refugee and business prodigy discusses racial prejudice and personal perseverance, and the prospects for Kamala Harris

Tougher action is needed to stop researchers dishonestly using spurious credits to bolster the credibility of their papers, says academic

Many of those crossing borders now likely to stay within East Asia, survey shows

Science communication experts reflect on how scholars can improve their public speaking skills

Tributes paid to ‘one of the architects of the black psychology movement’

Concerns flagged over reliability of private and asymptomatic tests and lack of coordination with national system

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

Natural Environment Research Council defends decision to award fellowships entirely to men in 2019, but will review diversity processes

As Australia pivots to local concerns, university leaders flag importance of international students beyond just their fees 

Watchdog report comes as president seeks to make political issue of campus intolerance

Minister warns that indecision over reforms could ‘sacrifice’ opportunity to reform sector during Covid

Internal Market Bill brings warnings that Horizon Europe deal will be near impossible if UK and EU are ‘embittered’ by trade talks failure

Academics also cite immigration policies and ‘dwindling’ funding as reasons why position in country is no longer ‘holy grail’

Overall trust in scientists higher than in governments, media and business, global survey finds

Gavin Williamson also says students should not be subject to additional lockdown measures

PM heralds moves to create Lifetime Skills Guarantee and to open loans system to FE colleges so they can ‘compete’ with universities

Parliaments routinely seek scientific advice, but a Dutch pilot goes one step further, asking academics to directly critique what the government is proposing

Number crunching based on new research classifications helps pinpoint strengths and failings

Decision to press ahead but not require promotion from universities could lead to ‘patchy’ year of data and damage to survey’s integrity

Regulator intervenes as some institutions suspend in-person teaching

Proposal nearing implementation also lets visa agency assess academic progress

Government should ‘pump in’ more resources for online infrastructure to address inequality, expert says

Pandemic forces institutions to respond to practical challenges but also to produce work that addresses crisis and helps forge new forms of art

Tide of rebrands is evidence of intensifying competition and subject profile shifts in sector where status matters, say experts

Humanities scholars play a crucial role in communicating with the public during Covid

Experts lament ‘death by a thousand cuts’ amid fears Covid redundancy schemes could finish off pared back programmes

Chemical engineers at Imperial College London have developed an innovative way of teaching real-world experiments at a distance, and say it also improves learning outcomes

Despite numerous announcements by the University of British Columbia, indigenous leaders see big talk from a big institution, but no clearer answers on finding balance

LSHTM director thinks communications failures explain why US and UK trail Vietnam and Senegal on pandemic responses 

Reform package hinges on two independent votes, after cross-party committee offered unconvincing endorsement

Australian university to proceed with disputed staff cuts but introduce element of choice

Institutions and teachers find workarounds to reach students enrolled in Western courses, but domestic internet rules still constrain efforts

Number of campus-related infections, which was calculated using mobile phone records, has been estimated by researchers at 3,200 per day

The country would not cancel the visas of Chinese academics without good reason, says banned Australian academic Clive Hamilton

Initial data from around a fifth of all US institutions suggest impact of pandemic may not be as severe as feared

University president says C$250 million donation is ‘a tremendous shot in the arm’ and shows that donors are still willing to give during the pandemic

Meanwhile, Scottish students in halls and flats are already forbidden from returning to parents’ homes

In a new book, female scholars share their experiences of gender and racial bias

Largely symbolic move comes amid worsening diplomatic ties and after Australia revoked Chinese scholars’ visas

Latest voting survey from Hepi/YouthSight sees similar – but more amplified – changes compared with recent wider population polling 

Nancy Rothwell tells THE its universities are ‘worried about building the research base’ amid ‘complete uncertainty’ on overseas recruitment during pandemic

Labour peer and scientist also worries that ‘moonshot’ ambitions for 10 million tests a day is setting up science to fail

But universities will not be required to promote the survey to students  

Jean-Eric Paquet warns that on open data, research collaboration and academic mobility, EU-China links are not always reciprocal

‘Top down’ antipathy feeds broader experience of discrimination, student representatives warn

Universities told that emphasis on tackling pandemic, climate change and digital transformation may require ‘reshuffling of money’

NSW minister predicts early resumption of student flows, as states and territories develop plans for flights and quarantine

Pilot scheme to promote diversity in doctoral study will also include anonymisation of applications

University scientists prove nimble, but still wish for government allies