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New $200 million laboratory aims to rectify academia’s past mistakes, but may find familiar limits

Interstate universities drawn into scandal amid questions over how serial predator kept getting promoted

Move is part of package on red tape that also includes call for universities not to ‘feel pressured’ to join voluntary awards such as the Athena SWAN gender equality charter

Union says some aspects of new advice are ‘confusing, expensive and at times silly’

More than 80 institutions make the shortlists across 20 categories

‘HyFlex’ learning and cutting-edge virtual reality techniques set to help students and staff bridge physical and language barriers

Simone Buitendijk emphasises that efforts to improve diversity must not be left to under-represented groups as she takes top job at Yorkshire powerhouse

Campus leaders see justification in limited outbreaks and grateful students

Union criticises government guidance and reiterates call to keep teaching online-only until Christmas

New developments suggest Covid fallout may not be as devastating as feared for international education flows

Some universities fear losing 40-50 per cent of international student numbers in Covid crisis, MPs also hear

Letter from shadow universities minister follows Sage paper warning over impact of return to campuses

Literature specialists barred as Australia’s relationship with China sinks another notch

Former Treasury official to leave in May 2021

Self-censorship, fuelled by fears of media misrepresentation and overstepping expertise, is more problematic than external suppression

Head of major standardised test sees bans as excuse for income-related gaps

Critics complain programmes focus too much on tactics and weapons and avoid cultural diversity issues

Soaring demand and a slightly more even playing field augur well for private and independent higher education providers

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon calls for Horizon Europe’s funding to be ‘rebalanced’ to avoid reducing budget for ‘Champions League of research’

Latest Education at a Glance report says that impact of pandemic on international recruitment is about more than fee income 

Latest NUS survey finds satisfaction with digital learning provision has decreased since beginning of lockdown

By spotlighting the social sorting process for 18-year-olds, exam fiasco raises questions about ways to reduce the hierarchy between universities

Other Japanese institutions expected to follow suit as government funding dwindles  

Universities call for members to have option to reduce their contributions in return for different benefits

Government scientific advisers call for nationally coordinated response to campus outbreaks

The increasing social status of the ‘highly credentialed’ risks breeding populist resentment, according to renowned political philosopher

Findings of study could be reminder of the fragile nature of preprints in year when their use has expanded

Analysis finds that a college’s reopening decision for the autumn term is tied to the red or blue shade of its state

With the pandemic triggering greater emphasis on class time, something has to give as teaching-research model collides with sector’s ‘real-world’ problems

While finding seats as university directors, minorities still lack teaching equity and questions remain over ‘check-box representation’

Actions by publishers could contribute to Chinese students having more one-sided views, economist tells THE

Jessica Krug, a ‘white Jewish child’ of suburban Kansas City, blames mental stress

Nationwide student boycott delayed exams crucial in keeping young doctors in the pipeline

As many universities tentatively reopen, we aim to find out how whether staff feel adequate steps have been taken to protect their welfare

Study calls for more equitable partnerships between scientists and Indigenous knowledge holders

Survey from Association of Commonwealth Universities shows struggle that academics have in going digital compared with institutional leaders 

Fourteen laureates join thousands of academics in pleading for funding for Europe’s flagship research scheme to be protected

Fee and subsidy overhaul will not solve anything, policy guru says, as government reforms go under the microscope

Number of virus cases on campuses continues to spiral

Latest World University Rankings suggest a number of top 200 universities are over-reliant on international student revenues

As DfE prioritises drive against ‘low-value’ courses, TEF said to be viewed as inadequate while OfS may be reset under new chair

The Pulitzer winner on the resilience of slavery and how universities’ fearless truth-seeking is their best tool to tackle their own troubled pasts

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

‘I can’t afford to self-isolate for two weeks’: academics working on pandemic research disclose the ways they are protecting their personal health

Office for Students says survey shows some students in England are being left behind by ‘digital poverty’

Tributes paid to ‘a towering figure in the field of medieval studies’

New York University provost says sector approaches to diverse hiring can become ‘distasteful, racist and fetishistic’ exercises

‘Peripheral’ institutions can more easily ‘play on the world stage’ but most prestigious universities may be more likely to survive and thrive, THE summit hears

Continent’s scholars urged to focus on solving societal problems

As universities renew their pedagogical efforts, there is no case to lower tuition fees, summit hears

China makes record-breaking achievements in latest league table as experts predict that the pandemic may accelerate the country’s rise

Universities should capitalise on their students as an asset, says UN environment expert

Panel stresses importance of ethics training for field that generates moral questions ‘on steroids’

Mamokgethi Phakeng says universities often ‘part of the machine’ that perpetuates white privilege and exploitation of Global South

But observers question whether it can last, as pandemic lays waste to the business model

A Pakistan-based institution saw a new generation of leaders emerge during Covid-19

Former Theresa May adviser Nick Timothy to interview hopefuls to head regulator, alongside Tory peer, former Tory MP and ex-Tory candidate

Scholars say the pandemic has drawn attention to the uncertain and adaptive nature of research and called for a broader range of evidence to be valued

Study provides further arguments against traditional academic publishing beyond cost and access, says author

NYU president counters that such competition is what drives science forward