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Wits v-c says that decolonised knowledge must not be sanitised knowledge

Manchester v-c says Covid response has transformed inter-university and regional government collaboration in city

Nottingham vice-chancellor insists international collaboration can become ‘even better’ using digital communication

Toronto president tells summit that ‘quality of city’ is crucial for university headhunting

Covid-19 is disrupting academic and student mobility in short term but university leaders are optimistic that higher education will maintain its international outlook

No redundancy target announced as Australian university braces for massive loss of international earnings

CEU president says that rather than relying on ‘outside institutions’, academics and students must stand up for themselves

Senate vote suggests government has a fight on its hands with proposed funding changes

Scholar highlights continuing challenges of collaborations with North African state

Study finds economics PhD students who sought extra comments and seminar presentations published in higher impact journals   

Oversubscribed institutions seek legal advice over asking for deferrals if their courses are full

As hopes sour for a senate inquiry into proposed domestic funding arrangements, universities’ China links fall under another spotlight

Corporate funders suspected of fuelling idea of on-campus living for online courses, despite health concerns

Co-director of research project says deal includes measures to ‘safeguard’ against risks and Dutch authorities were consulted

UCU warns that reopening of campuses next month could drive a surge in coronavirus cases, making universities the ‘care homes of a second wave’

Though it’s tiring and challenging, some scholars believe their time in online teaching may make them better university educators, reports Jack Grove

University of East London warns it faces a £31 million revenue loss over the coming year, and needs to cut costs to stay solvent

Degrees will not be granted without final-year assessments, even if they are delayed 

Indian education agents call for 25 per cent reduction in fees as courses move online

Online restrictions, which mirror existing rules for in-person events, raise academic freedom concerns

UUK and MillionPlus make call via task force amid fears some universities could lose hundreds of students each after lifting of number controls

Brick-and-mortar foreign universities not viable without further details, conference hears

Opponents seize momentum as pandemic leaves majority of US universities test-optional

Proposed legislation could ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’, opposition warns

Web of Science data show how the science superpowers are positioned as political debate rages over their future relationship  

Pledge draws respect given Google’s size, but triggers doubts about its eventual extent

Experts see move to allow applicants from beyond Europe to apply for UKRI funding as a key plank of the UK’s post-Brexit research base

Hundreds of Indian students given the all-clear to enter country – but getting there is another question

Prime minister decides on ‘need for fresh official leadership’ after A-levels U-turn

Chancellor fell on his sword after respecting victims’ pleas for confidentiality, accepting poor legal advice and swallowing ‘lies’ about sex scandals

Hampshire College bounces back from the brink

Journal reputation also a factor but likely to have only a small bearing on rapid rise of APCs

Set up by young researchers, new publication will highlight where studies went wrong – but it may struggle to attract submissions

Wearing of face coverings by school staff and pupils in communal areas becomes mandatory in areas of high coronavirus transmission

Concessions address some concerns about proposed changes, but other worries linger

Latest allegations against controversial president prompt resignation demand

Experts unimpressed by new attack on queer theory, post-colonial theory and other forms of ‘social justice scholarship’ by controversial authors

German researchers let members of the public fire questions at them in 20-minute slots, and the result is a deep, albeit narrow, form of science communication

Warning on endowments leaves academic leaders struggling to see rationale

Colleges, in turn, are accused of ignoring behavioural inevitabilities

Expectations nevertheless modest given historical trends and virus complications

University admits broader problem as actress Lori Loughlin sentenced for fraud

The move will help the UK “attract talent from around the globe”, research funder says

Institution says proposed buyout will ‘secure the university well into the future’ but former v-c fears move will damage its reputation

Advocates for virtual labs finding chance to show cost and equity benefits of online experimentation

Government issues arrest warrants for students and files complaint against an overseas academic as protests, some held on university campuses, intensify 

Germany has tradition of student placements in firms and universities, but coronavirus lay-offs highlight lack of state support for living costs

Australian analysis finds acronym use has multiplied tenfold in abstracts, with 94 per cent of 17,500 possible three-letter combinations used at least once

Some predict lower-tariff institutions will not necessarily be the ones to lose out, while there is also hope that crisis may curtail negative political narrative around HE

Group of prominent UK scientists warns that the risk of infection is too high for in-person teaching

Chinese academics coming home from overseas should be seen as a source of new ideas, not sidelined, study says

Australian thinktank tracks sharp increase in overseas recruitment stations and warns of links to covert activities

Australian university insists it is just planning for potential scenarios, amid claims that 3,000 jobs are at risk 

Different scenarios for legislative progress force universities to plan for range of outcomes

Numbers caps lifted for medicine, dentistry, veterinary science and teacher training courses in wake of A-levels fiasco

New guidelines offer fresh hope for veteran Indonesia studies scheme that was facing closure because of Covid impact on overseas travel

Tributes paid to pioneer who was ‘pivotal in changing the way UK higher education thought about internationalisation’

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

Denmark and Switzerland holding more in-person classes

THE survey of Covid-19 safety rules finds most UK campuses will require wearing of face coverings, often during teaching, with some universities providing transparent visors for lecturers