Most staff ‘feel lack of support for improving online teaching’ Jisc survey reveals staff feel innovation in remote learning is where they need more help By Simon Baker 29 November
Counterfactual history: why what didn’t happen matters The counterfactual approach can open up fascinating new perspectives and give a voice to the neglected ‘losers’ of history, professors say By Matthew Reisz 28 November
Burden of research excellence framework ‘outweighs the benefits’ Some scholars report that evaluation deters them from pursuing novel scholarship By Chris Havergal 26 November
THE Campus Live UK&IE: elite universities less attractive due to precarity, says v-c Short-term contracts are leading researchers to chase more secure roles in less heralded universities, says Cardiff Met vice-chancellor By Jack Grove 26 November
UK student visas acceptances hit record annual high Home Office says those deferring study due to pandemic and general upward trend are among explanations By Simon Baker 26 November
There is no silver bullet in the UK’s pension dispute The latest USS valuation may have been conducted amid crashing markets, but there is no escaping the need for changes, says Kate Barker By Kate Barker 26 November
THE Awards 2021: winners announced Oxford coronavirus research honoured as Cardiff Met scoops coveted University of the Year title By THE reporters 25 November
THE Campus Live UK&IE: Covid-safe teaching adds £1 million to campus gas bill Estates directors complain about academics wanting offices to be ‘toasty warm’ around the clock despite visiting for only a couple of hours a week By Jack Grove 25 November
THE Campus Live UK&IE: Covid a ‘kick up the backside’ on pedagogy Academics and estates teams must work together to drive through the linked changes in infrastructure and teaching By Matthew Reisz 25 November
Fresh strike ballots at dozens of UK universities UCU to reballot 42 branches that narrowly missed turnout threshold By Chris Havergal 25 November
THE Campus Live UK&IE: support historians targeted in culture wars, says Olusoga Scholars attacked for research into colonialism and atrocities of empire need professional support and counselling, says broadcaster By Anna McKie 25 November
THE Campus Live UK&IE: stop ‘selfish’ PIs holding back junior scholars, says QMUL head Cash and frameworks can help but improving diversity within research really requires diversity as a core institutional value, says Colin Bailey By Rosa Ellis 25 November