UK lockdown: Ucas application deadline pushed back to 29 January Research excellence framework submission deadline still set for 31 March By Chris Havergal 6 January
Strathclyde gives staff Fridays off during latest lockdown Vice-chancellor says feedback from first lockdown shows four-day week ‘helps improve work-life balance’ By Anna McKie 6 January
Forget lone lecturers – pandemic shows teaching must be a team sport Uneasy bonds between lecturers and education specialists must be strengthened to deliver post-pandemic learning, says Neil Mosley By Neil Mosley 6 January
UK universities ‘weighing options’ on EU student fee discounts Some opt to keep EU fees at same or similar levels to home fees post-Brexit to avoid ‘killing market’, as others consider legal questions By John Morgan 6 January
Bold action pays off for THE Awards 2020 winners Institutions rewarded for getting ahead of the curve on key issues facing UK sector By Simon Baker 6 January
LSE moves ‘compulsory’ teaching online for 2020-21 academic year London institution makes announcement as York cancels face-to-face teaching on classroom-based courses for rest of term By Chris Havergal 5 January
Turkish refugee academics ‘facing rights violations abroad’ Study finds dismissed supporters of Academics for Peace struggling to gain residence permits, find work and travel By Ellie Bothwell 5 January
Brexit deal offers flexibility over UK Horizon Europe repayments If the UK wins more money from the EU’s flagship research programme it will have to pay it back – but only if the imbalance is structural By David Matthews 5 January
Scientists fear ‘big waves’ of Covid if campuses reopen this term Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies members say that teaching should stay online until Easter By Anna McKie 5 January
English lockdown: return of most students further delayed A-level exams also unlikely to go ahead as planned By Chris Havergal 4 January
UCL tells students to stay away until late February Students have been told not to return to campus for another seven weeks By Jack Grove 4 January
Blanchflower aiming to counter ‘disastrous’ austerity economics Economist calls for emphasis on wages and jobs as antidote to ‘failed’ doctrines, as he takes up Glasgow role looking at independent Scotland By John Morgan 4 January