Goldsmiths staff ‘at breaking point’ on job losses and racism claims Casual staff start marking boycott over failure to extend contracts, move seen as having outsized impact on BAME and female academics Anna McKie 6月 19日
UK university applicants rapidly needed certainty. They didn’t get it Fee caps should be dependent on what universities can actually provide in a pandemic, says prospective fresher Nélson Fernandes Serrão Nélson Fernandes Serrão 6月 19日
Essay mills ‘targeting students’ as pandemic crisis shifts HE online New guidance from UK’s QAA says shift to online learning has left students vulnerable to contract cheating services Anna McKie 6月 18日
Anger over Birmingham’s crisis switch to ‘generic mega-modules’ Institution’s efforts to make teaching more coronavirus-resilient could mean research-led teaching is ‘jettisoned’, critics claim Jack Grove 6月 18日
Oxford’s Oriel College votes to remove Rhodes statue Rhodes Must Fall campaigners say their ‘optimism is cautious’ after college announcement Anna McKie 6月 18日
The EU’s coronavirus recovery plan must harness frontier science Extra funds for science are welcome, but tipping the balance towards challenge-led research must not become the new normal, warns Jan Palmowski Jan Palmowski 6月 18日
European universities should cooperate on online teaching With Covid-19 imposing huge strain on universities’ digital course development, collaboration is the obvious solution, says Alexandra Mihai Alexandra Mihai 6月 18日
Universities minister: removing Rhodes statue would be ‘short-sighted’ Michelle Donelan says that we ‘cannot rewrite our history’, while also addressing student number control controversies Anna McKie 6月 17日
Cut UK academic publishing fees by 25 per cent, urge universities ‘Unprecedented’ financial pressure on university budgets should result in reduced subscription charges, says UUK-Jisc group Jack Grove 6月 17日
Pandemic response shines spotlight on coding in science Debate about computer programs underlying epidemiological modelling leads to wider calls for more openness Simon Baker 6月 16日