Europe

City, University of London professor calls for the creation of a food security council to feed academic expertise to ministers

Whether it is establishing new departments or working at breakneck speed, Britain’s research base is mobilising in extraordinary ways to combat Covid-19

Slashing research will be a dangerous temptation for politicians desperate for savings, warns Jan Palmowski

Minister says overseas students and staff will not be penalised if their visa has expired or they take distance learning courses

顶尖全球化学者警告，西方大学将不得不“寻找”稀缺的海外学生

Professor helping to advise ministers says meeting daily deadlines for the government makes it difficult to share findings and research with standard ‘polish’

Rapid change of tack from the UK government raises questions about interaction between science and policy

Tributes paid to a ‘contract cheating detective’

Global project reveals that several countries violate scholarly autonomy despite having constitutional provisions for academic freedom

但各学院亦称，须谨防将联合国可持续发展目标框架变成一个“例行公事”的打卡游戏

Commentators say the English regulator’s ‘sensible’ change in policy and tone should become the norm after the coronavirus crisis ends

Research Excellence Framework 2021 put on hold to allow universities to focus research efforts on virus battle