US universities find students way behind after Covid
Berkeley among institutions admitting it’s overwhelmed by freshers struggling in classes and low on resilience
Berkeley among institutions admitting it’s overwhelmed by freshers struggling in classes and low on resilience
Point-in-time study quantifies pandemic’s differential impacts on academics with children – particularly mothers
The emphasis on bringing in money above all else is killing researchers’ passion for discovery, says Aymen Idris
Around 70,000 members at 150 UK universities set to walk out in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions
Analytics giant denies accusations it stole data but ends development of MetaDoor platform in settlement with WorldCat
Former education committee chair ‘appears to have interest in detail of policy’ and sees employability as purpose of university
Outpost for up to 5,000 students will be part of £8 billion Brent Cross Town development
With falling enrolments in traditional MBAs – and increased pressure to tackle diversity and sustainability agendas – business schools must change to stay relevant, says Haas dean
Responding to Laurentian crisis, proposal moving through federal Senate would bar public universities from creditor protection, but with only a promise of unspecified alternatives
Twitter trolls and polarised debate on Covid have caused almost one in four academics to scale back public engagement, says Elsevier study
Iain Mansfield aims to work on ‘breaking the impasse’ on funding in new thinktank role and denies being ‘culture warrior’
Go8 questions outsiders’ commitment to research, after advisory body raises doubts over education’s contribution to productivity
Other suggestions to ease military skill shortages include funding future reservists’ studies and ‘opening up’ to international students
The world’s problems are too big for one sector to figure out: academics must team up with doers in fair, equal partnerships, says Carmen Geha
Business education should engage more with contemporary realities, which means abandoning things that can be learned for free elsewhere, according to Lord Hastings