Coronavirus

Despite Auckland’s lockdown, the country’s handling of Covid-19 is increasing its attractiveness to students, says Roger Smyth

Universities say ‘big deals’ with publishers are only area where there is enough money to make significant savings during pandemic

Mass job cuts likely at multiple Sydney institutions as hopes recede for international students’ return

Institutions defend value of online education despite reduction in charges

Fewer casual staff and burdens of increased online teaching leave academics struggling with mounting workload and place question mark over future of traditional contractual arrangements

Universities and colleges are having to promise physical classes to protect enrolments, says Joseph Guarneri

Early-career and female researchers experience the greatest mental health toll, Australian surveys find

High levels of ‘undecided’ students bode well for northern hemisphere enrolments

Poll reveals ethnic minority students also less satisfied with assistance provided by UK schools in pandemic

Announcement comes as anxiety grows in England over grade calculations that have replaced exams 

Administrators must stop asking faculty of colour to do more than our fair share and then punishing us for it, says Josh Hiller

Before and after surveys suggest international students in Australia have suffered more than locals

Short-term financial squeeze could litter sector with aborted projects and careers, report warns

But in the new normal, the situation for female academics with children is even worse, says Enrica Maria Ferrara

Failure to act robustly risks legal, reputational and financial consequences for universities, says Susan Matthews

With Australia unlikely to allow foreign students in until next year, the possibility of them taking classes on Malaysian affiliate campuses is being explored

Springer Nature-Digital Science survey reveals that pandemic-hit researchers are more likely to return to old data, which some worry could lead to fraud

Campus presidents emphasise belief in enrolment growth in survey

Big Ten collaboration, while limited, reflects growing pressure to cut costs

University leaders laud overseas collaboration, but express concern about ineffective communication back home

Research leaders stress opportunities for engagement from Covid-induced adversity

Reductions ‘necessary to ensure that the university not only survives but thrives’

Universities Australia chief executive tells THE Live ANZ that institutions must become more resilient

Despite disappointment over Horizon Europe budget, research could still benefit from a vast pandemic resilience fund – if national governments make it a priority

Male security guards are the workers most at risk of dying from Covid, but George Bass is happy to be one of the ‘expendables’

Uncertainty over whether on-campus tuition will be able to go ahead leaves commencing students in visa jeopardy

Frustrated with their university’s plan for the autumn, which is slated to include full dorms, a group of professors has broken rank and sent an open letter to students

Most institutions say they will take Erasmus+ students in the autumn, with Swiss universities universally open, while the UK and Netherlands are more closed

Three recent studies have unearthed interesting patterns by comparing cross-border working before and during the pandemic

Universities should increase communication with education agents, especially over Covid fears, says working paper

Some staff whose work has been disrupted by pandemic can be excluded, and leeway on publication deadlines also introduced

Lockdowns, campus protection and the new security law risk permanently cutting off scholars from the city and wider world, says Michael O’Sullivan

Hundreds of thousands left in limbo and questioning whether the country has the resources to hold tests safely during Covid-19 crisis

Pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests amplify pressure on multibillion-dollar sports programmes over levels of athlete remuneration

Universities face mounting losses as 2020 return of international students is ruled out

Universities and colleges offering hands-on training have found it harder to shift online, hurting their students, who are more likely to be from less-advantaged families

Stilted and unengaging Zoom lectures must not be allowed to become the new normal, says Nuria López

Union says that more than 1,000 posts are under review at at King’s College London, with Liverpool also looking at major cuts

While a brains trust of Australian vice-chancellors is considering how to fund research long-term, a university group says the biggest challenge is more immediate

The lockdown has illustrated that we don't need to sacrifice academic interaction to save the planet, says Adnan Ajšić

Campus-focused plans show US colleges still too age-limited, says job-centric pioneer

Continuation of policy stokes fears that entry rules could damage internationalisation efforts

Just because you can’t meet in person, it doesn’t mean you can’t network, say a number of academic experts

Daily tweets, cake baking and discussion of James Bond film titles have all helped keep Anthony Smith sane

While universities have been made to jump through extra hoops, Scott Morrison says they are being treated like any other billion-dollar business

Global data show the vulnerable position that some countries were already in before the pandemic hit  

Incentives draw students wary of Covid-19 and overseas visa hassles 

Two years ago, universities claimed to be selling the student experience. So where are our lockdown refunds, asks Maria Magdalena Gajewska

Coronavirus-induced workforce shedding has exposed the chasm in Australian university employment arrangements, says John Ross

Fee waivers and clarified work rights arrangements applauded, but worries that the new conditions may be too restrictive

The scant information about job losses among Australia’s insecure staff speaks volumes about how management sees them, say critics

English regulator consults on proposals to force institutions to ‘teach out’ existing students before closing

Court loss still leaves Trump many tools in anti-immigrant campaign

Survey in US and EU affirms gender gap in working time, but sees small children as bigger factor

Government strategy for HE set out in conditions for emergency loans for universities at risk of failure in Covid crisis

Universities’ breadth of viewpoints more important than ever in this ‘dark period of history’, says Melbourne v-c

St. Francis Xavier had attributed idea to lack of insurance coverage

Australian university’s financial problems force a restructure and 500 redundancies, but vice-chancellor stresses opportunity in adversity

UCU poll seeks to step up political pressure on ministers to offer extra funding for universities during pandemic

Sued by universities, administration ends plan to evict foreigners whose campuses stay online