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Lack of exit testing may revive threat to communities just as outbreaks peak

Scholars in the US and Canada reveal how they are changing things up in order to teach the topic of Covid-19 as it is happening

Less academically inclined students should not spread their net too widely, Australian research suggests

Union accuses government of â€˜gambling with the health of the nation’

But president Alexander Lukashenko has been forced to replace rectors, and some university managers have refused to expel students – suggesting regime control is not complete

Bloomsbury Institute added to English register after Court of Appeal quashed Office for Students’ original refusal

Pandemic and population losses leave private institutions especially vulnerable, Moody’s finds

Belinda Robinson leaves to focus on board roles

Female academics, especially mothers, face the double challenge of patriarchy and neoliberal management

Trump move welcomed as regulatory relief, but some onlookers expressed fears over effects on students

Greater diversity is needed within higher education’s libraries, says Regina Everitt, one of very few BAME directors of a university library in the UK

But unlike in the spring, not all countries are taking a blanket approach, and there are louder concerns about the mental impact on students

Employers seeking ‘diversity of thought’ and ‘relevance’ end reliance on English university hierarchy for hiring decisions

Australian universities are matching staffing levels to workload, Department of Education, Skills and Employment tells senators

Report says year’s A-level debacle highlighted how lower-income students are disadvantaged by current system

Team meetings arranged by algorithm and communal chocolate tasting sessions are being used to bond research teams, reports Jack Grove

Universities urged to take opportunity to modernise, as government’s next strategic plan set to boost research and technology

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Fiery Senate estimates session probes funding councils’ 'natural justice' obligations when researchers are impugned

THE analysis shows some universities draw little over 10 per cent of students from the regions in which they are located, while others hit 90 per cent

Tributes paid to a central figure in the international academic integrity community

Health and exercise needs overlooked as work demands and self-expectations leave time for little else

The epigeneticist and new Max Planck vice-president on a global childhood, the pleasures of buses running on time, and why young researchers are more stressed than ever

Academics are well aware that jetting off to international conferences damages the climate, but for some, there is a much bigger source of emissions

Appointments at Hong Kong’s most prestigious university come despite critics’ call for more consultation

Award reflects trend towards huge international research teams

White House coronavirus adviser focuses on antivirals rather than vaccine at University of Melbourne forum

‘Real action’ will come when the government changes the regulator’s standards, policy expert says

Data from °Õ±á·¡â€™s subject rankings show need for more integration in fields such as AI, says leading professor  

Unite chief executive’s 2019 deal described as ‘galling’ while student renters’ struggles in pandemic spark calls for housing reforms

Seven-figure pay packets raise questions over strategic leadership in year when universities’ business model crashed

Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners

Appointment continues a flourishing trend of university leaders hopping between UK and Australia

Oldest state-funded military college has history of venerating Confederacy

Some universities acknowledge ‘errors’ totalling millions of dollars but deny deliberate ‘wage theft’

Data suggest coronavirus levels at some universities are falling but a second peak nationally may force a digital-only switch, experts warn

With government aid lacking, institutions struggle to identify winning strategies

Scant feedback raises transparency concerns over Australian regulator’s compliance activities

Championed by one of the frontrunners to replace Angela Merkel, a new law could bring tuition fees, a focus on industry and greater institutional inequality

Universities ‘optimistic’ about pandemic philanthropy, as deeper pockets compensate for decline in donor numbers

THE survey finds that prospective mobile students are still reluctant to study online with an overseas university

Greater Bay Area outposts offer more space, government funding and industry collaboration opportunities

Minister’s attack on academic publication culture suggests a move towards more holistic and team-based assessments of excellence, say experts

Australian survey finds little change in morale, workload or fatigue, but next year’s results could tell a different story

An Australian university history brimming with modern-day parallels shows how collectivism helped forge the sector

Multi-source analysis of global open-access practices throws up surprises, with Europe and the US lagging behind

French survey finds that anxiety and depression increased during lockdown, but fewer students sought professional help

THE forum told that global collaboration between academics on online pedagogy is key

Former culture secretary and BBC director to succeed Sir Nigel Carrington

THE data demonstrate that leading institutions are focusing on becoming more comprehensive rather than more specialist

Former Australian vice-chancellor says gains for women in recent decades ‘cannot be lost’

Medicine laureate Sir Peter Ratcliffe says science has to be â€˜passion driven’

New lecturer Saloni Krishnan gives practical tips, from recruiting research assistants on a budget to keeping research on track while juggling teaching responsibilities

Government’s decision to set out one-year budget ‘not surprising’ but creates questions over key reforms

Westminster is providing ‘no reassurance’ it will keep negotiating in the event of a no-deal Brexit, peers told

The South Asian country is now fourth in the world for science productivity but experts say quality issues remain

Hepi forecast on future student demand provides challenge for government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda 

Gambling studies expert puts extraordinary output down to collaboration and hard work

‘Exact’ replication a pipe dream, combatants say, amid claims and counter claims about reef science

Former universities minister hails higher education’s ‘strong brands’ in discussion marking new partnership between ApplyBoard and THE