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At least 12 institutions planning to make redundancies

Covid-19 proves both a stimulant and restraint on the jettisoning of long-form lectures

University leaders harnessed an ephemeral income stream to realise ‘ambitious’ institutional strategies

THE survey finds that availability of funding trumps health, student experience and quality of online learning as main worry

Competition and Markets Authority says collusion on prices could have left disabled students with less funding available through support scheme

Policy expert says agreement between EU and UK is ‘not at all geared to separate treatment for regions’

Percentage of papers with female authors rose markedly in latter part of 2020

Cross-party report calls on Westminster government to more than double hardship funding, but says straight refunds aren’t the answer

‘No-cost’ administrative changes would save money and heartache, Australian researchers tell new minister

Delay in naming top higher education official taken as inauspicious

GAO cites 17 cases where former for-profit leaders retained key controls

Vice-chancellors say they are considering what to do if members of their community refuse Covid-19 inoculation 

THE analysis finds that UK and Canadian systems are also among most prestigious, while Australian universities are losing international stature

British oncologist announces departure from Sydney institution, citing family pressures

Full impact of pandemic on Office of the Independent Adjudicator caseload may yet emerge

Academics debate how best to test students’ learning at a distance and reduce cheating: remote invigilation or exercises that ask students to apply their knowledge

Union describes proposed salary freeze as an ‘insult’ but universities point to financial woes

International student flows kept on drip feed as politics, fear and logistics trump large-scale influxes

OfS head warns that pandemic uplift must not ‘bake in’ further grade inflation over longer term

University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection, under leadership of ‘populist’ microbiologist Didier Raoult, continues to push hydroxychloroquine in the face of evidence

Research finds that every demonstration against a sitting university president reduces their time in office by 66 per cent

Union branch passes motion in response to plan to axe some 60 jobs

Devolved nations say they should be given any replacement funding for scheme from UK government ‘in the first instance’

LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time

Doctoral glut seen as especially bad in nation that does too little research

New director acknowledges social justice agenda must go hand in hand with financial sustainability of troubled institution

Money ‘reallocated’ from specialist institution fund announced by government last year, UKRI says 

Director of fair access warns that school-leavers from coastal and former industrial communities are less likely to see a degree as a way to improve their lives

Concerns raised over potential lack of opt-out and charging regime

New position of White House social sciences adviser may raise priority of social response to coronavirus and consideration of race-related factors

Gang Chen gets backing as US reported to be considering retreating from such cases

Sector leaders say government proposal amounts to ‘a sudden multimillion-pound hit’ for some institutions and criticise decision not to phase changes

Railing against ‘anti-Russian forces’, lawmakers are proposing state control over ‘educational activities’

Clinical evidence showing psychedelics can treat mental health disorders has revived the thorny issue of whether researchers should ever admit using these substances

Women writers are still largely marginalised on syllabuses, particularly in the Ivy League, according to new study

Academic says glut of gloomy research on postgraduate welfare could have unhelpful impact

Executive chair says scholarship from non-medical subjects will be vital for post-pandemic society

More ‘coherent’ mechanism is needed to develop regional ties, expert says

Scottish university hopes to resume face-to-face tuition on postgraduate taught courses

Australian study suggests academics’ recruitment habits exacerbate their workload problems

National University of Singapore Press criticised over decision to scrap publication of title critical of country’s rulers

Revival of plan to restrict numbers via minimum grade requirement raises concerns over impact on poorest

Option is put forward alongside post-qualification offers as one of two potential reforms

No national delay to UK research audit, but Research England to consider granting more time for universities in emergency circumstances

Teaching excellence framework will also no longer be an annual exercise, with next assessment due to be published next year

Government’s ‘interim response’ to Augar review puts off big decisions but signals drive to lower costs of system

New president welcomed by higher education groups, but faces tough legislative hurdles

Accounts show two leaders departed roles with payments of almost £200,000 while others received inflation-busting uplifts to salaries

‘Final conclusion’ to review of post-18 education to come at spending review, as DfE heralds skills white paper, TEF review and admissions consultation

The Yale professor talks about racism in post-war Britain, mixing the personal and the academic in her writing and her advice to her younger self

Initial estimates indicate jump in applications for coming year in excess of 10 per cent

Tributes paid to ‘intelligent, witty and compassionate leader’ who transformed Canadian studies and forged a major new collegiate university 

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

Hepi paper by former Uclan deputy v-c calls for new funding system in which richest graduates pay more

Outgoing Office for Students chair defends university expansion before taking up government role

Outgoing US president cites USC trustee in rationale for helping fellow Florida developer

Institutions have introduced four-day weeks during lockdowns, but scholars suspect most changes will be temporary

Campuses rated below par for three years in a row could be asked to suspend undergraduate recruitment

Warnings that banking covenants could be breached in some scenarios emerge in latest accounts

Growth of academics on such terms precedes pandemic and REF census