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Australian opaqueness risks quarantining decision making and tarnishing image of scientific advice

Grants yet to flow from new fund as nation endures rolling natural catastrophes

Early figures in Australia suggest the pandemic may be whetting rather than dampening appetite for study

But data suggest that students’ views on study abroad are changing by the week as a result of pandemic

Chan will head new public health school at China's top-ranked university in the midst of coronavirus pandemic

Scientists call for global ‘superbody’ to coordinate coronavirus research, but some fear a centralised approach might close off potential solutions

Virtual THE forum hears academics and funders explore how research landscape may change in wake of virus crisis

La Trobe leaders take temporary salary cut as losses mount, and urge other executives to follow suit

The academy through the lens of the world’s media

Derision of expertise has been concentrated in the US – but that’s where it matters most, say former Antipodean chief scientists

An economic downturn prompted by the virus outbreak creates many uncertainties, but could public backing for science investment actually increase?      

UNSW Sydney-led network highlights coronavirus and climate change parallels on need for global coordination

Universities urged to take opportunity to introduce innovative ‘next-generation’ assessment and boost ‘academic productivity’

Paul Howarth joins from Law Business Research

Analysts advocate hands-off assistance package, with universities unlikely to share latest government bailout

The gao kao, taken by 10 million students annually, will be delayed until July because of pandemic

Questions abound over entitlement to A$130 billion economic stimulus, as expert warns of ‘imminent’ financial crisis

As campuses and labs close amid the coronavirus crisis, Jack Grove hears how senior scientists are managing their teams and research projects

Coronavirus crisis may make institutions more eager to please to students, but ‘tensions’ already in evidence

One epidemiologist called a colleague a “charlatan” over his coronavirus tweets. Should academics “stay in their lane”  when commenting on the pandemic?

Sheffield Hallam vice-chancellor argues for ‘radical action’, while Alistair Jarvis says Universities UK will explore the possibility

Research funders, regulator and bureaucrats ease pressure on academics and universities as coronavirus blows out timelines

An unheeded call for tuition fee refunds in Hong Kong echoes concerns around the world

Call for universities to extend casual contracts to protect staff and stop them losing jobs because of coronavirus disruption

Alarmed by losses, main institutional group eases previous opposition to reopening

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

Latest data also suggest a fall in the absolute numbers of younger EU academics working in the UK

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

New controls will ‘only be used when absolutely necessary’, minister assures educators

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

Australian and NZ rumblings reflect UK qualms about politicians’ selective ears

Democratic frontrunner raises fear among private colleges after taking on Bernie Sanders’ plan

Western universities will have to ‘hunt’ for scarce overseas students, warns leading internationalisation scholar

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

The academy through the lens of the world’s media

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

Death of legendary Australian educator recalls missed opportunity to integrate tertiary education

But institutions warned against United Nations framework becoming a ‘tick-box exercise’

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

The search for a coronavirus vaccine is spurring worldwide collaboration, the speed and size of which has never been seen before, say experts

Scientific advisor network starts collating examples of research influencing, and failing to influence, policy

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

Spike in student demand driven by economic woes could force government to bring back demand-driven system

Science minister announces new joint team of government departments to consider assistance for sectors

English universities urged to refrain from increasing use of controversial offers after exams cancelled amid virus crisis

Surprise results as Tohoku University tops national ranking for first time, while Tokyo Tech rises to third place

Delay midyear intake or risk losing subcontinent students to Britain, association warns universities

The coronavirus will have a ‘massive effect’ on the international student market, and UK universities need to be clearer about their guidance and support for those students, experts have warned

The erection of borders, disrupted transport and fear of infection mean many will have to stay put, but their mental health could be at risk, universities are warned

Australian stimulus package risked making it ‘more profitable’ to be jobless than studying

ARC balances acknowledgement of disruptions with need to keep future funds flowing

Researchers studying coronavirus-related attacks urge universities in Europe, North America and Australia to do more to protect Asian students

Radical changes may be on cards after stock market crash and interest rate cuts, say experts

Research losses could be small but wider national epidemic control measures may prove a ‘once-in-a-century evidence fiasco’, according to experts

Cash injection will allow Australian university to ramp up manufacture at same time as vaccine is tested

As Pope Francis urges Catholic HE to change, the Holy See’s quality agency evaluates close to 300 ‘ecclesiastical faculties’ worldwide – with just four staff

Project delays, as universities and labs shut down, prompt grant flexibility – but levels of leniency vary

Students will also have the option of sitting an exam in September, as NUS says proposed methodology is ‘heartening’

Fallout from virus measures could hit poorest students hardest or be basis for advent of PQA, sector figures suggest