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Australian budget package will tide over universities as they ‘wait and see’ if international fees rebound  

Despite a favourable ruling from the EU’s top court, the Central European University, pushed out of Hungary, will remain in Vienna

Visors, masks and social distancing: staff who have returned to teaching on campus tell us what it’s like

Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office

Announcement comes after Northumbria staff threatened industrial action over institution’s handling outbreak

Georgetown analysis counts benefit of educated workers with better jobs

Award for French researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier and US biochemist Jennifer Doudna is the first double win for female chemists

THE analysis reveals regions that could lose the most financially due to pandemic and policy-related decline

Data from WSJ/THE US College Rankings paint worrying picture for sector facing further financial woes

Several institutions will not be enrolling doctoral students in autumn 2021 because of the pandemic

Michael Houghton calls for prize committees to allow six or seven winners, rather than Nobel’s limit of three

Cambridge and Oxford jointly lead combined results of three main UK university league tables

New R&D network will help Wales become more research competitive amid fears over loss of regional funds after Brexit

All main Holyrood parties now support keeping status quo on fees

Shift comes as Northumbria staff agree to ballot for industrial action and Universities UK publishes fresh guidance on self-isolation

Universities minister says campuses can be flexible in their start date, ahead of statement from education secretary on whether A levels will be pushed back

Oxford professor Roger Penrose shares top honour with German physicist Reinhard Genzel and US-born Andrea Ghez, only the fourth woman to win prize

Controversial legislation comes under fire for reduced support for students, especially in arts and humanities

Government cites compassion as institutions fret over losses of tuition and fees

Official censure of Leiden researcher who massaged data indicates authorities are more willing to tackle integrity breaches, says Dutch statistician

Critics question whether 314 Action movement should back academics in runs against fellow Democrats

At least start processing visas, foreign students beg, as treasury defers hopes of students’ return

Sheffield Hallam says it is moving more teaching online in response to growing outbreak

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the biggest private US funder of biomedical research, seeks to push adoption of European-led standard

British researcher Michael Houghton and US-born Harvey Alter and Charles Rice honoured for “seminal discoveries” connected to novel virus

Students stranded across the world, half a year since restrictions began, suffer from anxiety and loss of opportunity

Participation in Athena SWAN-style initiative mooted as probable requirement for Horizon Europe grants

Rise of graduate class has reduced status of manual workers, influential figure warns in book that may offer philosophy for Tory reshaping of post-18 education

Figures from latest Education at a Glance report show low share of women among international doctoral students    

John Jenkins apologises for shaking hands and not wearing mask at ceremony

‘I cannot express how incredibly uncontroversial it is to ask for money to perform skilled work,’ says James Heathers

Campuses across UK report growing number of positive tests

Success rate by award value also consistently lower for women, EPSRC report finds

Canadian study examines impact of students returning to campus and different testing approaches on Covid-19 infections and deaths

Experts welcome Boris Johnson’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, but call for more details and further progress on obstacles to part-time study

Observers say the country’s universities are led by loyalists, and have long supported president by expelling opposition students and teaching pro-government ideology courses

UCU and NUS say there should be ‘no financial detriment’ to students who give up accommodation or leave their course

University says carbon emissions from all investments will balance out at zero by 2038 and that all donations must align with climate goals

Tributes paid to ‘one of the architects of the black psychology movement’

Concerns flagged over reliability of private and asymptomatic tests and lack of coordination with national system

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

The child refugee and business prodigy discusses racial prejudice and personal perseverance, and the prospects for Kamala Harris

Tougher action is needed to stop researchers dishonestly using spurious credits to bolster the credibility of their papers, says academic

Many of those crossing borders now likely to stay within East Asia, survey shows

Science communication experts reflect on how scholars can improve their public speaking skills

Natural Environment Research Council defends decision to award fellowships entirely to men in 2019, but will review diversity processes

As Australia pivots to local concerns, university leaders flag importance of international students beyond just their fees 

Watchdog report comes as president seeks to make political issue of campus intolerance

Minister warns that indecision over reforms could ‘sacrifice’ opportunity to reform sector during Covid

Academics also cite immigration policies and ‘dwindling’ funding as reasons why position in country is no longer ‘holy grail’

Internal Market Bill brings warnings that Horizon Europe deal will be near impossible if UK and EU are ‘embittered’ by trade talks failure

Overall trust in scientists higher than in governments, media and business, global survey finds

Gavin Williamson also says students should not be subject to additional lockdown measures

PM heralds moves to create Lifetime Skills Guarantee and to open loans system to FE colleges so they can ‘compete’ with universities

Decision to press ahead but not require promotion from universities could lead to ‘patchy’ year of data and damage to survey’s integrity

Parliaments routinely seek scientific advice, but a Dutch pilot goes one step further, asking academics to directly critique what the government is proposing

Number crunching based on new research classifications helps pinpoint strengths and failings

Regulator intervenes as some institutions suspend in-person teaching

Proposal nearing implementation also lets visa agency assess academic progress

Pandemic forces institutions to respond to practical challenges but also to produce work that addresses crisis and helps forge new forms of art