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But Hepi analysis also suggests there is still ‘a single UK HE system’

Governments are prioritising reopening schools and businesses over campuses. But some academics fear the impact on disadvantaged students – and on their teaching

Concerns raised over pension scheme’s ability to judge its health after virus crisis market plunge

Integrity benefits of remote assessment via tech and change in attitudes outweigh the drawbacks, experts say

Commentators express doubts over Canberra’s online road to post-pandemic prosperity

Fine print reveals that universities can expect to recoup perhaps one dollar for every seven they lose

Rebuffed on pricing and open access, universities refuse full-access renewals

With insights from a variety of fields potentially useful in the fight against coronavirus, some French academics are arguing for more research and data to be made publicly available

Online platforms threw many universities a lifeline, but the experience could well change how they and their students view the learning experience

Popularity of Korean films and music drives emerging field of Hallyu studies and boosts Korean universities’ internationalisation

New arrangements will ‘pivot’ university offerings to areas of greatest domestic need, government says

Unexpected numbers are tuning into doctoral and master’s defences, with shutdown likely to lead to longer-term reforms to vivas, says Dutch professor

Continuing remote teaching in the autumn will be unsustainable for some institutions, warns leader of online college

Vice-chancellors’ group makes unprecedented appeal for government aid following dire financial forecasts caused by coronavirus restrictions

Mauro Ferrari departed after suggesting launch of a coronavirus programme, but critics warn against abandoning blue-skies science, even in a crisis

British Council survey suggests more than a third are still undecided about whether to continue with applications 

Data suggest research related to the outbreak already numbers thousands of publications   

Out of the fires and into virus land, academics and institutions find myriad ways to help

New paper finds STEM students scores were not negatively affected by switch to online or blending learning

Dreams will be dashed and the sector could take a decade to recover, expert warns

ANU ditches reliance on admissions scores and invites early bids from the class of the coronavirus

Other Asian nations weigh whether it is fair to test students during a time of mass disruption  

Mauro Ferrari leaves after just four months in role following rejection of his suggestion that council launch a programme to fight Covid-19

With foreign student numbers down and forlorn hopes for a government bailout, sector’s hopes may lie in expanded domestic enrolments

Virus crisis will affect domestic recruitment, but impact of falling overseas admissions seen as greater

University pulls move to consider ‘other traditions of academic freedom’ in overseas partnerships after outcry

Survey of undergraduates also finds just under half of students are satisfied with online teaching during pandemic

Tough choices await as institutions revisit ideas that could cut staff numbers and ramp up fees

Bumpy road ahead, as education ministers fail to agree terms on tertiary admissions rank

Reliance on formulas and philosophies giving way to complexity and case studies

A new HE system based on the UK model should ‘promote rather than regulate’ universities 

‘Don’t sideline us from giant subsidy scheme’, universities and medical research institutes beg government

Abrogating responsibility could torpedo industry and trigger a public health crisis, Canberra warned

Pandemic-driven grading shifts illuminate long-accepted inequities

Such legislation could curtail academic freedom, say scholars

The UK’s Science Media Centre director Fiona Fox says new visibility of experts will be crucial in combating doubts on official advice during troubled times

More than 10,000 signatories want summer exams made optional and teaching loads cut, raising the question: how productive can academics really be during a pandemic?

Ucas says overall applicant behaviour has so far been consistent with previous cycles

Vice-chancellors stress support for students stranded in crisis

Funding bodies should reconsider case-by-case assessments to minimise bureaucracy and student distress, say researchers

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?