Germany is sad about Brexit – but not blind to the opportunity it presents The country’s deep belief in cooperation coexists with a quiet opportunism about recruitment and funding, say Tim Seidenschnur and Georg Krücken By Tim Seidenschnur 12 October
World mental health day: dealing with the pressures of academe Today is World Mental Health Day, and Matthew Flinders argues that although changes in individual behaviour can help, systemic change is really needed to ease the mental health burden on academics By Matthew Flinders 10 October
Queen’s Birthday Honours: knighthood for outgoing King’s principal Physicist Brian Cox, author Bernardine Evaristo and former Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook also recognised By Chris Havergal 9 October
Going online shouldn’t mean cutting teaching hours, says minister Liverpool becomes latest UK university to halt in-person tuition due to Covid-19 By Chris Havergal 9 October
Well-being concern over mothers’ caring burden during lockdown Survey and report by Women’s 糖心Vlog Network urges universities to radically revise their attitudes to deadlines, career development and promotion By Matthew Reisz 9 October
Newcastle and Northumbria record 1,600 Covid cases in a week Significant rise in cases confirmed as universities move tuition online By Chris Havergal 8 October
Behind the mask: reflections on teaching in the Covid era Visors, masks and social distancing: staff who have returned to teaching on campus tell us what it’s like By Anna McKie 8 October
MEPs seek academic protections after CEU ruling arrives too late Despite a favourable ruling from the EU’s top court, the Central European University, pushed out of Hungary, will remain in Vienna By David Matthews 8 October
Interrupted fieldwork could mean terminated careers for PhD students Urgent action is needed to help doctoral candidates whose research has been halted by Covid-related travel bans, says Lorena Gazzotti By Lorena Gazzotti 8 October
Ex-minister: high-risk research funder must not be ‘destructive’ Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office By John Morgan 7 October
Covid: Northumbria and Newcastle latest to move teaching online Announcement comes after Northumbria staff threatened industrial action over institution’s handling outbreak By Anna McKie 7 October
THE ‘Table of Tables’ 2021: Scottish universities make gains Cambridge and Oxford jointly lead combined results of three main UK university league tables By Ellie Bothwell 7 October