Cambridge academics oppose ‘freedom of speech’ rules University’s plan to require staff and students to be ‘respectful’ of each other’s ‘differing opinions’ fought by academic opponents John Morgan 11月 27日
THE Live: ‘mismatch of expectations’ poisoning Covid campus relations ‘Students and their parents felt they were promised one thing, and they ended up receiving something else,’ says Edinburgh principal Anna McKie 11月 26日
THE Live: publish historic entry grades to make admissions fairer, says Jarvis Universities UK chief executive urges greater transparency in admissions Anna McKie 11月 26日
Midwifery student probed over ‘pro-life’ views wins compensation Nottingham agrees undisclosed settlement after undergraduate cleared by fitness-to-practise panel Simon Baker 11月 26日
THE Live: academics must engage vaccine sceptics, says Alice Roberts Public engagement expert concerned about communities that scientists are failing to reach Ellie Bothwell 11月 26日
THE Live: UK HE bureaucracy ‘a bit of a monster’, says REF creator Panel warns that action is needed to tackle excessive competition and casualisation if research careers are to remain attractive Jack Grove 11月 26日
THE Live: charter schemes ‘have contributed to equality failures’ Panel discussion hears that pandemic should be used as a springboard for real change by looking at leadership Simon Baker 11月 26日
THE Live: lockdown delay UK’s biggest pandemic mistake, says Ferguson Ex-adviser to UK government praises global scientific community’s ‘remarkable’ response and criticises ‘false narrative’ that he was ‘responsible’ for lockdowns John Morgan 11月 26日
French academics fear for freedom amid Islamic terrorism?row French scholars, accused of fostering terrorism, fear escalating rhetoric could curtail freedom of research David Matthews 11月 26日
‘One in five’ female students in UK is?victim of sexual assault Ethnic minority students twice as likely to be assaulted in teaching space as white classmates Anna McKie 11月 26日