Peter Hotez: academics cannot defeat ‘anti-science’ alone
New institutions are required to stem the tide of misinformation sweeping US, says vaccine expert who was goaded by Elon Musk for refusing to debate a Covid conspiracist
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Russia focuses student recruitment on ‘friendly’ countries
Despite drop in Western students, cheap education and science-focused offerings continue to draw international learners from Russia’s political allies
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Academic hub brings scholars into ‘left behind’ community
WeWork-style project seeks to replicate some of the benefits of having a university in higher education ‘cold spots’
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Alberta plans major growth as oil revenues bounce back
Three years after province cut its budget by a third, leaner flagship university sees a moment to leap; students hope they can make it
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Horizon association won’t stop the UK’s European brain drain
Increased visa fees and health surcharges are likely to compound the Brexit effect on EU academics’ willingness to stay in the UK, say five researchers
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Vaccine pioneers overcame rejection and demotion to win Nobel
University of Pennsylvania’s ‘tenacious’ laureates reflect on coping with demotion, dismissal and desk rejection to continue their mRNA research
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Keegan wants ‘minimum service level’ on campuses during strikes
Union brands proposal to limit impact of industrial action on students ‘a spiteful attack on workers everywhere’
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Medicine Nobel awarded to mRNA Covid vaccine pioneers
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman’s research led to jabs that ‘saved millions of lives and prevented disease in many more’, says award panel
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Biden pushes university accreditors on response to complaints
Administration demands open process that allows anonymity, upsetting agencies seeking clearer rules in an era of partisan attacks
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Worlds collide as UCL expands beyond Bloomsbury
New Olympic Park campus will host one of UK’s largest universities and add thousands more jobs and students. What can it achieve?
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Universities need ‘pupil premium’ to fix Covid fallout, says v-c
Sussex chief challenges ‘uninspected belief’ that additional cash for student learning – including grants for Covid-hit generation – is politically unthinkable
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Hiccups plague Universities Accord ‘priority’ measures
With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia’s major higher education review is looking anything but
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India’s lack of research universities hinders its academic freedom
The historical disconnect between teaching and research makes it easy to restrict expression without provoking much outrage, says Saikat Majumdar
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State school-leavers ‘more likely to rate university highly’
Researchers suggest state school-leavers might be ‘reluctant to perceive their educational investments as unsuccessful’
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My Utopia Institute is all about impact and interdisciplinarity
We need to encourage and support scientists to leap into the unknown to solve our grand challenges faster and more equitably, says Xiangkun Cao