Nobelist calls for £1 billion Covid-19 research prize
Financial incentives for developing new mass-testing methods would be more effective than coordinating research centrally, says economist Paul Romer
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Melbourne rejects job protection deal
Australian universities decline union-sponsored agreement, citing individual circumstances and governance concerns
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Covid-19 should spur greater integration in European science
A renewed European Research Area can be a fresh call to arms for scientific excellence across the continent, says Jan Palmowski
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University networks will struggle to revive European identity
Protecting the European research budget offers better long-term hopes of saving the European project
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AI education must help students see inside the black box
Graduates’ common lack of deep understanding about how AI works is hindering industry take-up, says Min Wanli
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Reacting to Covid-19 by slashing fixed-term staff would be a disaster
The government must guarantee the sustainability of universities, say Richard Watermeyer, Aline Courtois and Hugh Lauder
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THE Impact Rankings 2020 by SDG: life below water (SDG 14) methodology
Browse the full Impact Rankings 2020 results This ranking explores universities’ research on life below water and their education on and support for aquatic ecosystems. Please view the methodology ...
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The community sector is being excluded from UK HE’s post-Covid recovery
Now is the time to build a research infrastructure that harnesses and nurtures the energy, creativity and enterprise of the third sector, says letter
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Jobs set to go as business school ‘disestablishes’ professoriate
University of Salford says ‘consultation is ongoing’ with eight professors in its business school as ‘newly focused research strategy’ is implemented
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Universities shift focus towards SDGs to prove societal value
But institutions warned against United Nations framework becoming a ‘tick-box exercise’
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Coronavirus: Whitehall team to consider help for UK science and HE
Science minister announces new joint team of government departments to consider assistance for sectors
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Higher education’s pseudo-market needs better management
£7,500 fees are off the agenda, but Covid-19 only increases the need to align state subsidies with economic need, says Philip Augar
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A renewed Double First Class initiative will help Chinese universities better engage with global challenges
The initiative’s success means that higher education is expected to remain a focus of China’s next five-year plan, says Wu Zhaohui
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Why aren’t UK universities taking a lead in this crisis?
Now is the time for the higher education sector to get ahead of questionable government policy, say Chik Collins, Peter Jones and Marjorie McCroryÂ
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Will Covid-19 change universities forever? Don’t jump to conclusions
Tomorrow’s world often turns out to be less radically different than we might have first thought, says Bruce Macfarlane