Don’t let the pandemic overshadow racial inequalities in higher education
The Race Equality Charter must be part of universities’ recovery plans, argues Dave ThomasÂ

The Race Equality Charter must be part of universities’ recovery plans, argues Dave ThomasÂ

Publisher coalition also embracing assessments through preprint formats

The lockdown is affecting not only final-year students. Without a blanket funding extension, many others will suffer and drop out, says Ross Goldstone

Frustrated final year students could drop out within sight of the finishing line, ߣߣÊÓÆµn report warns

But commentators question legality, terminology and strategic value

Newly funded work to include investigations into how the city brought infections down to nearly zero

Academics are collaborating better and doing work that won’t directly advance their careers – this is what academia should be about, says Mona Nasrallah

Requiring universities to report on their impact on climate change and society will remind a sceptical public of their value, says Jaci Eisenberg

Financial incentives for developing new mass-testing methods would be more effective than coordinating research centrally, says economist Paul Romer

Without government support, the country risks losing thousands of jobs and one of its biggest industries, writes Julian Hill

New figures in Hepi report show continued rise in counselling service referrals, with warnings of further impact from pandemic crisis

Embracing the future? What academics trapped in the Zoomiverse miss about the physical campus

New paid roles motivated as much by securing future doctor pipeline as battling pandemic

Universities have shown that they can come to the rescue of our country in a crisis. We must protect them as vital local and national resources, says Emma Hardy

The roll-out of the next THE rankings methodology will be delayed, but the pandemic’s potential impact on the results of the league tables is less clear, says Duncan Ross