US universities find students way behind after Covid
Berkeley among institutions admitting it’s overwhelmed by freshers struggling in classes and low on resilience
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Parenthood a key factor in Covid’s gender inequities
Point-in-time study quantifies pandemic’s differential impacts on academics with children – particularly mothers
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We must free tomorrow’s scientific leaders from grant capture
The emphasis on bringing in money above all else is killing researchers’ passion for discovery, says Aymen Idris
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UCU pledges strikes on ‘scale never seen before’ as dates named
Around 70,000 members at 150 UK universities set to walk out in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions
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Clarivate axes plan for global library catalogue under court deal
Analytics giant denies accusations it stole data but ends development of MetaDoor platform in settlement with WorldCat
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Halfon as HE minister spells apprenticeship push for sector
Former education committee chair ‘appears to have interest in detail of policy’ and sees employability as purpose of university
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Sheffield Hallam to open London campus
Outpost for up to 5,000 students will be part of £8 billion Brent Cross Town development
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Talking leadership 49: Ann Harrison on transforming business education
With falling enrolments in traditional MBAs – and increased pressure to tackle diversity and sustainability agendas – business schools must change to stay relevant, says Haas dean
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Canada seeks to block universities from filing for bankruptcy
Responding to Laurentian crisis, proposal moving through federal Senate would bar public universities from creditor protection, but with only a promise of unspecified alternatives
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Protect researchers from online abuse, universities told
Twitter trolls and polarised debate on Covid have caused almost one in four academics to scale back public engagement, says Elsevier study
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Accept number controls if you want higher fees, English v-cs told
Iain Mansfield aims to work on ‘breaking the impasse’ on funding in new thinktank role and denies being ‘culture warrior’
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Government and business ‘letting ߣߣÊÓƵ down’ on research
Go8 questions outsiders’ commitment to research, after advisory body raises doubts over education’s contribution to productivity
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ߣߣÊÓƵn defence department ‘should bankroll university places’
Other suggestions to ease military skill shortages include funding future reservists’ studies and ‘opening up’ to international students
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Activism is a legitimate and necessary form of scholarship
The world’s problems are too big for one sector to figure out: academics must team up with doers in fair, equal partnerships, says Carmen Geha
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Strip curricula of ‘YouTube knowledge’, business schools told
Business education should engage more with contemporary realities, which means abandoning things that can be learned for free elsewhere, according to Lord Hastings