Risk-averse academy needs to get on board with new tech
We do our students a disservice by not educating ourselves on disruptive technologies such as VR and machine learning, says Christine Janssen
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OfS investigates ‘conditional unconditional’ offer ban ‘breaches’
With record number applications and likely grade inflation, English regulator warns universities against ‘sacrificing quality for inflated intakes’
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Teaching both problem-solving and standard content is not impossible
The circle can be squared via long-term projects conducted outside the regular timetable, says Lindy Elkins-Tanton
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Leaders fear £1 billion-plus cut to fund UK Horizon association
Universities UK and Wellcome Trust express mounting fears about where funding to join European Union research programme will come from
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Campus Covid spread tied to small number of highly infected cases
University of Colorado study suggests low risk from most infected people, even room-mates
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Advisers quit over ‘draconian’ cuts to overseas research funding
International advisory panel heads condemn ‘inexcusable’ handling of cuts to research supported by foreign aid
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UK ‘science superpower’ status to bring ‘strategic advantage’
UK’s overhaul of defence and foreign policy sees science as ‘arena of systemic competition’
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California gets Elsevier open access deal after two-year impasse
University system will keep paying publisher about $13 million (£9.4 million) a year
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Dutch halving of fees seen as Covid compensation model for England
Netherlands government’s package of support for students and universities comes as calls for fee refunds mount in England
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‘Hammer time’ professor: For diverse audiences, try new platforms
Oxford archaeologist working with MC Hammer on repatriation of African treasures says researchers should step outside their comfort zones
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I saw the future of the university in a shared house far off campus
Students’ gravitation towards communal living may be exactly the insight we need to solve the stubborn problems of remote learning, says Carlo Ratti
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UK science reputation at risk as cuts raise strategy questions
Cuts to major international research funds will harm UK’s reputation but also undermine rationale for UK’s main funding body, claim research leaders
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Research intelligence: the best and worst of a year of virtual conferences
A year since face-to-face academic conferences were cancelled, Jack Grove hears from scholars on their mixed experiences of digital events
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England is wrong to silo academic and technical education
The promise of the new lifelong learning loan allowance is undermined by the insistence on separate and impermeable tracks, says Tim Blackman
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Books interview: Margarette Lincoln
The author and historian on how a story about a young cavewoman inspired her and the books that bring London’s everyday past to life