MPs back Conservative peer to lead English sector regulator
Education Select Committee endorses appointment of Lord Wharton as Office for Students chair
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Pacific v-c fights for job as council fails to resolve crisis
Crisis precipitated by proposal that could have shifted pan-Pacific university’s headquarters from Fiji, embattled leader says
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Publishers claim Plan S’ repository rules will bankrupt journals
Major scholarly publishers warn that some titles will become unviable unless open access scheme changes tack on compliance
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Collecting data online is fast, but do we lose too much context?
The ‘feel’ for a person that comes from encountering them in their home is difficult to replicate in depth online, says Graham Crow
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How to navigate choppy, elitist waters as a working-class academic
It will do no harm to find colleagues who understand the role of social, economic and cultural backgrounds in academia, says Carole Binns
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Kehinde Andrews: Enlightenment ideals perpetuate racism in academy
Pioneering black studies professor calls on universities to reflect on their history and the forms of knowledge they exclude
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The UK government must do more to help students through the pandemic
Announced increases in hardship funding are not enough, while missed educational opportunities must be replaced, says Paul Blomfield
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New Adelaide v-c rebuffs criticism over China ties
Peter Høj insists he is not Mr Fix-it, after taking over his second crisis-struck university, but acknowledges need to listen to staff concerns
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The Failures of Philosophy: AÂ Historical Essay, by Stephen Gaukroger
Jane O’Grady grapples with an ambitious attempt to rethink the development of philosophy from the ancient Greeks until today
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From hurried to heroic
Academics might have scrambled to adjust to online teaching but their expertise has taken flight and merits a global platform to share it
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Crow: keep online education connected to academic research
Arizona State University president says digital learning shift must ‘stay attached’ to core knowledge-generating activities
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Fijian officials deport Pacific university’s vice-chancellor
Expulsion marks escalation of long-running crisis at the University of the South Pacific
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Japan raises funds for £70 billion university research endowment
But the eye-popping amount comes with caveats, experts say
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Research misconduct ruling on historian’s Holocaust affair claim
‘Insufficient evidence’ for Warwick historian’s allegation that concentration camp survivor had lesbian affair with SS guard, university panel says
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Universities must stop presuming that all students are tech-savvy
People who teach digital skills in a computer lab know that students aren’t always as adept as they might pretend to be, says Elizabeth Losh