Tory ex-minister warns PM against ‘devastating’ UK research cuts
Cutting existing research budgets by up to £2 billion would put ‘science superpower’ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson
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Swansea sociologist assembles recollections of a year of Covid
Rich accounts of how we screamed at the television, went swimming and adapted to the ‘surrealness’ of life during a pandemic fill a new archive
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UK universities put on ransomware alert
‘Significant increase’ in attacks recorded by National Cyber Security Centre since February
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The European Union is legitimising Israel’s illegal settlements
An open letter from academics across more than 20 European countries and Israel
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Keep West Bank settlement university out of Horizon, say scholars
Open letter on Ariel University from academics across Europe and Israel says EU has acted against its own position on settlements
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Chegg: a $12 billion headache for academic integrity?
Students’ use of the website to cheat has exploded during the pandemic, according to researchers, but its legitimate uses put universities in a difficult position
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Martha Nussbaum: universities must tackle ‘toxic masculinity’
Holberg Prize winner wants major reforms in college drinking culture and elite university sport
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Japan University Rankings 2021: methodology
Our Japan rankings are constructed on four pillars that demonstrate the broad strength of a university
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Post-Covid, mental well-being should be built into every course
Student services aren’t enough. Academics are universities’ engine room, so must be the driving force of mental health reform, says Geoff Mills
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UK research review will target ‘unnecessary red tape’
Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings’ diatribe against ‘process horror’ in research
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Geographies of Food, by Moya Kneafsey and others
Jeremy MacClancy has mixed feelings about a wide-ranging attempt to create ‘mindful food citizens’
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It is not regressive for universities to aggregate and create content
In a world accustomed to beautiful, frictionless digital experiences, most online education looks like websites from the 1990s, says Louise McElvogue
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Non-EU scientists face exclusion from sensitive Horizon projects
Most collaboration will continue, but emphasis on building the EU’s ‘strategic autonomy’ means academics in Israel, the UK and Switzerland could be shut out of some areas
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Sciences Po interim head defends institution on sexual assault
Bénédicte Durand says university will make changes after slew of allegations, but defends governance procedures and argues banning initiation events is not the answer
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The UK’s deep ODA cuts are wrong and counterproductive
The shortfall will damage the UK’s reputation and halt projects that are making a real difference to communities worldwide, says Joanna Newman