Former Conservative MP picked as next Office for Students chair
Lord Wharton set to succeed Sir Michael Barber at helm of English sector regulator
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Cell Press to publish open-access papers from January 2021
Academics will have to pay up to £7,800 for free-to-read option
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UK names first winners of simplified, anonymised research grants
Research scheme advocated by Dominic Cummings may provide template for streamlined grants process in future
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Alan Tudge named as ߣߣƵn education minister
MP brings ‘a good understanding’ of international education and a chequered record on refugees and staff relations
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Covid prompts vacation resort concept for online studying
Creators suggest long-term value, but critics see failure to understand campus communities
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ߣߣƵn subject funding reforms struggling to deliver results
Long-standing cost pressures exacerbated by the pandemic swamping Canberra’s efforts to mould university efforts to economic needs
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Chilean universities ‘at risk of closure’ in accreditation row
Report finds that 40 out of 56 universities in country would not meet strict new standards proposed
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Introducing the best university podcasts (and how to make one)
Adam Batstone has been making podcasts for more than 20 years. Here he chooses the best university podcasts out there and, with the need for online engagement growing by the week, provides tips on...
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Covid-19 is threatening to unleash a pandemic of cheating
Essay mills’ opportunism, preying on student anxiety about online assessment methods, strengthens the case for legislation, says Douglas Blackstock
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Notre Dame elevated to ߣߣƵ’s ‘public’ network
Expert says favourable treatment of Catholic university is “logical”, but criticises optics of handout to another Catholic institution
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People of the year: who mattered in higher education in 2020
ߣߣƵ journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months
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Taiwanese scholars slip through cracks of UN rules on China
‘Confusion’ over UN rules leads event organisers to bar students, experts or groups
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New lockdown scuppers Dutch campus opening strategy
Trying to steer a sustainable middle course, Dutch universities have been at 20 per cent capacity this semester
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Scores of antisemitic incidents on UK campuses, says charity
Community Security Trust finds 123 incidents affecting Jewish students, academics and student bodies over past two years
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UK v-cs report ‘significant progress’ on tackling grade inflation
Review says stall in the rise of firsts and widespread commitment to ‘statement of intent’ is already protecting degree standards