Universities should take their staff’s psychological pulse during lockdowns
The experience of Monash University suggests that staff members’ greatest mental health needs are not necessarily obvious, says Kim Cornish
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Role models and career support ‘key to keeping women in science’
Astrophysicists in Hong Kong and France say that public perceptions of gender should change and that more should be done to support women in science
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‘Oversight needed’ so AI can be used for good in Asia-Pacific
Academics urge governments to set up frameworks for ethical use of technology and reaffirm the need for greater multidisciplinarityÂ
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Universities ‘must change’ amid pandemic restlessness
Pre-crisis gripes must be addressed as sector yearns for a more understanding community
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Anger as UKRI rules out blanket funding extension for PhDs
Extra funding will be prioritised for those in final year or those with ongoing support needs, with other students urged to adapt their projects to existing deadlines
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Universities told to resist ‘creeping securitisation’ of fieldwork
Academic says some safety requirements increase risk to researchers and encourages institutions to take flexible, academic-led approach
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There’s still a lot of work to be done
In the post-Trump, pandemic era, universities must redouble efforts to change the narrative, win back public trust and help heal divided societies
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Teaching intelligence: infusing sustainability into a curriculum
How can universities ensure that students learn vital lessons in sustainability in all their courses? Anna McKie talks to three leaders who have already done so
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Don Porter, 1938-2020
Tributes paid to ‘an extremely significant figure’ in the assessment of academic English
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The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain’s Transition to Mass Higher Education since the Second World War, by Peter Mandler
David Willetts welcomes a bold account of how the battle between democracy and meritocracy has transformed higher education in the UK
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Hindsight’s hoard: What academics most wish they had known earlier
The acquisition of wisdom about life and career can be just as long and challenging a journey as any research project. Luckily, many wheels have already been invented. Here, seven academics offer the...
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Interview with Claudio Saunt
Scholar of Native American history shortlisted for two major non-fiction prizes discusses why the US needs a ‘reckoning’ with indigenous dispossession
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Government response to Augar still expected with spending review
English sector awaits details of rebalancing towards further education, along with HE policy statement and campus free speech bill
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Elite universities urged to investigate graduate gender pay gap
Figures suggest that graduates of UK’s highly selective institutions and specialists have widest differences in pay