Scotland cancels 2021 Higher exams over Covid disruption
Holyrood also announces plan to stagger students’ return to campuses after Christmas
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Student activism challenges China’s cult of the supervisor
Professors accused of misconduct brought down by online complaints
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‘Block teaching’ elevates marks by a grade, study finds
ߣߣÊÓƵn analysis uncovers marked improvement in student performance but marginal and mixed impacts on satisfaction
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UK universities axe thousands of jobs during pandemic
University of Manchester records highest number of job losses during coronavirus crisis, according to Freedom of Information responses
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Careers Clinic: how do I keep students engaged in online lectures?
THE’s new Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
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The post-Covid era is unlikely to be post-print
While eLife is planning to publish only preprints, even it concedes that journal brand still counts for a lot, notes Michael Marinetto
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Deakin joins ߣߣÊÓƵn Technology Network
Group’s regional credentials boosted in latest instance of institutional jockeying in and out of representative networks
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Chinese ‘revert to favouring Western study destinations’
Survey suggests move to regional mobility may have been temporary response to pandemic
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Imperial stands by Alice Gast after ‘bullying’ probe
London institution says it has ‘fully accepted’ recommendations of inquiry into senior staff behaviour
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What are you reading? – December 2020
Our regular look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Biden gets firm pushback on student loan forgiveness idea
Yet in era of gridlock, a poor option may be only one for delivering federal aid
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German university fears AI takeover could narrow mission
Struggling financially, the private Jacobs University is seeking new backers, but academics have been left shocked by plans for it to be turned into an AI institute by software giants
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‘Whole UK sector can benefit’ from shift to India on enrolment
Assessment comes after visa figures suggest surge in demand from India despite pandemic
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Forcing an antisemitism definition on universities is ministerial overreach
Gavin Williamson’s directive will embolden other groups to demand the enforcement of their interests by ministerial fiat, says Geoffrey Alderman
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‘Never waste a good pandemic,’ says dean eyeing fewer tenured faculty
Dean at University of Colorado Boulder plans to replace tenured and tenure-track faculty with instructors, but critics say the move tells students that ‘their education doesn’t really matter’