England’s pre-Christmas lockdown plan ‘unworkable’
Department for Education says details on when universities must stop in-person teaching will be released ‘shortly’
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US universities’ new intakes shrink 16 per cent year-on-year
Freshers and international recruits stay away as overall enrolment drops 4 per cent
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University of Adelaide sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced by and paid for by the University of Adelaide
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Interview with Philippe Sands
The human rights barrister and author reflects on his path into international law, the university course that changed history and what the UK’s ‘lazy’ and ‘narcissistic’ prime minister could learn...
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Home Office ‘wants to work with UK sector on welcoming message’
Immigration minister signals dramatic brightening of departmental tone after May era as new ‘streamlined’ student visa route launches
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The week in higher education – 15 October 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Covid-19 surge on campuses ‘risks poisoning town-gown relations’
As resentment simmers over increasing student cases in cities, expert says institutions must work hard demonstrate their worth to their communities
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Support staff complain of abuse from locked-down students
Front-line workers left carrying the can for chaotic start of term, says union
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Robert Bird, 1969-2020
Tributes paid to ‘a man of many worlds’ who was also ‘a uniquely versatile intellectual’
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Are corporate overreach and political correctness really undermining academic freedom?
Neoliberal administrators’ policing of institutional reputations and academic colleagues’ condemnation of dissenting voices on issues such as race and gender have led to claims that scholars are...
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Thomas Frank: we must challenge ‘the worship of educational attainment’
The American political commentator offers John Morgan his trenchant views on Ivy League solidarity, why the left misunderstands populism and the ‘smugness’ of the ‘well-graduated’
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Abusive male interviewers undermine universities’ gender equality efforts
Civilised adults should not have to demonstrate that they can stand up to bullying before being offered a job, says an anonymous academicÂ
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15 October 2020 digital edition
Out of bounds: is academic freedom really in danger?
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UK universities sign deal to waive Plos publication fees
Three-year deal will allow researchers to publish papers without paying additional article-processing charges
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Student engagement predicts final performance ‘within weeks’
Students who up their engagement later on struggle to catch the early starters, says study