Government failures hobbling US universities on Covid testing
Disease spread from campuses follows poor guidance and little funding
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Long Covid impact ‘must be considered’ as cases on campus soar
Academics warn that staff, and students, are at risk of a debilitating illness that research suggests can last for months
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Campus lockdowns? I didn’t join university security to jail teenagers
As students fret about being refused service at McDonald’s, George Bass fears having to refuse them exit from their dormitories
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ߣߣÊÓƵ’s ban on Chinese academic ‘under review’
Colleagues remain baffled at security bureau’s exclusion of ߣߣÊÓƵn literature expert
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Universities’ digital transformation will be focus of next THE forum
Topics including strategising, the benefits of online learning, and international research will be explored in conversations across two virtual stagesÂ
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UK government was warned campus Covid outbreaks ‘very likely’
Sage document from last month says closing universities would have reduced transmission rates
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US campus reopening plans ‘tied to politics, not public health’
In-person instruction during Covid linked to Republican states and whiter student bodies
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Union slams ministers for ignoring advice to move teaching online
Documents reveal Sage advised UK government in September that halting in-person teaching would help prevent spread of Covid-19
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Lockdown led to ‘more polarised’ working hours for UK researchers
Many early career researchers saw their working hours fall, but one in nine scientists worked 60 hours a week, says Vitae study
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Universities ‘demand autonomy but overlook partners’ subservience’
Be more candid about the nature of your foreign collaborations and think about your own moral responsibilities, ߣߣÊÓƵn parliamentarians warn universities
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China bans supervisors from treating students as ‘cheap labour’
Students and academics doubt government directive will shift long-standing power dynamic
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Don’t go to UK for bachelor’s degree, ambassador tells Romanians
Andrew Noble says students should study locally at undergraduate level and then travel to Britain for postgraduate courses
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UCU threatens wider industrial action in bid to force move online
Unrest over return of face-to-face teaching on UK campuses pushes staff-management relations to breaking point
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Teaching intelligence: how to ensure assessment isn’t overlooked
Why assessment should not be an afterthought in the teaching process − and how to make sure it serves students as well as possible
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Universities’ Soviet-style bullshit is not an antidote to Covid’s grim reality
Living in a parallel universe of perfect systems and obedient citizens could blow up in vice-chancellors’ faces like Chernobyl, warns Craig BrandistÂ