Covid-19 is exacerbating early-career researchers’ greatest concerns
Job security, research funding and work-life balance for young academics have all been worsened by the pandemic, say four academics Â
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Most applicants secure university places after A-level U-turn
Ucas says fewer than 1,500 students who missed out on their preferred institution are still unplaced
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California State University to keep teaching online into spring
Nation’s biggest four-year system giving half-million students time to prepare
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ߣߣÊÓƵ ‘copying China’ by excluding foreign academics
As ߣߣÊÓƵ struggles to defend its civic values from foreign interference, critics say translators’ banning shows those values are being undermined from within
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Covid-19: what does a local lockdown mean for UK universities?
Bolton vice-chancellor describes dealing with new restrictions when the start of term is weeks away
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Arizona State vows to lead push for environmental rescue
New $200 million laboratory aims to rectify academia’s past mistakes, but may find familiar limits
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Peter Rathjen: Adelaide crisis forces sector-wide soul-searching
Interstate universities drawn into scandal amid questions over how serial predator kept getting promoted
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An industry-style focus on teaching costs is vital to survive the pandemic
Cost transparency isn’t in universities’ DNA, but those who teach and design modules must be able to apply a clear budgetary model, says Terry Young
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The Beats: A Literary History, by Steven Belletto
David Gewanter suggests that time has not been kind to the works of the wild-living poets and novelists of the Beat generation
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Student Success Forum to assess impact of Covid-19 on two continents
Higher education leaders across Europe and the US will examine access, mental health support and international student enrolments in socially distanced education
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‘Radical’ review for NSS as ministers say it drives down standards
Move is part of package on red tape that also includes call for universities not to ‘feel pressured’ to join voluntary awards such as the Athena SWAN gender equality charter
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English universities face tiered restrictions in Covid lockdowns
Union says some aspects of new advice are ‘confusing, expensive and at times silly’
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THE Awards 2020: shortlist announced
More than 80 institutions make the shortlists across 20 categories
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Lectures’ days are numbered at Leeds as new v-c takes charge
Simone Buitendijk emphasises that efforts to improve diversity must not be left to under-represented groups as she takes top job at Yorkshire powerhouse
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US universities defend reopening plans as virus spreads
Campus leaders see justification in limited outbreaks and grateful students