Germany opts to keep teaching online to avoid spreading Covid
Denmark and Switzerland holding more in-person classes
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A practical guide to digital teaching and learning
With the Covid-19 pandemic likely to prolong the need for mass online learning for some time, we seek the experts’ advice on how to do it well – from designing courses and maintaining engagement to...
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Leadership qualities do not have a gender
Obliging women to adopt ‘male’ characteristics is not just unfair – it also impoverishes university management, says Corinne Houart
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As new lockdowns loom, is digital pedagogy ready?
The loss of international income makes the improvement of universities’ online offerings all the more urgent
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20 August 2020 digital edition
Tools of the trade: the nuts and bolts of digital teaching and learning
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A levels: students face wait until 2021 for highly subscribed courses
Call for government to support universities as many students remain locked out, especially in medicine
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What are you reading? – August 2020
Our regular look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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A levels: higher-tariff universities ‘eat the sandwiches’ of others
MillionPlus group of post-92s calls for ‘safety net’ government support for universities hit financially by A-levels U-turn
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Trump ethics panel blocks fetal tissue research
Board offering religious, rather than medical, expertise discounts value of NIH projects
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Can Germany’s renowned vocational education system be exported?
English ministers advised to start looking at key features like partnership with employers rather than using German system as ‘trademark’
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Academic freedom in India squeezed by shift to insecure contracts
Precariously employed researchers may be less willing to rock the boat, says report
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Few US universities plan significant on-campus teaching
Gamble to populate campuses seen as high-risk and not entirely necessary
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For real pandemic productivity, try stepping off the treadmill
Not all academics are in a position to churn out endless papers during lockdowns – and not all should, argues Michael Marinetto
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Universities need to have mask discussion, says UNSW deputy
Campus reopening plans not such a hot issue Down Under, but key questions still need to be resolved
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What next for students left high and dry after A-level grading U-turn?
Practical help for students and universities left exposed by the A-level results chaos is needed, not political point-scoring, says former Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook