The week in higher education – 19 March 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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19 March 2020 digital edition
Questionable pedigree: How do you sniff out ‘low-quality’ courses?
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Tips on working from home with children
Having to work from home might mean your kids have a bit more screen time – and that’s OK. Pragya Agarwal offers her tips on mixing home-working and childcare
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What is a ‘low-quality’ course?
The UK government is determined to make good on its manifesto pledge to crack down on substandard university programmes. But what is quality? Is it best measured by graduate earnings, learning gain,...
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Demand-driven funding in Australia should be restored
Slightly higher fees would be a reasonable price for a system that responds to student numbers and preferences, says Andrew Norton?
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Coronavirus: almost all Australian universities head online
More institutions desert on-campus programmes as government moves the goalposts
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Coronavirus: English regulator to ‘support financial sustainability’
New objective to support university finances during Covid-19 crisis suggests a new path for England’s higher education regulator
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Flexible admissions could mitigate Covid-19 impact
Experts say institutions should allow students to delay start date and relax entry requirements
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US colleges call for support to help fight coronavirus
Campuses see economic woes mounting, but full assault on Covid-19 more urgent
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Australia waives work restrictions for overseas nursing students
Australia bends rules to marshal health resources as social distancing directives are intensified
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US scientists tackling virus lament historic funding shortcomings
Poor long-term support for too few laboratories hampers efforts to develop vaccines and therapies, say researchers
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Sudden shift to teaching-only contracts ahead of REF census
Latest data show about a quarter of universities now have a fifth of full-time academics classed as teaching only
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Positive discrimination is a net negative
Colleagues’ doubts about whether he deserved a prize make Aymen Idris wish people did not see his achievement as tokenism
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“双一流”高校需要什么样的公共卫生教育？
孟庆跃认为，当下新冠病毒疫情为公共卫生教育带来重要启示，未来改革的步子需要迈得更大一些