Private providers leave UK higher education ‘cold spots’ untouched
Hopes that for-profit institutions would head for disadvantaged communities not served by universities have not been realised
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Now is the time to reopen university campuses
Allowing tattoo parlours and drive-in cinemas to reopen before universities illustrates how students have been ignored during the pandemic, says Olivia Winnifrith
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Pay US scientists more to resist Chinese offers, says Republican
Salary boost might be more effective than legal crackdowns in thwarting international recruiting and funding approaches, argues Oklahoma representative
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UK universities are not obstacles the government needs to overcome
The pandemic experience shows universities of all kinds are willing to be partners for policy delivery, says Debra Humphris
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More strike action over USS pension cuts ‘odds-on’
UCU negotiator says UUK’s latest proposals are unlikely to win support
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Research intelligence: how to support black postgraduate students
UK academia’s champion for black postgraduate students, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and others explain how scholars can help diversify graduate education
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Glasgow School of Art rapped on standards and student experience
Director promises action as QAA says prestigious institution failing to meet sector standards and struggling to adapt to Covid-19
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‘Inaction’ on rolling back Trump-era immigration rules criticised
Foreign students, mostly from Asia, ‘will simply go elsewhere’ if Biden doesn’t act soon
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Biden proposes 40Â per cent budget boost for education
Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science
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Books interview: Kristin Swenson
The religious studies professor on her early love of ‘contrarian kids’, biblical wordplay and the ‘fruitful’ conversation between religion and science
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Number of researchers submitted to REF up 46 per cent on 2014
More than 76,000 academics at 157 universities participating in research evaluation
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Scottish funding debate ‘needed but won’t come before election’
Scottish Parliament poll will see consensus on fee-free HE and may leave universities looking towards independence implications
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Elite US universities boast record applications – and rejections
Ivy League and peers pull further away from competition, but there may still be hope for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Rethinking institutional processes is boring – but the results are liberating
Minor tweaks to repetitive tasks can free up hundreds of hours of academic time for better things, says Andy Grayson
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In year like no other, Queensland fortifies its Future Fund
Australian university shrugs off Covid’s financial wrecking ball and even manages to bolster its insurance against future ‘shocks’