Post-Covid university collaboration can cement European identity
No institution will be able to make it alone amid the pandemic-induced tumult, so let’s make shared values the antidote to the crisis, says Ferruccio Resta
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‘Narrowest margins’ in gao kao ‘shape Chinese students’ lives’
Major survey is first to link entrance scores, elite universities and salary
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Paulo Freire can still inspire us in the fight to democratise universities
At a time when marketised models are dominant, we must build on initiatives that put the stress on social justice and community engagement, says Peter Mayo
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Imperial lawyers warn unions over meeting as Gast heads for exit
University expresses concerns about ‘untrue statements’ but UCU remains in dark over what caused problem
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Skidmore: don’t leave universities out of lifelong learning plans
Former universities minister says there is a danger reforms will focus too narrowly on colleges
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Online makes the workings of academia harder, not easier
The great loss is the more subtle stuff, such as arching an eyebrow at a pal when Professor X starts droning on, says Athene Donald
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France to investigate academics over ‘Islamo-leftism’
Organisation charged with leading probe says term has no ‘scientific reality’ and is being used to shut down academic discussion of race and colonialism
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Covid recession ‘may force universities to cut overseas fees’
Experts voice caution on prospect of quick bounceback in UK overseas recruitment post-Covid, highlighting issues around affordability and changing competitive landscape
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Meet Aria: ‘high-risk’ research funder to be independent of UKRI
Ministers promise innovative funding models for Advanced Research and Invention Agency following debate on relationship with umbrella body
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MEP backs European careers framework to tackle research precarity
Webinar hears that postdocs are being ‘deprofessionalised’ and encouraged to win grants on behalf of principal investigators
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Five tips for starting an academic career in times of crisis
Due to the 2008 global financial crisis, a long shadow loomed over me and my cohort. Over the medium term, though, most of us made it, says Lucas Lixinski
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Another journal rejection? Put on your helmet
Knock-backs are frequent and unavoidable. But treating referees’ comments with a hard-headed pragmatism lessens the sting, says Adrian Furnham
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Australian international education ‘in doldrums until 2023’
Industry operatives’ worst fears could cost universities thousands of staff and country tens of billions of dollars
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Love Lives: From Cinderella to Frozen, by Carol Dyhouse
Emma Rees enjoys a vivid if familiar exploration of changing attitudes to romance
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International postgraduate enrolment in US universities plummets
Concern tempered by applications and deferrals suggesting post-Covid recovery