Covid: UK union calls for teaching to stay online all next term
Researchers suggest campuses may need to close to in-person teaching to restrain spread of new coronavirus variant
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2020: Reading for comfort
Which books have brought insight or consolation to academics and other university staff in this turbulent year? Our expert readers share their discoveries
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A unique year’s lessons
No one would want to repeat 2020. But perhaps there are ways it will leave us better prepared for the future
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Interview with José Polo
Epigeneticist on searching for life’s secrets, distinguishing stem cell science from snake oil and pondering the perfect size for a university
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Most of higher education in Asia by 2030, professor predicts
Hamish Coates calls for creation of transnational accreditation system to pull the region together post-Covid
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The week in higher education – 24 December 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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24 December 2020 digital edition
Comfort and joy: consolations of a difficult year
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Quantum of solace: John Gilbey’s seasonal chiller
The combination of Brexit and the Covid pandemic has driven change throughout academia, even reaching the scholarly backwater that is the University of Rural England. But perhaps it doesn’t have to...
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Bill Purdue, 1941-2020
Tributes paid to a prolific and ‘fun-loving’ historian with a sharp eye for ‘the inanities of academic life’
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I can’t wait for universities to reopen their beating, bookish hearts
In their unearthly calm and Dewey Decimal order, university libraries offer the promise of remaking ourselves, says Joe Moran
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Scientists back lateral flow testing for students’ campus return
Academics recommend repeated testing in January so universities ‘can open up the student experience’
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More Australian research grants vetoed by outgoing minister
Overruling of funding recommendations, apparently over security concerns, divulged following minister’s departure
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Biden picks equity-focused Latino as US education secretary
Former schoolteacher Miguel Cardona brings record of fighting achievement gaps
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Universities say student cheating exploding in Covid era
Institutions respond with both electronic crackdowns and pedagogical soul-searching
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UK university accounts show signs of ‘significant’ Covid risks
Some institutions warn of worst-case scenario of 50 per cent decline in international student revenue