London Higher head aiming to counter government ‘preconceptions’ Diana Beech, former adviser to Tory ministers, wants to challenge ‘crude generalisations’ that could hit London’s vital arts courses By John Morgan 31 December
Student returns to English campuses restricted for early January Government gives priority for medical subjects to restart in first weeks of January, with wider student return ‘kept under review’ By Anna McKie 30 December
New Year Honours 2021: knighthood for Stirling v-c Both Nottingham universities’ leaders also honoured, along with former AHRC head Andrew Thompson By Anna McKie 30 December
Pandemic is no time for a pedagogy overhaul Calls to redesign curricula for online study ignore how scholars need time and peer support to reinvent courses, says Carole Binns By Carole Binns 30 December
Careers Clinic: how should I react to negative student feedback? THE’s Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question By Dene Mullen 30 December
New OfS chair pick shows Johnson’s ‘political control freakery’ Lord Wharton of Yarm urged to get up to speed with challenges as ‘quickly as possible’ if appointment confirmed By Simon Baker 29 December
Times Higher Education’s most read articles of 2020 With just a few notable exceptions, it’s no surprise to find that this year’s most popular stories were dominated by one particular topic By Dene Mullen 29 December
Study abroad: UK to spend £100 million on Erasmus+ replacement Labour warns on uncertainty over future budget for student exchange By Chris Havergal 26 December
Experts see limited impact of new Covid strains on UK recruitment Resilience of demand for UK education and short-term nature of disruptions highlighted By Ellie Bothwell 26 December
Brexit: UK strikes deal on Horizon Europe but quits Erasmus+ Universities welcome certainty on research funding but lament loss of student exchange scheme By Chris Havergal 24 December
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 By Anna McKie 24 December
Scientists back lateral flow testing for students’ campus return Academics recommend repeated testing in January so universities ‘can open up the student experience’ By Anna McKie 23 December