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A PowerPoint marathon or a ‘captured’ lecture will always be a pale imitation of a live experience, in which an expert practitioner taps into ‘the dangerous energy of all those watching eyes’, says Richard Sugg

Changing loan terms ‘might not be popular’ and would cost average graduate £10,000 but could be better than cutting places or funding, says Hepi paper

Wide-ranging survey of mothers working in higher education reveals institutions’ inconsistent and often ineffective responses

Universities need to establish clear and transparent criteria for assessing those with borderline results, argues Andy Grayson

Union says education’s secretary’s criticism of students is ‘dangerous’, as Magdalen president defends ‘democratic decision-making’ that led to removal

Interviews with learned societies raise fears that independent imprints will be frozen out of publishing’s future

Michael Higgins warns campuses ‘have suffered attrition of range and depth, loss of interdisciplinary exchange, leading in too many cases to a degradation of the very scholarship and teaching for which they were established’

Headhunters and scientists have reported waning interest in UK research roles, citing high cost of visas and healthcare as a key deterrent

Survey of German students finds higher levels of cheating during online exams than in on-site exams for the 2020 summer semester

The science base, public and private, needs certainty over how promised funding increases will be spent, says Chris Skidmore

Holyrood administration announces extra cash to assist with applications to Horizon Europe

Shell chair and former BHP chief executive nominated to succeed Sir John Kingman