Cambridge academics oppose ‘freedom of speech’ rules University’s plan to require staff and students to be ‘respectful’ of each other’s ‘differing opinions’ fought by academic opponents By John Morgan 27 November
THE Live: ‘mismatch of expectations’ poisoning Covid campus relations ‘Students and their parents felt they were promised one thing, and they ended up receiving something else,’ says Edinburgh principal By Anna McKie 26 November
THE Live: publish historic entry grades to make admissions fairer, says Jarvis Universities UK chief executive urges greater transparency in admissions By Anna McKie 26 November
Midwifery student probed over ‘pro-life’ views wins compensation Nottingham agrees undisclosed settlement after undergraduate cleared by fitness-to-practise panel By Simon Baker 26 November
THE Awards 2020: winners announced Glasgow named University of the Year for addressing legacy of its ties to the slave trade By THE reporters 26 November
THE Live: UK must ‘rethink overseas recruitment’ Senior leader says universities should focus on improving and charging more for transnational education By Ellie Bothwell 26 November
THE Live: academics must engage vaccine sceptics, says Alice Roberts Public engagement expert concerned about communities that scientists are failing to reach By Ellie Bothwell 26 November
THE Live: UK HE bureaucracy ‘a bit of a monster’, says REF creator Panel warns that action is needed to tackle excessive competition and casualisation if research careers are to remain attractive By Jack Grove 26 November
THE Live: charter schemes ‘have contributed to equality failures’ Panel discussion hears that pandemic should be used as a springboard for real change by looking at leadership By Simon Baker 26 November
THE Live: lockdown delay UK’s biggest pandemic mistake, says Ferguson Ex-adviser to UK government praises global scientific community’s ‘remarkable’ response and criticises ‘false narrative’ that he was ‘responsible’ for lockdowns By John Morgan 26 November
French academics fear for freedom amid Islamic terrorism row French scholars, accused of fostering terrorism, fear escalating rhetoric could curtail freedom of research By David Matthews 26 November
‘One in five’ female students in UK is victim of sexual assault Ethnic minority students twice as likely to be assaulted in teaching space as white classmates By Anna McKie 26 November