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After 20 years working as a quantity surveyor, Tom Woodbury shares his key discoveries since starting his first academic role in May

A large ongoing survey at King’s College London is informing the institution’s approach to Covid-19, say Gabriella Bergin-Cartwright and Sharon Stevelink

Jean-Eric Paquet warns that on open data, research collaboration and academic mobility, EU-China links are not always reciprocal

To deflect political attacks, universities should emphasise the transformative effects of engaging with structured bodies of knowledge, says Paul Ashwin

Many students believe that if their instructors did not want them to cheat, they would not make it so easy, say three academics

A willingness to lie and manipulate beyond what most people can imagine can do wonders for a career, notes Irina Dumitrescu

Education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says too much research funding is now competitive, leading to intense work stress

Following the BethAnn McLaughlin and Jessica Krug revelations, Rachel Moss offers her tips for spotting online fakers

With infection rates increasing and online teaching well established, why risk everyone’s health by reopening, asks Richard Watermeyer 

Stricter political and administrative controls on what can be said have led to the creation of a pioneering ‘free university’, say Katarzyna Kaczmarska and Dmitry Dubrovsky

The shielding of the academic workplace from all risk of Covid-19 is not a safe or sane position, says Robert Poole

Instilling graduates with a global outlook is a mission more vital than ever, says Duke Kunshan University vice-chancellor-elect Alfred H. Bloom

The novel coronavirus has transformed how research is done in many disciplines. But scholars are divided over whether the accelerated pace of science is an entirely good thing

Dismissing plagiarism as a low-level academic misdemeanour ignores the potentially deadly consequences of letting cheating go unchecked, says David A. Sanders

Bavaria’s rules to keep university tutors on precarious contracts unfairly penalise those who want to work, says a lecturer caught out by red tape

Those planning new universities might think that a good institution will attract top staff wherever it is located. But is the quality of the environment beyond the ivory tower really so insignificant – and has the pandemic changed the calculus? Paul Jump runs through our survey results

Set up by young researchers, new publication will highlight where studies went wrong – but it may struggle to attract submissions

Scholars should not face official censure for making provocative statements on social media, but they have a responsibility to embody academic values of empathy and self-reflection in their online posts, argues Chris Barker

The loss of international income makes the improvement of universities’ online offerings all the more urgent

With the Covid-19 pandemic likely to prolong the need for mass online learning for some time, we seek the experts’ advice on how to do it well – from designing courses and maintaining engagement to choosing applications and carrying out experiments remotely

Not all academics are in a position to churn out endless papers during lockdowns – and not all should, argues Michael Marinetto

Anna McKie speaks to three experts about why unconventional assessment can revolutionise students’ outcomes − and how to do it

Assessing doctoral candidates’ published papers instead would teach more useful skills and improve morale, says Noam Schimmel

Academics may wish we weren’t here, but burying heads in the sand about the depth of the deficit is no longer viable, says Bernard Casey

Administrators must stop asking faculty of colour to do more than our fair share and then punishing us for it, says Josh Hiller

Managers must acknowledge that supervising some types of doctoral candidates is more labour-intensive, say Roger Watson and David Thompson

Critics underestimated the human imagination’s capacity to render concepts flexible, says Frank Furedi

Universities and colleges offering hands-on training have found it harder to shift online, hurting their students, who are more likely to be from less-advantaged families

This week’s deal will tip the balance back towards fundamental research – and it might not have been done at all, says Jan Palmowski 

Insistence on ‘excellent’ research is commonplace, but Europe’s biggest funders warn that it can damage integrity and foster ruthless competition when poorly defined

Physical events are not going away but they must open up and embrace the best of the digital world, says Jim Woodgett

Plan S shift backed by European Commission will be ‘detrimental’ to researchers, says commission-created ERC

Still on mute? Then let’s begin, says Emma Rees

Horizon Europe will receive only a tiny fraction of an unprecedented €750 billion pandemic recovery package

Rather than simply endorsing complaints from the most vocal students and staff, we must react rigorously to curricular exclusions of all kinds, says Steven Greer

Never assume, never dominate the conversation and always have a Plan B are three of the lessons learned by Milena Head and Michael Hartmann

New intervention by the Copyright Licensing Agency may offer hope to universities struggling to access essential texts

Progress will be very difficult if there is a loud cohort of academics who remain fundamentally opposed to it, says James Blackwell

Pathological corporate branding is detrimental to the very image universities want to portray to students, says Philip Moriarty

Prizewinners argue that researchers have ‘stuck to a line’ about the pandemic’s danger in order to get politicians to listen – risking open debate

Self-congratulatory messages about online teaching may belie failures to meet learning outcomes, warns Nabil Ghantous

Law professor who sits on Germany's constitutional court warns that far-right attacks on ‘weaker’ subjects would be followed by criticism of more mainstream disciplines

The prizewinning economist discusses how economics must focus on beliefs and identity, along with the influence of TV on our choices

Doctoral graduates’ occupation of Higher Education Ministry will do little by itself to solve a structural problem, says Kenneth Nsah

Institution’s efforts to make teaching more coronavirus-resilient could mean research-led teaching is ‘jettisoned’, critics claim

With Covid-19 imposing huge strain on universities’ digital course development, collaboration is the obvious solution, says Alexandra Mihai

Animation academic and Peppa Pig voice actor reflects on her character Miss Rabbit and why we need more female characters in children’s TV

The global race against coronavirus to develop a vaccine cannot be won by principal investigators alone, says John Tregoning

University Alliance survey suggests public support is highest for applied degrees, with university support for NHS also valued

Even students on remote atolls face familiar problems around inequitable access to the internet and family support, says Geoff Goodman

Exploring the often unsavoury history behind many significant advances can be enlightening and empowering for students, argues Daniel Akinbosede

Universities warn research allocation is insufficient to brace against potential future pandemic shocks

Displaced peoples could benefit enormously from the sudden availability of lots of high-quality online courses, say Gül İnanç and Charley Wright

Making findings open source may enable certain companies and countries to corner the vaccine market, warn Virginia Driver and Tom Woodhouse

Pandemic research is booming, with hundreds of new projects under way. Jack Grove speaks to experts on why insights beyond science are needed

World’s biggest academic publisher signs ‘global first’ open science agreement with Dutch universities and research councils

New survey aims to foster more international collaboration in studying contemporary writing and help academics understand the needs of potential overseas students

Video conferencing is a reasonable substitute for lectures, but that is where it must end, say Robert Zaretsky and George Alliger

The querulous minority are unlikely to mend their ways even in their own bedrooms, predicts Helen Soteriou

Survey results from Germany also suggest people think public disagreement between scientists is good, as it will lead to better results