Pretoria v-c: Covid-19 will ‘undermine’ post-apartheid progress
Tawana Kupe says pandemic will ‘exacerbate existing inequalities’ in South Africa
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Why should universities pay attention to the SDGs?
The United Nations’ goals provide a useful framework for institutions to demonstrate their impact and work in partnership – activities that are increasingly important in the age of Covid-19, says...
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Why I haven’t joined the UK’s coronavirus ‘scientific reserve’
Expecting early career researchers to help with coronavirus testing is unfair if they will suffer financial hardship, says PhD candidate Katherine MacInnes
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Data Feminism, by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein
Catherine Rottenberg discovers how progressive causes can harness the power of ‘counter-data’ to challenge the status quo
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The SDGs have become a rallying point for students and staff
Universities’ reputations will increasingly be driven by their work related to sustainable development, says Stuart McCutcheon
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Boston University admits classrooms may stay empty in autumn
US university eyes overhauled residential experience for the autumn, possible wait until 2021
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China moves to smooth relations with African students
Videos showing minorities being targeted in Guangzhou’s coronavirus crackdown have caused a diplomatic row
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Lockdown sparks academic interest in PAW Patrol
Coronavirus-enforced lockdown is leading to some unexpected scholarly analysis of Ryder and his team of pups
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Covid-19: universities treating staff in ‘vastly different ways’
Some institutions have made serious efforts to protect staff welfare during the Covid-19 crisis, while others have implemented – or said they plan to implement – job and pay cuts
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Student feedback should change forever after Covid-19
Switching towards peer-to-peer assessment makes sense for distance learning but a longer-term transformation would benefit students, says David Carless
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Plague historian: ‘there are precedents for what seems unprecedented’
Looking at past crises can help us come to terms with our own, argues scholar of plague that ravaged 18th-century Prague
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College Board preparing home version of admissions test
Maker concedes that SAT, already controversial, could grow even more inequitable
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Let's rethink how we look at impact and research
Impact and engagement should be built into the design of academic work, says Matthew Davies
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What social science can offer us in a time of Covid-19
Katie Metzler would like to see the different disciplines become more than the sum of their parts
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OfS subjective fines proposal could cause legal disputes for the sector
The approach to monetary penalties proposed by the UK’s Office for Students risks penalising well-run universities disproportionately, argues Martin Vincent