Australian academics hunker down as pandemic rages
Scientists less likely to risk switching jobs despite rising fatigue, flagging morale and gender equity going backwards
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US universities take closer look at faculty distractions
China crackdown remains controversial, but institutions advised of broader reasons to keep tabs on scientists
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The world needs human ecology
Questioning and rethinking how and where we live will determine whether we go on living at all, says Ulrich Loening
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Chinese students let guard down against Covid-19 after jabs
Continued efforts to communicate importance of protective behaviour is vital, say researchers
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Universities must embrace working-class academics, students and culture
In the absence of an express prohibition of class discrimination, a new code offers a beginning for dialogue, says Geraldine Van Bueren
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Parents guilty in first ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions trial
Case comes after most charged in the case already pleaded guilty, leaving USC and Wake Forest coaches next for trial
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University of Hong Kong wants Tiananmen ‘Pillar of Shame’ gone
Push to remove statue ‘can be seen as final stage of mainlandising’ Hong Kong’s campuses
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PhD supervision ‘undervalued’ by UK universities
UK Research Supervision Survey raises concerns about increased demands during pandemic
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‘Little sign of progress’ on UK association to Horizon Europe
Universities in Europe ‘strongly regret’ that finalisation of association is still elusive 10 months after Brexit agreement
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First blood for Australian contract cheating law
Court orders telecommunication companies to take ‘assignment help’ service offline
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Forcing vaccinated international students to isolate ‘unfair’
Overseas students must still isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a Covid-19 case, even if they are double-jabbed with a UK-approved vaccine
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Persecution of Mexican researchers reaches ‘another level’
‘I don’t know if we are going to be successful, but we are certainly going to make a lot of noise,’ says academic resisting government
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Diplomacy is sometimes a barrier to progress in universities
The tactful approach can be effective but it risks obscuring the necessity and urgency of improvements, says Chris Moore
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Australasian experts: no overseas student influx before late 2022
While Australasian international education leaders are upbeat about vaccination, few expect ‘meaningful’ student arrivals any time soon