Pandemic shock ‘has exposed university teaching inequalities’
Governments have focused on building up a lavishly funded research elite, but the forced switch online has made them realise losers in this system cannot cope
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Digital collaboration alienating junior scholars, warns professor
Young researchers forced to interact online ‘do not feel part of a team’ and may leave sector, educationalist tells summit
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Under-fire Lancet admits conflict of interest on lab-leak letter
After criticism that it failed to declare Peter Daszak’s work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, journal has also ‘recused’ zoologist from its coronavirus origins taskforce
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Russia blacklists US liberal arts college
Action against Bard College threatens novel liberal arts degree and widens Putin crackdown on higher education
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Young universities ‘better suited to changing times’
Covid has created a platform for institutional newcomers to ‘leapfrog’ established frontrunners
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Teaching intelligence: assisting those who lost out on learning
The pandemic has not hit all students’ learning equally. Anna McKie talks to two experts on how to spot those who may have fallen behind and help them get up to speed
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Supply shortages snarl US laboratories
Problem threatens to delay recovery after losses in grant support and obstacles for young scientists
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English universities face major losses under fee cut plan
Analysis by THE shows how specialist institutions would bear brunt of impact
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Turkish university axes Israeli scholar who told students to flee
Koç University dismissed media scholar Amir Hetsroni for ‘inappropriate behaviour’, but he suspects a link to his private criticism of Turkey’s government
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Set targets for white working-class access, MPs tell regulator
Education Committee says Office for Students must take tougher action on dearth of disadvantaged white pupils entering higher education
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Secrets behind the success of a top young university
As Maastricht University celebrates its 45th anniversary, it is tapping into its founding spirit in a bid to stay forever young, says its president, Martin Paul
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When will the OfS specifically target racial harassment?
Initiatives on mental health and sexual harassment are welcome, but racial discrimination also demands greater attention, says David Mba
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Australia seeks to halt ‘gaming’ of research assessment exercise
Expert applauds new measures to boost ERA’s rigour and transparency, but questions ‘softly, softly’ approach
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What are you reading? – June 2021
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Coal to Newcastle? Not for me, says would-be chancellor
Politician turned coal boss pulls out of appointment as Australian university’s chancellor