California gets Elsevier open access deal after two-year impasse
University system will keep paying publisher about $13 million (£9.4 million) a year
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Research intelligence: the best and worst of a year of virtual conferences
A year since face-to-face academic conferences were cancelled, Jack Grove hears from scholars on their mixed experiences of digital events
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Dutch halving of fees seen as Covid compensation model for England
Netherlands government’s package of support for students and universities comes as calls for fee refunds mount in England
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‘Hammer time’ professor: For diverse audiences, try new platforms
Oxford archaeologist working with MC Hammer on repatriation of African treasures says researchers should step outside their comfort zones
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I saw the future of the university in a shared house far off campus
Students’ gravitation towards communal living may be exactly the insight we need to solve the stubborn problems of remote learning, says Carlo Ratti
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UK science reputation at risk as cuts raise strategy questions
Cuts to major international research funds will harm UK’s reputation but also undermine rationale for UK’s main funding body, claim research leaders
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England is wrong to silo academic and technical education
The promise of the new lifelong learning loan allowance is undermined by the insistence on separate and impermeable tracks, says Tim Blackman
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Books interview: Margarette Lincoln
The author and historian on how a story about a young cavewoman inspired her and the books that bring London’s everyday past to life
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MENA summit weighs liberal arts’ role in post-Covid recovery
Online event in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi to focus on graduate skills, research culture and impact
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Cutting English fees or student numbers ‘on Treasury agenda’
Government looking at ways to reduce cost of system as pandemic pushes enrolments up and loan repayments down
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Citations ‘more important’ for earth scientists than real impact
Academics’ desire to help the planet being ‘lost amid the realities of being a researcher’, survey concludes
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University forecasted cash reserves would cover just five days
Kent says financial outlook is now better after improvement in student recruitment
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Minority academics face dual pandemics of Covid-19 and racism
All faculty endure mounting stress over online instruction, but BAME academics face an even more precarious situation, say Henrika McCoy and Madeline Y. Lee
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Is critical management studies still welcome in business schools?
Events at the University of Leicester suggest an always tense relationship may be turning toxic, says Ursula Huws
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Six-figure sum for highest paid Australian v-c’s successor
New Sydney boss to earn much less than his predecessor – but more than Michael Spence’s current income in the UK