One in five homeworking university staff ‘struggles to do job’
Some find it difficult to make decisions on their own off-campus, survey suggests
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UK v-cs ‘should take lead on tackling racial harassment’
Universities UK guidance says institutions must introduce training on concepts such as microaggressions and white privilege
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US colleges need help, but Biden may not be able to deliver
Republican office holders will walk a fine line of supporting their local college while decrying higher education in general, says Anthony Carnevale
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Covid reaps empathy dividend Down Under
Pandemic hardship has helped make domestic students aware of their overseas peers, study finds
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Most returning students’ campuses to get pre-Christmas Covid tests
More than 100 universities sign up to take part in rapid testing programme, but plans for post-festive return yet to be set out
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Universities ‘failing to support’ mental health first aiders
Survey suggests most of those giving help to colleagues feel undervalued
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Books interview: Hanne Blank
The historian and author of Fat on finding the door into the historical and cultural study of fatness and exploring the meanings of eating and not eating in the West
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Poland trying to destroy universities’ independence, warns rector
New education minister threatens to withdraw funding from universities following abortion law protests clash
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US universities’ China dilemma ‘won’t go away’ under Biden
Budgets and foreign ties likely constrained even with friendlier administration
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UK Arpa ‘would be laughing stock’ if led by Cummings
Plans for new research funding agency expected to go ahead despite exit of former top adviser to PM, but mission yet to be defined
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Republican states saw big drops in overseas students under Trump
Scholars say international students are drawn to cosmopolitan areas, which tend to be more liberal, while postgraduate students may be ‘sensitive to states’ political conditions’
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Careers Clinic: what is the most common mistake on academic CVs?
THE’s new Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
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How to be an anti-racist academic
Pledged support for equality must be put into practice on multiple fronts, from syllabi and curricula to advising and recommending, say Chisomo Selemani and Anna Young
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Don’t bank on promised UK research spending increases
This week’s spending review could see commitments revisited and important policy documents released, predicts Nick Hillman
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Nature Communications blasted for paper knocking female mentors
Scientists ask why major journal published findings that female mentors may be bad for your career, even after reviewers pointed out flaws in the paper’s methodology