Interview with Philippe Sands
The human rights barrister and author reflects on his path into international law, the university course that changed history and what the UK’s ‘lazy’ and ‘narcissistic’ prime minister could learn...
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Robert Bird, 1969-2020
Tributes paid to ‘a man of many worlds’ who was also ‘a uniquely versatile intellectual’
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Are corporate overreach and political correctness really undermining academic freedom?
Neoliberal administrators’ policing of institutional reputations and academic colleagues’ condemnation of dissenting voices on issues such as race and gender have led to claims that scholars are...
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Thomas Frank: we must challenge ‘the worship of educational attainment’
The American political commentator offers John Morgan his trenchant views on Ivy League solidarity, why the left misunderstands populism and the ‘smugness’ of the ‘well-graduated’
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15 October 2020 digital edition
Out of bounds: is academic freedom really in danger?
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Abusive male interviewers undermine universities’ gender equality efforts
Civilised adults should not have to demonstrate that they can stand up to bullying before being offered a job, says an anonymous academic
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UK universities sign deal to waive Plos publication fees
Three-year deal will allow researchers to publish papers without paying additional article-processing charges
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Student engagement predicts final performance ‘within weeks’
Students who up their engagement later on struggle to catch the early starters, says study
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Government failures hobbling US universities on Covid testing
Disease spread from campuses follows poor guidance and little funding
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Long Covid impact ‘must be considered’ as cases on campus soar
Academics warn that staff, and students, are at risk of a debilitating illness that research suggests can last for months
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Campus lockdowns? I didn’t join university security to jail teenagers
As students fret about being refused service at McDonald’s, George Bass fears having to refuse them exit from their dormitories
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Australia’s ban on Chinese academic ‘under review’
Colleagues remain baffled at security bureau’s exclusion of Australian literature expert
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Universities’ digital transformation will be focus of next THE forum
Topics including strategising, the benefits of online learning, and international research will be explored in conversations across two virtual stages
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UK government was warned campus Covid outbreaks ‘very likely’
Sage document from last month says closing universities would have reduced transmission rates
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US campus reopening plans ‘tied to politics, not public health’
In-person instruction during Covid linked to Republican states and whiter student bodies