The week in higher education – 1 October 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Chinese interest in studying abroad plummets amid pandemic
Many of those crossing borders now likely to stay within East Asia, survey shows
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University of Tyumen sponsored supplement
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Will Dutch campuses’ partial reopening offer a full student experience?
The Netherlands’ cautious, common approach to teaching during the pandemic contrasts with the full reopenings planned by many UK and US universities. But what will students get out of it? And is even...
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Asking staff to teach both online and face to face will tear them apart
Lecturers are being denied the flexibility they are compelled to offer students, despite being more vulnerable to the virus, says an anonymous academic
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1 October 2020 digital edition
Dutch masters: do the Netherlands’ campus reopenings offer a model for the world?
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All-male fellowship round was fair, insists UK research funder
Natural Environment Research Council defends decision to award fellowships entirely to men in 2019, but will review diversity processes
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Internationalisation benefits stressed as borders stay closed
As Australia pivots to local concerns, university leaders flag importance of international students beyond just their fees
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US colleges ‘improving’ on free speech despite Trump rhetoric
Watchdog report comes as president seeks to make political issue of campus intolerance
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Australia pours millions into extra university places
Minister warns that indecision over reforms could ‘sacrifice’ opportunity to reform sector during Covid
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Overseas scholars rejecting US jobs due to handling of pandemic
Academics also cite immigration policies and ‘dwindling’ funding as reasons why position in country is no longer ‘holy grail’
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No-deal Brexit ‘biggest threat’ to UK hope of joining EU research
Internal Market Bill brings warnings that Horizon Europe deal will be near impossible if UK and EU are ‘embittered’ by trade talks failure
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To question the biomedical consensus is not to lack moral accountability
Publications must always permit debate on the quality and relevance of research – plus the efficacy and costs of derived policy, says Robert Dingwall
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Right-wingers much less likely to trust scientists
Overall trust in scientists higher than in governments, media and business, global survey finds
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Minister pledges students will be able to go home for Christmas
Gavin Williamson also says students should not be subject to additional lockdown measures