Dutch MPs trial new ‘gold standard’ for scientific scrutiny
Parliaments routinely seek scientific advice, but a Dutch pilot goes one step further, asking academics to directly critique what the government is proposing
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Indigenous research ‘catching up’ in Australia and New Zealand
Number crunching based on new research classifications helps pinpoint strengths and failings
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NSS may be fatally wounded by limbo year, experts fear
Decision to press ahead but not require promotion from universities could lead to ‘patchy’ year of data and damage to survey’s integrity
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Is academic freedom really protected in South Africa?
Recent attacks on high-profile scholars by government and by a university executive should give us pause, say Christopher Vaughan and Daniel Ncayiyana
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English universities told to consider refunds as Covid cases rise
Regulator intervenes as some institutions suspend in-person teaching
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Trump plans four-year limit for international students in US
Proposal nearing implementation also lets visa agency assess academic progress
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Books interview: Sarah Pedersen
The professor of communication and media and author of The Politicization of Mumsnet discusses social media’s good and bad, debates over gender and feminism, and Val McDermid’s Scotland
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China cracks down on university name changes as market hots up
Tide of rebrands is evidence of intensifying competition and subject profile shifts in sector where status matters, say experts
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The show must go online: performing arts react to Covid
Pandemic forces institutions to respond to practical challenges but also to produce work that addresses crisis and helps forge new forms of art
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Must every student really become an entrepreneur?
University teaching should be refocused on promoting the common good, say Al Martinich and Tom Palaima
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Covid complications make Indian HE’s uphill battle even steeper
Government should ‘pump in’ more resources for online infrastructure to address inequality, expert says
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New consortium aims to confront medical ‘info-demic’
Humanities scholars play a crucial role in communicating with the public during Covid
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‘Disaster’ stalks Australia’s arts courses in pandemic
Experts lament ‘death by a thousand cuts’ amid fears Covid redundancy schemes could finish off pared back programmes
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Coronavirus: can augmented reality improve lab-based teaching?
Chemical engineers at Imperial College London have developed an innovative way of teaching real-world experiments at a distance, and say it also improves learning outcomes
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Higher education should harness the senses of togetherness and urgency
The pandemic’s demolition of barriers and bureaucracy clears the way for a better higher education sector, says Pat Tissington