Asian universities offer lessons to West in Covid response
Experts stress quick, consistent and centralised approaches, plus extra support for students and IT systems, during webinar
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UK and Canada ‘becoming more attractive’ to Indian students
Survey finds concerns about safety and unfavourable immigration policies are key factors deterring Indian and Nepalese students from overseas destinations
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The burden of privilege
Inequality in higher education, magnified during the pandemic, is not new – what has changed, perhaps, is a rising urgency to do something about it
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The Most Beautiful Job in the World, by Giulia Mensitieri
Caroline Stevenson applauds a powerful exposé of Parisian haute couture that raises troubling questions for fashion schools as well as for those working in the industry
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Coping with the rational chaos of Chinese higher education
Chinese universities now operate on a confusing ‘mixture of Chinese and Western institutional logics’. An anonymous scholar describes the practical and emotional challenges of dealing with constant...
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Australian reforms ‘not in interests of universities or government’
Hopes of an unlikely budget windfall may have spurred university chiefs’ change of heart, inquiry hears
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Hundreds more jobs at risk at RMIT
Latest revelations continue horror week for the Australian sector
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Geoffrey Nunberg, 1945-2020
Tributes paid to a ‘sparkling intellect’ celebrated for his radio talks and books on language
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Lecturer-student sex banned at six English and Welsh universities
Authors of new book on sexual harassment in higher education call for blanket ban on intimate relationships between teaching staff and students
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The week in higher education – 17 September 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Covid-19: less than 1 in 4 staff feel safe returning to campus
Global survey conducted by THE reveals concerns that reopening universities could drive spikes in infections and that financial concerns are being prioritised over well-being
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UK student vote ‘shifting further towards Labour’
Gap between party and Conservatives widened in student-dense seats in polls over past decade
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Want to stop student cheating? Then stop giving tacit permission
Many students believe that if their instructors did not want them to cheat, they would not make it so easy, say three academics
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17 September 2020 digital edition
Edge of the rainbow: has South African higher education made enough progress on equality?