Rothwell: Covid crisis puts UK research ‘under huge threat’
Manchester v-c also calls for rethink on REF and predicts UK will not join next EU research programme

Manchester v-c also calls for rethink on REF and predicts UK will not join next EU research programme

Universities plot targeted class structures to help avoid deportations

Latin American university leaders tell THE summit that countries will need skills of non-science graduates as they recover from coronavirus

Data cleansing project for pandemic patients illustrates the side benefits of astronomy research

Letter says Advance HE’s response to review of equality charter may fail to fully address concerns over administrative burden and inconsistency in decision-making

Moves could give UK an edge in race for new entrants over countries with tighter travel restrictions

China holds what is probably the world’s largest in-person event since Covid-19 began

Pastoral support for east Asian students has been re-engineered during lockdown and may offer lessons for the future

Progress will be very difficult if there is a loud cohort of academics who remain fundamentally opposed to it, says James Blackwell

The cash injection announced by the government last week is the most ambitious plan of its kind Ed Byrne has seen in 40 years

Smoke and mirrors conceal lack of extra university places, losses to institutions and savings to government, former bureaucrat says

The shock of Covid-19 has forced a re-evaluation of higher education, writes Ellie Bothwell

Chile leads region on life science citations, but performance on medical research is more even across major Latin American countries

Chilean university leads regional ranking for second year

Co-author of Conservative manifesto says universities’ ‘prosperity depends’ on grasp of changes since 2010