Women in science are battling both Covid-19 and the patriarchy
The pandemic has worsened longstanding sexist and racist inequalities in science pushing many of us to say ‘I’m done’, write 35 female scientists
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Welsh universities face ‘serious and pressing’ threat in virus crisis
Analysis shows that a dramatic loss of fee income will hit institutions in Wales harder than the rest of the UK
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We must supplement Zoom with small-group, face-to-face teaching
Video conferencing is a reasonable substitute for lectures, but that is where it must end, say Robert Zaretsky and George Alliger
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UK postgraduate sector’s reliance on Chinese students spotlighted
Hepi report offers both negatives and positives on outlook for postgraduate recruitment in wake of pandemic crisis
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Science ‘risks coronavirus backlash’ as it is drawn into politics
Policy experts express fears that public and politicians will hold scientists responsible for the economic and social damage of lockdown
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Three in four Australian v-cs take pay cuts
Many bosses lead from the front, ceding 20-plus per cent of their pay to help plug pandemic shortfalls
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Interview with Gordon Harold
The University of Cambridge’s inaugural professor of the psychology of education and mental health talks about switching from sport to science and why it’s so important to research education and...
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Donald Kennedy, 1931-2020
Tributes paid to former Stanford president who raised a record-breaking $1.3 billion for the university
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The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games, by Bonnie Ruberg
Tanja Sihvonen enjoys a collection of interviews with the queer game makers who are transforming the whole world of video games
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The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History, by Paolo Zellini
Tony Mann is impressed by a study of what we mean by numbers that ranges across millennia
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Dame Ottoline Leyser to head UKRI
The Sainsbury Laboratory director will oversee a huge increase in R&D spending as head of UK’s main research funder
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The week in higher education – 14 May 2020
The academy through the lens of the world’s media
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14 May 2020 digital edition
To thrive, not just survive: Is the coronavirus crisis a chance to radically remake higher education?
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The Flip: Who You Really Are and Why It Matters, by Jeffrey Kripal
Michael Marinetto enjoys a bold attempt to challenge the scientific consensus about consciousness
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“双一流”建设的国际化视野
何莲珍认为，高水平国际化有助于提高中国高校的国际竞争力和话语权