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The week in higher education – 23 July 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Could the coronavirus demolish the student accommodation market?
The recent lockdowns highlighted the strains in student housing provision in several countries. As students puzzle over why their universities have so little power to extract refunds from private...
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Blow to Plan S open access project as ERC withdraws support
Plan S shift backed by European Commission will be ‘detrimental’ to researchers, says commission-created ERC
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Science leaders call for potential cap on UK's EU research payments
Senior scientists and sector bodies call for more ‘reasonable’ financial terms that would allow the UK to join Horizon Europe
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Leaders create system to rank universities’ societal engagement
Senior figures from Chicago, King’s College London and Melbourne say new metrics could be incorporated into global league tables to prove value of higher education
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China Subject Ratings 2020 report
Click here to download a free copy of the China Subject Ratings 2020 report
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Biden plans extra cash for colleges with disadvantaged enrolment
Democrat plan would direct billions to institutions tackling neediest students
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Germany moves to scrap committee gender parity quotas
Too-high targets overburden female academics with administrative work and hold back their careers, research foundation concludes
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Full house for your latest Zoom meeting? Bingo!
Still on mute? Then let’s begin, says Emma Rees
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Sigh Another Day: managing the Covid-19 crisis from the kitchen table
Daily tweets, cake baking and discussion of James Bond film titles have all helped keep Anthony Smith sane
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Universities despair as EU research spending stagnates
Horizon Europe will receive only a tiny fraction of an unprecedented €750 billion pandemic recovery package
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Australian PM: ‘no special deal’ for universities on bailouts
While universities have been made to jump through extra hoops, Scott Morrison says they are being treated like any other billion-dollar business
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Fears UK could ‘walk away’ from EU research over multibillion fee
Changes to EU plans could deter UK government by making it net contributor to Horizon Europe, UUKi director warns
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Minister: university entry is ‘simplistic’ social mobility measure
Michelle Donelan says higher rates of university entry among black Britons highlight how narrative about social mobility can be misleading