The world cannot afford any more global academic jamborees
Apart from the ecological degradation, the conference circuit is riven by socio-economic, class, race and gender divides, say Ambreena Manji and three others
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Pandemic ‘risks reversing’ Australia’s research gender equity gains
Women’s careers suffer as they pick up the pieces at work and home
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Call to avoid European HE funding cuts by ‘learning lessons of crash’
EUA policy expert warns against financially driven institutional mergers as solution in crisis
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‘End reliance on overseas fees’, Australian academics tell ministers
Activists campaign for less reliance on international education income, as government flags a ‘supervised’ reopening of borders
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America’s public universities are poised to lead in the post-pandemic world
The economic fallout of Covid-19 is an opportunity for public institutions to offer accessible and affordable education again, says Stephen Gavazzi
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Crisis recovery ‘will break UK’s discipline boundaries’
UK research will become more interdisciplinary and community-focused in wake of pandemic, academic leaders tell THE event
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Jordan coronavirus kit ‘shows fruits of boosting research’
If successfully validated and patented, viral extraction kit could help country to be self-sufficient in testing for virus, say researchers
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Average Australian v-c pay packet may top A$1m
While institutional accounts indicate that the average university boss could have pocketed seven-digit earnings last year, 2020 will be a different story
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Cambridge lectures will be online only next year
Meanwhile, the University of Bolton details plans to fully reopen in September, including use of temperature scanners
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Now is the time for global citizenship education to come of age
Maastricht University’s cross-syllabus approach could point the way forward, say Herco Fonteijn and Teun Dekker
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How can universities support the graduate labour market?
With this year’s graduates having only a recession to look forward to, universities must change the way they provide career support, says Tristram Hooley
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How one university is planning its way through the crisis
‘Classic risk management tools’ helped protect the University of Tasmania, says its former management consultant boss
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Australian state bankrolls investment fund for universities
Victoria’s A$350m lifeline adds to the pressure on Canberra to do more to help embattled sector
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Psychology research is ‘not ready’ for use in pandemic policy
Social scientists should be more open that their policy advice is usually based on small experiments done in university settings, study recommends
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US moving to boost researcher focus on product development
Academics recognise need but fear loss of attention on basic science