Online invigilation will be a tough examination
The querulous minority are unlikely to mend their ways even in their own bedrooms, predicts Helen Soteriou

The querulous minority are unlikely to mend their ways even in their own bedrooms, predicts Helen Soteriou

Academic union faces member fightback over détente with university administrations

Who will be the winners in the post-pandemic academic job market? Three experts reflect on the skills that will be prized in the ‘new normal’

Whether it’s to be ‘business as usual’ or not, social scientists have much to offer in discussion about how to move on after ravages of Covid-19

Trade-offs involved in pandemic are ‘bread and butter’ for the discipline and it could be ‘drawn into the broad sciences’, experts suggest

Filling the gaps between disciplines and between science and technology could lead to greater progress than AI, says Jinghai Li

A renewed European Research Area can be a fresh call to arms for scientific excellence across the continent, says Jan Palmowski

Email to students confirms that University of Manchester will keep lectures online in 2020-21, though tutorials will be held in person

Virologist Christian Drosten has become a high-profile commentator on the pandemic in Germany, but are other disciplines stealing the limelight elsewhere?

Innovation on the line, as coronavirus unleashes domino effect on research mainstream

Student wariness may deliver final blow to crisis-weakened institutions

Clay feet of cross-subsidy policies exposed by Covid-19 crisis, representative groups say

Universities hardest hit by coronavirus crisis might need to accept merger or mission shift in exchange for state aid, warn sector leaders

The disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on poorer students makes the case for a stripped-down ranking in 2020, says Conor King