Does hybrid working spell end of the individual faculty office?
Growing scrutiny of empty departmental workplaces has revived the fraught debate over whether academics should retain their own assigned office
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OA fee waivers must be offered by hybrid journals, too
Only offering discounts for publication in fully open access journals is limiting the options of researchers in lower-income countries, says Daniel Keirs
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International students ‘becoming happier’ than locals: surveys
Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out
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Charity cases: Why UK universities are really going broke
The redundancies and course closures proposed at many struggling UK universities follow a decades-long drift away from the idea of higher education institutions as charities whose non-commercial...
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Hybrid Bhabha
Can Homi Bhabha's work in academia really combat racism in the Metropolitan Police? Jennifer Wallace talks to the would-be champion ofthe oppressed Human rights are relational rather than given. They...
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Academic conferences scale back hybrid ambitions
Empty podiums, low engagement from speakers and higher costs have led events large and small to rethink combining online and physical gatherings
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Graduate tax ‘hybrid’ fairer for all, says top-up fees architect
Economist Nicholas Barr, whose research shaped Labour’s 2006 fee policy, says mixed graduate tax and loan system can fix funding crisis
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Professor says research can build case for hybrid learning
Remote education’s sometimes bad reputation a result of experiences being reactive, not designed, says Simon Thomson
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Editing companies are stealing unpublished research to train their AI
Both publishers and the editing firms they outsource to must seek informed consent to use academics’ IP, say Alan Blackwell and Zoe Swenson-Wright
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Macron sets ambitious timeline to transform French research
President wants to turn national research institutes into ‘programme agencies’ and give universities more autonomy, but experts question how effectively the plans can be implemented
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Universities must go hybrid to stay relevant, says Coursera CEO
Universities urged to work alongside edtech companies and other online players to improve offering to students
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Hybrid embryo rethink
The Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill is to be revised to propose that all forms of human-animal hybrid embryos, made by mixing human and animal sex cells, be permitted to be created for research...
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Will an aptitude test make German psychology admissions fairer?
The test aims to flag potential that school-leaving exams miss. But not all applicants to the hugely oversubscribed courses are cheering, says Brian Bloch
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Merger spawns massive hybrid
Thames Valley University is to merge with Reading College to create the UK's most advanced hybrid further and higher education institution. The merged institution, which bills itself as a "vocational...