‘Disaster’ stalks Australia’s arts courses in pandemic
Experts lament ‘death by a thousand cuts’ amid fears Covid redundancy schemes could finish off pared back programmes
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Coronavirus: can augmented reality improve lab-based teaching?
Chemical engineers at Imperial College London have developed an innovative way of teaching real-world experiments at a distance, and say it also improves learning outcomes
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Higher education should harness the senses of togetherness and urgency
The pandemic’s demolition of barriers and bureaucracy clears the way for a better higher education sector, says Pat Tissington
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UBC vows world-leading version of indigenous integration
Despite numerous announcements by the University of British Columbia, indigenous leaders see big talk from a big institution, but no clearer answers on finding balance
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Campus attendance should be optional for students
It makes no sense to oblige students to risk their own and others’ health by travelling long distances and converging on campus, says Brian Wong
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Best universities in South America
Find the best universities in South America using Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings data
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Best universities in Scotland
Find out all about Scotland's top universities, and explore their world university ranking performance
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Strong science base ‘has failed to protect nations from coronavirus’
LSHTM director thinks communications failures explain why US and UK trail Vietnam and Senegal on pandemic responses
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Senate committee approves Australian fee and subsidy changes
Reform package hinges on two independent votes, after cross-party committee offered unconvincing endorsement
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Melbourne losses ‘not as bad as predicted’
Australian university to proceed with disputed staff cuts but introduce element of choice
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Foreign firewalls present challenge to global online learning
Institutions and teachers find workarounds to reach students enrolled in Western courses, but domestic internet rules still constrain efforts
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Five things I’ve learned moving from the private sector to academia
After 20 years working as a quantity surveyor, Tom Woodbury shares his key discoveries since starting his first academic role in May
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Thousands of Covid infections tied to US college openings
Number of campus-related infections, which was calculated using mobile phone records, has been estimated by researchers at 3,200 per day
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Supporting university staff through the pandemic should be data-driven
A large ongoing survey at King’s College London is informing the institution’s approach to Covid-19, say Gabriella Bergin-Cartwright and Sharon Stevelink
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Chinese scholars’ exclusion from Australia not a ‘blunder’
The country would not cancel the visas of Chinese academics without good reason, says banned Australian academic Clive Hamilton