Australian emergency fund offers no relief for bushfire research
Grants yet to flow from new fund as nation endures rolling natural catastrophes
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Student applications rise for midyear and 2021
Early figures in Australia suggest the pandemic may be whetting rather than dampening appetite for study
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Reacting to Covid-19 by slashing fixed-term staff would be a disaster
The government must guarantee the sustainability of universities, say Richard Watermeyer, Aline Courtois and Hugh Lauder
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Most prospective overseas students ‘not shifting plans’
But data suggest that students’ views on study abroad are changing by the week as a result of pandemic
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Former WHO director general Margaret Chan appointed at Tsinghua
Chan will head new public health school at China's top-ranked university in the midst of coronavirus pandemic
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Aileen Baviera, 1959-2020
Tributes paid to a pioneering female sinologist
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Interview with Marcelle McManus
The renewable technologies expert discusses being told there was ‘no future in sustainability’ and why cloning herself would be useful
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Would a ‘viral Manhattan Project’ help overcome Covid-19?
Scientists call for global ‘superbody’ to coordinate coronavirus research, but some fear a centralised approach might close off potential solutions
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Southern Africa Impact Forum: Pandemic ‘will lead to rise in research funding with an agenda’
Virtual THE forum hears academics and funders explore how research landscape may change in wake of virus crisis
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Australian university executives relinquish pay as coronavirus bites
La Trobe leaders take temporary salary cut as losses mount, and urge other executives to follow suit
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The week in higher education – 2 April 2020
The academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The Meaning of Travel: Philosophers Abroad, by Emily Thomas
Book of the week: Richard Larschan enjoys a wide-ranging survey of the deep intellectual insights and disputes thrown up by the experience of travel
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Are universities encouraging students to believe hard study is bad for their mental health?
It is widely acknowledged that universities need to do more to support student mental health. Yet many academics and service staff are worried that well-intentioned initiatives pathologise ordinary...
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Improvise, adapt, overcome
The coronavirus crisis is forcing everyone – including universities and THE – to reassess and revise long-standing assumptions and practices
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US war on science ‘undermining war on coronavirus’
Derision of expertise has been concentrated in the US – but that’s where it matters most, say former Antipodean chief scientists