Biden names Lander as chief science adviser with Cabinet post
Incoming president names advisory team while pushing social sciences and battle against cancer
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US universities urged to redouble civic effort after Capitol riot
University president claims peers are so captured by need to cultivate politicians and donors that they fail to publicly challenge anything but the most egregious behaviour
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Global spending on coronavirus research hits $5 billion
OECD finds science rose to the challenge of coronavirus, but this led to cancelled projects elsewhere and academics working outside their expertise
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V-cs voice ‘significant concern’ on regulator’s ‘quality’ metrics
Office for Students proposal to measure student progress to ‘professional’ jobs without benchmarking could deter universities from recruiting disadvantaged learners, sector warns
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Don’t let coronavirus hang internships out to dry
Life in the age of Covid does not lend itself readily to students internships, but there are alternatives, says Benjamin Tak Yuen Chan
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Historically black universities are drastically undersold by the statistics
The way US graduation figures are calculated misses out those with a non-traditional path through higher education, says Corey S. Bradford
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Conservative forces ‘limiting racial progress’ on US campuses
African American studies chair says tackling inequality is ‘on a knife-edge’ and urges institutions to stop ‘tinkering around the edges’
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Florida scientist training doctors for ‘the real world’ of Covid
Researcher uses role-play techniques to demonstrate both the technical and interpersonal challenges of decision-making during a pandemic
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Bangladesh’s private universities are exploiting Covid to cut salaries
Legislation is urgently needed to ensure good governance and fair pay and conditions, says Nahid Neazy
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Campuses cautiously reopen across India after 10-month closure
Institutions emerge from a nearly year-long lockdown with greater knowledge of digital education and public health
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UK universities must better support Gypsy, Traveller and Roma students
It is often forgotten that this group suffers from even worse educational outcomes than white, working-class boys, says Nick Braisby
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LGBTQ scientists harassed and marginalised, says study
LGBTQ science professionals complain of not being supported in their roles
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Lecturer who called students ‘idiots’ removed from committee role
Cardiff asks Helen McCarthy to stand down from extenuating circumstances chair ‘to retain student confidence’
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US government still unclear on foreign research ties, audit says
While arresting scientists, US slides on funding and misses commitment on rules consistency
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Higher education and the pandemic: key trends to watch in 2021
Few areas of higher education and research have been left untouched by the Covid-19 pandemic – and during 2020, trends emerged that the academic community will be keeping a close eye on in 2021. Here...