Short summer admissions process ‘feasible’ for UK, ministers say
Option is put forward alongside post-qualification offers as one of two potential reforms
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Strive on to finish the work to bind up the nation’s wounds
Universities have developed a Covid vaccine; helping to restore economic purpose to hollowed-out regions like the US Midwest is no less urgent
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Universities can request ‘emergency’ extensions to REF deadline
No national delay to UK research audit, but Research England to consider granting more time for universities in emergency circumstances
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The Political Portrait, edited by Luciano Cheles and Alessandro Giacone
Darren Lilleker enjoys a useful study of how leaders have tried to shape their public images
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Subject-level TEF scrapped and new grades to be created
Teaching excellence framework will also no longer be an annual exercise, with next assessment due to be published next year
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Ministers consider loan changes and minimum entry bar in England
Government’s ‘interim response’ to Augar review puts off big decisions but signals drive to lower costs of system
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Biden helps colleges with action on student loans and immigration
New president welcomed by higher education groups, but faces tough legislative hurdles
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Bonuses and rises boost v-c pay despite voluntary cuts for Covid
Accounts show two leaders departed roles with payments of almost £200,000 while others received inflation-busting uplifts to salaries
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Ministers ‘rebalance’ teaching grant in ‘interim’ Augar response
‘Final conclusion’ to review of post-18 education to come at spending review, as DfE heralds skills white paper, TEF review and admissions consultation
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Back graduate tax and make pre-fees students pay too, England told
Hepi paper by former Uclan deputy v-c calls for new funding system in which richest graduates pay more
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‘Biden bump’ boosts international applications for US study
Initial estimates indicate jump in applications for coming year in excess of 10 per cent
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The week in higher education – 21 January 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Barber: capping student numbers would stifle social mobility
Outgoing Office for Students chair defends university expansion before taking up government role
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Interview with Hazel Carby
The Yale professor talks about racism in post-war Britain, mixing the personal and the academic in her writing and her advice to her younger self
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Thomas Symons, 1929-2021
Tributes paid to ‘intelligent, witty and compassionate leader’ who transformed Canadian studies and forged a major new collegiate university