Interview with Philippe Sands
The human rights barrister and author reflects on his path into international law, the university course that changed history and what the UK’s ‘lazy’ and ‘narcissistic’ prime minister could learn...
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Home Office ‘wants to work with UK sector on welcoming message’
Immigration minister signals dramatic brightening of departmental tone after May era as new ‘streamlined’ student visa route launches
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The week in higher education – 15 October 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Covid-19 surge on campuses ‘risks poisoning town-gown relations’
As resentment simmers over increasing student cases in cities, expert says institutions must work hard demonstrate their worth to their communities
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Support staff complain of abuse from locked-down students
Front-line workers left carrying the can for chaotic start of term, says union
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Robert Bird, 1969-2020
Tributes paid to ‘a man of many worlds’ who was also ‘a uniquely versatile intellectual’
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Are corporate overreach and political correctness really undermining academic freedom?
Neoliberal administrators’ policing of institutional reputations and academic colleagues’ condemnation of dissenting voices on issues such as race and gender have led to claims that scholars are...
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Thomas Frank: we must challenge ‘the worship of educational attainment’
The American political commentator offers John Morgan his trenchant views on Ivy League solidarity, why the left misunderstands populism and the ‘smugness’ of the ‘well-graduated’
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Abusive male interviewers undermine universities’ gender equality efforts
Civilised adults should not have to demonstrate that they can stand up to bullying before being offered a job, says an anonymous academic
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15 October 2020 digital edition
Out of bounds: is academic freedom really in danger?
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UK universities sign deal to waive Plos publication fees
Three-year deal will allow researchers to publish papers without paying additional article-processing charges
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Student engagement predicts final performance ‘within weeks’
Students who up their engagement later on struggle to catch the early starters, says study
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Government failures hobbling US universities on Covid testing
Disease spread from campuses follows poor guidance and little funding
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Long Covid impact ‘must be considered’ as cases on campus soar
Academics warn that staff, and students, are at risk of a debilitating illness that research suggests can last for months
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Campus lockdowns? I didn’t join university security to jail teenagers
As students fret about being refused service at McDonald’s, George Bass fears having to refuse them exit from their dormitories