Michelle Donelan: ‘not useful to talk targets’ on HE enrolment
Minister sidesteps question of whether she wants participation cut, while saying rapid Covid tests will be deployed for post-Christmas campus returns

Minister sidesteps question of whether she wants participation cut, while saying rapid Covid tests will be deployed for post-Christmas campus returns

Observers concerned by lack of coordinated effort to tackle populism and its causes

Analysis of publication data since break-up of Soviet Union suggests collaboration could be making up for a lack of domestic resources

Office for Students sets out plans for tougher minimum standards related to student outcomes, including degree completion rates and graduate employment

Pre-arrival checks and continuous monitoring of student health are replicable elements of China’s successful approach, say Yingru Li and Jane Duckett

Businessman accused of aiding false charity and buying coach’s house to win sons entry

Ruby Guyatt enjoys a sharp account of the shallow Western infatuation with Eastern religions

In-person university interviews are unlikely to take place this year, but luckily preparing for an online interview is similar, writes Stephen Spriggs

Move will include guidance around when to close, merge or reform courses, but Universities UK points out difficulty of assessing courses’ value

Covid massively accelerates decline that was already under way, seen as being driven by Trump administration policies

Pre-approved grants referred to security agencies as another front opens up in debate over research risks

Half of regional governors’ dissertations contained copied text, and these plagiarists went on to perform worse in government, research suggests

Sector leaders raise questions over timing of pre-Christmas plans and workload involved

Island nation’s pandemic management has been the envy of the world, but academics are still paying a price

If we can’t find the narrative forms to make the world real to one another, we risk losing our politics to the fantasists and cynics, says Lyndsey Stonebridge