New Year Honours 2021: knighthood for Stirling v-c
Both Nottingham universities’ leaders also honoured, along with former AHRC head Andrew Thompson

Both Nottingham universities’ leaders also honoured, along with former AHRC head Andrew Thompson

THE’s Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question

Calls to redesign curricula for online study ignore how scholars need time and peer support to reinvent courses, says Carole Binns

UCLA astrophysicist also celebrates female mentorship at key moment

Lord Wharton of Yarm urged to get up to speed with challenges as ‘quickly as possible’ if appointment confirmed

With just a few notable exceptions, it’s no surprise to find that this year’s most popular stories were dominated by one particular topic

China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes

A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Queensland institution spies ‘opportunities’ beyond Java

Survey suggests nation is risking welfare of those it hopes will assist its future growth

Labour warns on uncertainty over future budget for student exchange

Resilience of demand for UK education and short-term nature of disruptions highlighted

Universities welcome certainty on research funding but lament loss of student exchange scheme

Researchers suggest campuses may need to close to in-person teaching to restrain spread of new coronavirus variant

Which books have brought insight or consolation to academics and other university staff in this turbulent year? Our expert readers share their discoveries