Covid researchers told to demand equitable vaccine distribution
Campaigners warn that technical details of how to manufacture vaccine candidates are in some cases not being released, risking the world’s ability to ramp up production
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Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2021 methodology
Ranking of US universities and colleges puts student success and learning at its heart
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Why is Germany not embracing the Humboldtian university?
The focus on conducting research in independent institutes is holding the country back, say four academics
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Breaking promises on campus reopening is the least bad option
With infection rates increasing and online teaching well established, why risk everyone’s health by reopening, asks Richard Watermeyer
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China experts fear ‘chilling effect’ of Australian visa repeals
Chinese translators the latest victims as Australia’s security state applies the thumbscrews
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Russia’s limits on critical thinking are hitting its academic performance
Stricter political and administrative controls on what can be said have led to the creation of a pioneering ‘free university’, say Katarzyna Kaczmarska and Dmitry Dubrovsky
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Teaching intelligence: switching online in the middle of a course
From collecting student feedback often and early to alternative assessment methods, four experts from across the globe advise how to switch to online teaching mid-course
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UK numbers boost masks uncertainty over international students
‘Bizarre situation’ where universities are full but still financially constrained, one expert has warned
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Covid-19 is exacerbating early-career researchers’ greatest concerns
Job security, research funding and work-life balance for young academics have all been worsened by the pandemic, say four academics
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Most applicants secure university places after A-level U-turn
Ucas says fewer than 1,500 students who missed out on their preferred institution are still unplaced
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California State University to keep teaching online into spring
Nation’s biggest four-year system giving half-million students time to prepare
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Australia ‘copying China’ by excluding foreign academics
As Australia struggles to defend its civic values from foreign interference, critics say translators’ banning shows those values are being undermined from within
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Covid-19: what does a local lockdown mean for UK universities?
Bolton vice-chancellor describes dealing with new restrictions when the start of term is weeks away
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Arizona State vows to lead push for environmental rescue
New $200 million laboratory aims to rectify academia’s past mistakes, but may find familiar limits
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Peter Rathjen: Adelaide crisis forces sector-wide soul-searching
Interstate universities drawn into scandal amid questions over how serial predator kept getting promoted