UK universities ‘weighing options’ on EU student fee discounts Some opt to keep EU fees at same or similar levels to home fees post-Brexit to avoid ‘killing market’, as others consider legal questions John Morgan 1月 6日
Bold action pays off for THE Awards 2020 winners Institutions rewarded for getting ahead of the curve on key issues facing UK sector Simon Baker 1月 6日
LSE moves ‘compulsory’ teaching online for 2020-21 academic year London institution makes announcement as York cancels face-to-face teaching on classroom-based courses for rest of term Chris Havergal 1月 5日
Turkish refugee academics ‘facing rights violations abroad’ Study finds dismissed supporters of Academics for Peace struggling to gain residence permits, find work and travel Ellie Bothwell 1月 5日
Brexit deal offers flexibility over UK Horizon Europe repayments If the UK wins more money from the EU’s flagship research programme it will have to pay it back – but only if the imbalance is structural David Matthews 1月 5日
Scientists fear ‘big waves’ of Covid if campuses reopen this term Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies members say that teaching should stay online until Easter Anna McKie 1月 5日
English lockdown: return of most students further delayed A-level exams also unlikely to go ahead as planned Chris Havergal 1月 4日
UCL tells students to stay away until late February Students have been told not to return to campus for another seven weeks Jack Grove 1月 4日
Blanchflower aiming to counter ‘disastrous’ austerity economics Economist calls for emphasis on wages and jobs as antidote to ‘failed’ doctrines, as he takes up Glasgow role looking at independent Scotland John Morgan 1月 4日
Doubts raised over UK’s alternative to?Erasmus+ Turing scheme will not cover tuition fees, travel costs to the UK or staff exchanges, leaving UK universities to negotiate fee waivers David Matthews 1月 4日
Choosing sides in campus culture wars is counterproductive Academics should not be seduced by the moral certainty on either side of the ‘with us or against us’ divide, says Brad Evans Brad Evans 1月 4日
Broken employability metrics need a post-pandemic revamp New measures that provide insight into how universities build personal qualities of their graduates are needed, argue Doug Cole and Dino Willox Doug Cole 1月 3日
