Widespread interest in bite-sized study among UK job-seekers Polling shows appetite for modular learning among unemployed, those at risk of job losses, and those wanting to upskill John Morgan 10月 21日
UK research spending promise ‘not a?done deal’ Downing Street may be forced to break manifesto pledge as Covid ruins public finances, warns Westminster insider Jack Grove 10月 20日
UK v-cs want new talent scheme and cross-border research funding Report from Universities UK International explores how country can enhance its international academic reputation Ellie Bothwell 10月 20日
REF reforms to seek ‘accountability without complex bureaucracy’ Science minister Amanda Solloway announces review of UK’s main research assessment exercise Chris Havergal 10月 20日
‘Simpler’ Wellcome grants aim to ‘give researchers more freedom’ Biomedical research charity to focus efforts on infectious diseases, mental health and global heating Chris Havergal 10月 20日
Climate scientists ‘fly more than other researchers’ Environmental experts also more likely to have taken steps to offset or reduce impact of travel Jack Grove 10月 19日
Welsh universities to continue in-person teaching during lockdown Students required to stay at term-time addresses during two-week ‘firebreak’ Chris Havergal 10月 19日
Trainee teachers help children of self-isolating university staff Sunderland scheme provides PGCE students with experience while supporting employees juggling work and homeschooling Chris Havergal 10月 19日
School of Advanced Study set to close institutes in cash crisis Staff criticise proposals to shutter Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Institute of Latin American Studies Ellie Bothwell 10月 19日
Lockdown ‘hit female academics’ productivity and emotional state’ Survey from Spain suggests that as schools closed, women were less able to catch up on work and dramatically dropped hours spent on article writing and submitting David Matthews 10月 17日
Oxford physicist who was forced to retire reinstated by tribunal University is also told to pay Paul Ewart almost ?30,000 in compensation Simon Baker 10月 16日
