Student feedback should change forever after Covid-19

Free coronavirus access 'doesn't go far enough'

With insights from a variety of fields potentially useful in the fight against coronavirus, some French academics are arguing for more research and data to be made publicly available

By David Matthews

14 April

2020/04/14: People wait in a queue at a social distance to enter a supermarket during the Covid-19 crisis, Spain.

Universities last in line as lockdown eases

Governments are prioritising reopening schools and businesses over campuses. But some academics fear the impact on disadvantaged students – and on their teaching

By David Matthews

16 April

Laboratory technicians and biologists discuss testing procedures as they operate a ribonucleic acid extractor at the LBM LxBio medical biology laboratory in Rodez, France

Researchers weigh return to non-coronavirus work

‘There is a life in science beyond the virus,’ warns German rectors’ head, amid calls for attention to the trade-offs between shutdowns and scientific progress

By David Matthews

16 April