Putting lectures on ice: students study less in extreme weather
Researchers call for universities to pay greater attention to impact of temperature on study habits, as climate change pushes weather to extremes
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Survey: most university staff feel unsafe returning to campus
Fewer than one in three respondents happy with measures taken to protect employees’ well-being as in-person teaching resumes in major sectors
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The week in higher education – 16 September 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Are you ready for the return to in-person teaching?
A new term is beginning in the northern hemisphere, and many campuses are reopening. But are academics relishing a return to relative normality or fearful of unvaccinated students? And what has the...
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How I became a climate activist
Nicholas Till reflects on the path that has led him from research on opera to direct political action
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Are you a toxic enabler?
Bullies and snakes can only wreak havoc via the support – conscious or otherwise – of those around them, says Irina Dumitrescu
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UK Cabinet reshuffle: Nadhim Zahawi appointed education secretary
Former vaccines minister succeeds Gavin Williamson
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UK Cabinet reshuffle: education secretary Gavin Williamson sacked
Controversial post-holder says he is ‘proud’ of ‘transformational reforms’
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UK reproducible science project wins £8.5 million
UK Reproducibility Network will run training on open research methods thanks to ‘major strategic investment’ by Research England
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Chinese facial recognition scholar ‘ignored questions, went home’
AI expert re-emerges at top Chinese university as former employer finds Uighur study breached Australian research code
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Science editor: scrap top US accreditor to widen student outlook
Holden Thorp says Abet course rules hinder well-rounded strategies to fight major social burdens
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China moves to halt universities’ eastern branch campus rush
Ministry of Education says it does not ‘support or encourage’ institutions setting up outposts beyond their home province
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Bite-sized courses provide sustenance in Australia
Despite scepticism about the business model, short courses prove an earner for cash-starved institutions
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‘Dramatic’ variation in universities’ occupational health spend
FoI requests suggest some UK institutions have spent just a few hundred pounds per academic over the past six years
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‘Joined-up government’ key to UK international education goals
Trade minister Graham Stuart says cross-government support will allow UK universities to grow overseas student numbers by 30 per cent