Interrupted fieldwork could mean terminated careers for PhD students
Urgent action is needed to help doctoral candidates whose research has been halted by Covid-related travel bans, says Lorena Gazzotti
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Ex-minister: high-risk research funder must not be ‘destructive’
Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office
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Covid: Northumbria and Newcastle latest to move teaching online
Announcement comes after Northumbria staff threatened industrial action over institution’s handling outbreak
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Biden free-college plan ‘would pay for itself in a decade’
Georgetown analysis counts benefit of educated workers with better jobs
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History made as two female scientists take Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Award for French researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier and US biochemist Jennifer Doudna is the first double win for female chemists
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Which US states are most vulnerable to overseas student decline?
THE analysis reveals regions that could lose the most financially due to pandemic and policy-related decline
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Many US public colleges’ spending per student ‘down pre-pandemic’
Data from WSJ/THE US College Rankings paint worrying picture for sector facing further financial woes
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Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2021 table information
The overall Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2021 methodology explores four key pillars: Resources Does the college have the capacity to effectively deliver teaching? The...
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THE ‘Table of Tables’ 2021: Scottish universities make gains
Cambridge and Oxford jointly lead combined results of three main UK university league tables
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US PhD admissions pause ‘may hamper diversity progress’
Several institutions will not be enrolling doctoral students in autumn 2021 because of the pandemic
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Medicine Nobelist wants science awards to be ‘more inclusive’
Michael Houghton calls for prize committees to allow six or seven winners, rather than Nobel’s limit of three
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The European Commission’s single market for research needs buy-in
If governments commit extra funding and researchers accept the growing industrial emphasis, the European Research Area can fly, says Jan Palmowski
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Post-Brexit research fears spark Welsh university alliance
New R&D network will help Wales become more research competitive amid fears over loss of regional funds after Brexit
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Scottish Conservatives back free tuition in major U-turn
All main Holyrood parties now support keeping status quo on fees
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Manchester campuses move teaching online after 1,600 Covid cases
Shift comes as Northumbria staff agree to ballot for industrial action and Universities UK publishes fresh guidance on self-isolation