Internationalisation benefits stressed as borders stay closed
As Australia pivots to local concerns, university leaders flag importance of international students beyond just their fees
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US colleges ‘improving’ on free speech despite Trump rhetoric
Watchdog report comes as president seeks to make political issue of campus intolerance
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Australia pours millions into extra university places
Minister warns that indecision over reforms could ‘sacrifice’ opportunity to reform sector during Covid
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Overseas scholars rejecting US jobs due to handling of pandemic
Academics also cite immigration policies and ‘dwindling’ funding as reasons why position in country is no longer ‘holy grail’
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No-deal Brexit ‘biggest threat’ to UK hope of joining EU research
Internal Market Bill brings warnings that Horizon Europe deal will be near impossible if UK and EU are ‘embittered’ by trade talks failure
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To question the biomedical consensus is not to lack moral accountability
Publications must always permit debate on the quality and relevance of research – plus the efficacy and costs of derived policy, says Robert Dingwall
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Right-wingers much less likely to trust scientists
Overall trust in scientists higher than in governments, media and business, global survey finds
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Minister pledges students will be able to go home for Christmas
Gavin Williamson also says students should not be subject to additional lockdown measures
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Time to end ‘bogus’ HE-FE distinction, says Boris Johnson
PM heralds moves to create Lifetime Skills Guarantee and to open loans system to FE colleges so they can ‘compete’ with universities
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Dutch MPs trial new ‘gold standard’ for scientific scrutiny
Parliaments routinely seek scientific advice, but a Dutch pilot goes one step further, asking academics to directly critique what the government is proposing
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Indigenous research ‘catching up’ in Australia and New Zealand
Number crunching based on new research classifications helps pinpoint strengths and failings
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NSS may be fatally wounded by limbo year, experts fear
Decision to press ahead but not require promotion from universities could lead to ‘patchy’ year of data and damage to survey’s integrity
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Is academic freedom really protected in South Africa?
Recent attacks on high-profile scholars by government and by a university executive should give us pause, say Christopher Vaughan and Daniel Ncayiyana
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English universities told to consider refunds as Covid cases rise
Regulator intervenes as some institutions suspend in-person teaching