Virus politics raising public pressure on US scientists
Stanford doctor warns extreme partisanship may taint future research

Stanford doctor warns extreme partisanship may taint future research

Lawyers hired by students reject institutional pleas of financial duress

Survey results show online switch ‘going better than expected’, says union. But students at universities of applied sciences appear harder hit

The coronavirus means that Christiaan De Beukelaer’s research on a sailing cargo ship is lasting a lot longer than he bargained for

Sector singled out as Canberra makes changes on the fly to its JobKeeper employment subsidy scheme

The Race Equality Charter must be part of universities’ recovery plans, argues Dave Thomas

Deborah Bowman discusses the need to challenge medical students’ assumptions about patients with ‘underlying health conditions’

Publisher coalition also embracing assessments through preprint formats

The lockdown is affecting not only final-year students. Without a blanket funding extension, many others will suffer and drop out, says Ross Goldstone

Frustrated final year students could drop out within sight of the finishing line, Australian report warns

But commentators question legality, terminology and strategic value

Academics are collaborating better and doing work that won’t directly advance their careers – this is what academia should be about, says Mona Nasrallah

Requiring universities to report on their impact on climate change and society will remind a sceptical public of their value, says Jaci Eisenberg

Financial incentives for developing new mass-testing methods would be more effective than coordinating research centrally, says economist Paul Romer

Without government support, the country risks losing thousands of jobs and one of its biggest industries, writes Julian Hill