Huge cash injection for Hong Kong universities’ Covid-19 research
Newly funded work to include investigations into how the city brought infections down to nearly zero
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UK university staff ‘mental health crisis not getting better’
New figures in Hepi report show continued rise in counselling service referrals, with warnings of further impact from pandemic crisis
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30 April 2020 digital edition
Embracing the future? What academics trapped in the Zoomiverse miss about the physical campus
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Medical students drafted into Australian health workforce
New paid roles motivated as much by securing future doctor pipeline as battling pandemic
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Regional universities in the UK cannot be allowed to fail
Universities have shown that they can come to the rescue of our country in a crisis. We must protect them as vital local and national resources, says Emma Hardy
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What might Covid-19 mean for the World University Rankings?
The roll-out of the next THE rankings methodology will be delayed, but the pandemic’s potential impact on the results of the league tables is less clear, says Duncan Ross
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Interview with Caroline Criado Perez
The award-winning author and journalist on the essay that changed her life and why academic research revolves around men
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Michael Wakelam, 1955-2020
Tributes paid to a researcher whose work proved a ‘game changer’ in our understanding of cellular fats
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A History of Solitude, by David Vincent
Joe Moran is intrigued by a deep history that has gained unexpected relevance at a time of self-isolation
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Poor handling of pandemic ‘could damage student recruitment’
Financial losses for universities could amount to billions in nations perceived to have failed on tackling coronavirus outbreak
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Covid response ‘could expose US colleges to antitrust laws’
Lawyer warns over alleged meeting between institutions on foreign students
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Coronavirus concerns for Chinese students considering West
Interest in overseas education is dampened by issues such as cancellations, disease control and discrimination
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Life in the Zoomiverse: What we miss about the physical campus
Pointless meetings, fraught commutes and whiffy shared fridges are mercifully off limits during the coronavirus lockdown. But what else are faculty glad to be rid of? And what are they pining to...
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Lecturers can’t sustain the hasty pivot to online teaching. We need a plan B
Inter-university collaboration to develop core online curricula may be the only way to preserve quality, says Matt Jenner
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Will academia’s future require a secret liquor cabinet?
University finances are supposedly staring into the abyss – but we shouldn’t get giddy, says Paul Jump