Online PhD vivas become unlikely spectator sport in Covid-19 era
Unexpected numbers are tuning into doctoral and master’s defences, with shutdown likely to lead to longer-term reforms to vivas, says Dutch professor
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UK universities have come together to maintain quality standards during this crisis
Providing hardship funding to buy laptops and being flexible with evaluations are among the best practices the QAA has observed, writes Vicki Stott
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Poorest students most at risk in US online learning ‘experiment’
Continuing remote teaching in the autumn will be unsustainable for some institutions, warns leader of online college
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Universities UK: state bailout required to save institutions
Vice-chancellors’ group makes unprecedented appeal for government aid following dire financial forecasts caused by coronavirus restrictions
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Defend long-term research, scholars urged after ERC head quits
Mauro Ferrari departed after suggesting launch of a coronavirus programme, but critics warn against abandoning blue-skies science, even in a crisis
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Researching Covid-19 must not become a feeding frenzy for opportunists
Whatever the truth around Mauro Ferrari’s resignation from the ERC, the affair raises an important issue, says Luca Magnani
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Will the coronavirus kill liberal arts colleges?
With admissions already in decline, Brian Rosenberg wonders whether the end may finally be nigh for many colleges
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More than half of Chinese students ‘could still cancel UK study plans’
British Council survey suggests more than a third are still undecided about whether to continue with applications
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Huge Covid-19 output prompting ‘sea change’ in access to research
Data suggest research related to the outbreak already numbers thousands of publications
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The Pursuit of Parenthood: Reproductive Technology from Test-Tube Babies to Uterus Transplants, by Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner
Claire Horn applauds a study of artificial approaches to ‘family-making’ that does equal justice to both the science and social context
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Move like Jagger: scholars can innovate like Sir Mick
Rolling Stone shows how improvisation in difficult circumstances can lead to memorable results, but scholars must also be honest about trade-offs caused by lockdown, say Bailey Sousa and Alexander...
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Antipodean universities roll up their sleeves for Covid-19 battle
Out of the fires and into virus land, academics and institutions find myriad ways to help
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Could the coronavirus force positive change in higher education?
We need to build on the speed and enthusiasm with which academics have embraced online teaching, argue Dawn Lerman and Falguni Sen
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Online teaching provides ‘same outcomes as in-person courses’
New paper finds STEM students scores were not negatively affected by switch to online or blending learning