UCU postpones reballots, but has strike fatigue set in already?
Some members increasingly wary after 22 days of walkouts already this year, but many remain determined to win concessions from employers on pay and pensions
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What we can learn from the collective trauma of these uncertain times
Analysing how Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s community dealt with the disruption of mass protests and now the coronavirus lockdown can aid in its recovery, say five health communication...
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Emergency flexibility for online learning is what disabled students have been seeking
The sudden move to accommodate studying away from campus will come as a surprise to many disabled students who were previously told it wasn’t possible, says Stephen Campbell
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Wollongong takes breather and decides to go remote
Wollongong and other Australian universities race towards fully online course delivery amid rapid escalation of coronavirus crisis
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Coronavirus hit to Australian students’ finances
Sources of personal income may dry up as outbreak takes toll on sectors that employ many young people, expert says
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Will the coronavirus crisis renew public trust in science?
As a global pandemic is declared, public health experts in universities have never been more visible. But do they think this episode will reshape perceptions of academia after the years of Trump and...
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UK research to be ‘transformed’ by ‘enormous’ spending rise
But budget bonanza will require ‘substantial expansion’ of R&D capacity in many regions
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Einstein ‘not a good role model’ for budding scientists
People may be more motivated to pursue a STEM career by figures thought of as ‘persistent’ but not geniuses
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Judgment raises questions over ‘publish or perish’ rules
Critics say Australian tribunal finding confuses workload measures with performance ratings
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The budget has finally given UKRI a strategic purpose
Focusing on how to deliver the UK government’s big ambitions for science could arrest the troubled funder’s drift, says John Womersley
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Classes suspended at some Australian universities
Hybrid model emerging, with lectures going online while campuses endeavour to maintain small group delivery
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Indigenous centre brings peripheral stories back into history
Director of new Kent centre sets out how British resources and researchers can contribute to Indigenous studies
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A crisis is best managed through reasoned analysis from experts
Universities have a duty to speak up during a crisis and provide evidence-based commentary, says Dawn Freshwater
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Japan’s most diverse university marks 20 years of innovation
How a young institution in a tiny Japanese city created the country’s first fully bilingual campus
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Lifelong learning can give agency back to students and universities
Recommendations set out in Labour’s lifelong learning report aim to make learning a universal right, explains Graeme Atherton