UK universities ‘weighing options’ on EU student fee discounts Some opt to keep EU fees at same or similar levels to home fees post-Brexit to avoid ‘killing market’, as others consider legal questions By John Morgan 6 January
Bold action pays off for É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Awards 2020 winners Institutions rewarded for getting ahead of the curve on key issues facing UK sector By Simon Baker 6 January
Strathclyde gives staff Fridays off during latest lockdown Vice-chancellor says feedback from first lockdown shows four-day week ‘helps improve work-life balance’ By Anna McKie 6 January
LSE moves ‘compulsory’ teaching online for 2020-21 academic year London institution makes announcement as York cancels face-to-face teaching on classroom-based courses for rest of term By Chris Havergal 5 January
Brexit deal offers flexibility over UK Horizon Europe repayments If the UK wins more money from the EU’s flagship research programme it will have to pay it back – but only if the imbalance is structural By David Matthews 5 January
Scientists fear ‘big waves’ of Covid if campuses reopen this term Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies members say that teaching should stay online until Easter By Anna McKie 5 January
Turkish refugee academics ‘facing rights violations abroad’ Study finds dismissed supporters of Academics for Peace struggling to gain residence permits, find work and travel By Ellie Bothwell 5 January
English lockdown: return of most students further delayed A-level exams also unlikely to go ahead as planned By Chris Havergal 4 January
UCL tells students to stay away until late February Students have been told not to return to campus for another seven weeks By Jack Grove 4 January
Doubts raised over UK’s alternative to Erasmus+ Turing scheme will not cover tuition fees, travel costs to the UK or staff exchanges, leaving UK universities to negotiate fee waivers By David Matthews 4 January
Choosing sides in campus culture wars is counterproductive Academics should not be seduced by the moral certainty on either side of the ‘with us or against us’ divide, says Brad Evans By Brad Evans 4 January
Blanchflower aiming to counter ‘disastrous’ austerity economics Economist calls for emphasis on wages and jobs as antidote to ‘failed’ doctrines, as he takes up Glasgow role looking at independent Scotland By John Morgan 4 January
