Call for regional scientific advisers to boost local engagement
Local advisers may be outcome of new UCL-led project to improve academic-policy ties in England
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Universities must collaborate to better inform public policy
Covid-19 has underlined the need for more coordinated and comprehensive engagement with policymakers, say David Price, Sarah Chaytor and Andrew Wathey
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Free university tuition for EU students in Scotland to end
New recruits from bloc will pay same fees as other international learners from September 2021 onwards
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Impact Rankings 2020: universities play key role in pandemic recovery
Universities' impact on local communities is vital to strengthen society, writes Ellie Bothwell
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UK universities’ international fee income could halve, v-c warns
Aston head Alec Cameron says 50 per cent fall in overseas enrolment revenue is ‘not pessimistic’
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Higher education playing at fast-forward
The pandemic is accelerating debates about fundamental issues that universities cannot brush aside if they are to keep politicians and the public on their side
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Tories ‘tear up’ English target for half of young to enter HE
Education secretary signals rebalancing towards further education in England after shift in nature of Tory electoral support
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Impact Rankings 2020 – digital edition
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are our guide for these rankings, and this year we have expanded our analysis to include all 17 SDGs
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Pandemic! Covid-19 Shakes the World, by Slavoj Žižek
David Gunkel enjoys a stimulating polemic about why we need to reflect on what ‘getting back to normal’ means in the wake of the coronavirus crisis
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Australia shelves plan to fly in international students
Trial flights of overseas students taken off the table, as safe haven visas for Hong Kong students herald more tension with China
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Interview with Hannah Mumby
The elephant expert discusses why her research subjects aren’t as different to humans as we might think
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Justin Champion, 1960-2020
Tributes paid to a scholar ‘ahead of his time’ in showing how history can ‘mobilise, empower and engage a wider public’
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Professor: challenge China on policy efficacy, not human rights
Chinese studies expert says scholars should focus on describing and analysing events in Xinjiang rather than political activism Â
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Bonfire of casual contracts ‘a huge setback’ for racial equality
Across leading higher education sectors, black and ethnic minority academics are more likely to be in the insecure roles being targeted by coronavirus-triggered saving programmes