White academics told to support real change on race
Deborah Gabriel also calls for imposition of financial penalties on universities that fail to tackle pay gaps
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Academic ‘solidarity’ needed to save gender studies from populism
Law professor who sits on Germany's constitutional court warns that far-right attacks on ‘weaker’ subjects would be followed by criticism of more mainstream disciplines
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Leaders Survey: Will Covid-19 leave universities in intensive care?
Has the online transition worked out? How far are student numbers likely to decline? Will governments still have money to invest in universities and research after the pandemic is over? And what does...
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Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom, by James Danckert and John D. Eastwood
Randy Malamud admires a distinctly engaging account of an energy-sapping emotion
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Under compulsion: why college athletes and graduate students are like prisoners
Erin Hatton draws on an ‘odious comparison’ to illuminate the extraordinary powers coaches and supervisors can wield over their students
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Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as English shadow education secretary
Left-winger shared article that party leader said contained ‘antisemitic conspiracy theory’
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The week in higher education – 25 June 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Where the optimists are
Global survey reveals stark variation in levels of confidence about post-pandemic sector prospects between university leaders in China and the West
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Carol D’Onofrio, 1936-2020
Tributes paid to a campaigning academic who fought to reduce racial disparities in the treatment of cancer and cardiovascular disease
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Universities surprised by remit of Australian integrity unit
New arm gives Australian regulator a voice in areas already well covered, representative body says
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Mental health, financial problems take heavy toll on UK PhD students
Report shows heavier burden for UK students compared with other parts of Europe, with the country’s research funding boost ‘a chance to reform PhD education’
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Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show
Unequal childcare burden blamed for fall in share of published research by women since schools shut, but funding bodies look to alleviate career impact
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25 June 2020 digital edition
University Leaders Survey: Will the pandemic leave universities in intensive care?
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UUK calls for government-backed graduate internships
Vice-chancellors’ group says ministers must step in to protect graduating students from economic fallout of coronavirus
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Student deferrals dip in UK despite coronavirus fears
Ucas data suggest expected spike in delayed starts yet to materialise