New Zealand universities’ Covid-19 prognosis looks healthy
A plan to put foreign students in supervised quarantine before studying could rescue international programmes, says Roger Smyth
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Britain’s oldest PhD graduate criticises thesis publication rules
Open access publication of PhD theses makes it difficult for studies to be published as books, says 93-year-old Shakespeare scholar
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Our forced migration to online classes is a time to rethink how we teach
As we integrate online learning more into on-campus classes, let’s break away from synchronous classroom models, says Dilip Soman
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Australian state to guarantee universities’ loans
NSW offer will help ‘bridge the gap’ between Canberra’s lifeline and universities’ needs
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Celebrity’s comment sparks debate about China’s gao kao exam
Public backlash to an admission of cheating reveals underlying tensions in China’s college entrance exam process
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Curbing student complaints caused by Covid-19
Universities must ensure students are satisfied with Covid-19 contingency plans to offset complaints and requests for refunds, argues Susan Matthews
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Easing lockdown ‘will send virus out of control’, scientists warn
Open letter signed by more than 100 UK-based scientists, many of whom work in infectious disease biology and immunology
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Sir Steve Smith appointed UK’s ‘international education champion’
Outgoing Exeter vice-chancellor will be first appointee of new government role aimed at boosting global partnerships
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Why ethicists are needed to help societies cope with ‘new normal’
If they learn how to engage more effectively, there could be ways for ethicists to bring their insights to bear on major policy debates
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Pandemic achieving long-sought decasualisation of Australian universities
‘Personal crisis’ may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for some insecurely employed staff
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UQ to reconsider China activist's suspension
Media coverage has made it difficult to 'untangle' misconduct allegations from freedom of speech claims, chancellor says
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Only top foreign students in Japan to receive coronavirus aid
Experts are divided on the fairness of instituting GPA and other requirements for some students but not others
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Science curricula must be decolonised too
Exploring the often unsavoury history behind many significant advances can be enlightening and empowering for students, argues Daniel Akinbosede
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How can we save the Mooc?
As most universities digitise all their teaching, they are finding it very difficult to deliver education online. Gorgi Krlev offers three challenges to conventional wisdom
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Soviet Signoras: Personal and Collective Transformations in East European Migration, by Martina Cvajner
Kristen Ghodsee is intrigued by an ethnographic account of how women found ways to reinvent themselves after the collapse of the USSR