Cash, not borders, ‘major barrier to overseas study’
With their home economies bouncing back and students keen to travel, countries face vaccination validation as next obstacle
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Editorial favouritism unpopular with China’s junior scholars
But study challenges idea that papers by colleagues of editors are of a lower quality
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History lessons can help disciplines to survive
Those bemoaning the decline of Classics on campus should examine how recent generations have tackled the problem, says Harvey J. Graff
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Covid relief measures ‘made little difference’ in Australia
Funding guarantee ‘cost government nothing’ and funding reforms ‘delivered no extra students’, Senate estimates committee hears
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Biden wins limited boosts in student aid but free college fails
Months of talks among congressional Democrats shifts community college focus to preschool ages and aids minority campuses and immigrants
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Universities must embrace difficult conversations about their past
Imperial College London president Alice Gast explains why she wants an open dialogue about the ‘complex, brilliant and sometimes flawed’ individuals who shaped the institution she leads
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Ethnic Chinese scientists fear heavy US surveillance
After years of crackdown on Chinese-born scholars, US universities in danger of losing critical base of students and workers, University of Arizona-led survey finds
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Plos One retracts article tied to MIT and Epstein
Report on breakthrough technology in cyber-agriculture withdrawn over accuracy and replicability as former researcher sues MIT
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Quarantine quandary leaves Australia even more isolated
‘Parallel universes’ promise more pain for international education, even as Covid finish line beckons
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Science-friendly budget poses tough questions for UK research
Spending commitments on Aria, Horizon Europe and UKRI should be welcomed – as should the Treasury’s growing scrutiny of UK and EU research structures, says John Womersley
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Deadline looms as UK universities reject Elsevier deal
Publishing giant’s offer fails to meet goals of reducing costs and supporting rapid switch to open access, says sector
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College student voting surged as Biden won White House
Two-thirds of eligible college students voted, with Trump-era motivations seen to be generating new political power for campus voices
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Climate Impact Forum: Unleash student activism to turbocharge climate efforts, say v-cs
É«ºÐÖ±²¥Â Climate Impact Forum hears issue may still be seen as ‘middle-class problem’ in poorer nations
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Kathleen Stock quits Sussex after transgender rights row
Higher education minister says circumstances of philosopher’s departure ‘absolutely appalling’
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Inflamed, by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel
Serena Masino is intrigued by a wide-ranging exploration of how political and economic factors play a crucial role in many diseasesÂ