Universities Superannuation Scheme backs pension benefit cuts
Fund’s embrace of employer-led reforms averts massive hikes in contributions
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Students ‘need to rebuild confidence’ after ‘fake grades’ jibes
Interim report from Student Futures Commission spotlights priority areas for universities in wake of pandemic
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Time to end era of lost academic talks, says edtech founder
Edtech entrepreneurs, including Mendeley founder, have launched a new platform to share noteworthy online academic seminars
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We need authoritarian-proof higher education models
Following the military coup, Burmese faculty and students fear annihilation of a budding modern higher education system, says Kyaw Moe Tun
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Australian sexual abuse survey ‘more robust’
Methodological issues in 2016 study will be addressed, representative body says
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End ‘panic and forget’ cycle of basic research, says virologist
Author of ‘sleeping beauty’ coronavirus paper says her experience is ‘incredibly strong’ argument for funding basic scienceÂ
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UK universities’ withdrawal from teacher training would be a disaster
A deeply flawed government consultation on ITT risks precipitating teacher shortages and undermining university research, says Ems Lord
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Want better student engagement? Turn your course into a game
Gamification is not a magic bullet and it will not magically make the most boring task exciting, but it can be a catalyst for change
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The integrity arms race is expensive and unsustainable
Awareness campaigns and reconfigured assessments are key to reining in cheating, says Ashley Norris
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Spiegelhalter: scientists straying too far into policy advocacy
Cambridge statistician tells É«ºÐÖ±²¥Â World Academic Summit that experts’ media role in pandemic had not been ‘unalloyed success’
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Developing-nation universities looking for Western partners
Institutions in poorer nations have the eager students, and hope the West is now ready to supply the expertise
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After Yale-NUS divorce, can liberal arts survive in Asia?
Fait accompli shutdown ‘a metaphor for the decline of Western liberalism in Asia’, say experts after Singapore decision
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Get at-risk research collaborators out of Afghanistan, UK told
Ministers ‘negligent’ over failure to issue visas to scholars and activists who worked with British-based academics
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Limit replays of recorded lectures to a year, says union
UCU warns that unauthorised reuse of lecturers’ materials across multiple academic years could lead to strike action
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UKRI’s new open access policy will hinder open science
Only unrestricted access to journal articles’ version of record will fulfil the aims of the open access movement, says Carrie Webster