UK funds ‘as it happens’ research publishing platform
Octopus breaks down traditional scientific outputs into smaller chunks which can then be linked to form ‘chains’ of broader work
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Surviving Katyn: Stalin’s Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth, by Jane Rogoyska
Geoffrey Alderman admires a definitive account of a wartime massacre that remains controversial today
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University of the South Pacific v-c secures reappointment
Pal Ahluwalia to run multi-country university from Samoa, as audit clears management of breaches
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Hong Kong seeks to put traditional Chinese medicine on the map
University-run hospital will be part of a larger push to legitimise local expertise
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With borders closed, ANZ universities reach out via ‘hubs’
Asia operations are either being expanded or newly opened as the countries' universities aim to keep students engaged and enrolled
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UK universities will suffer badly if pandemic-hit language schools fail
Summer schools that funnel thousands of international students into UK universities are on the brink of collapse, warns Tim Essex
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Preventing student cheating will require more than AI or legislation
Universities can cut plagiarism by working with students’ unions to raise awareness of contract cheating and the value of academic integrity, says Aaron Yaverski
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Contrary to assumptions, homespun delivery can ‘boost engagement’
Many might be digital natives, but students warm to academics’ warts-and-all e-learning efforts
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Higher education is entrenching limited thinking on climate change
Students are not being pushed to consider imaginative ideas that would truly tackle global warming, argues Peter Sutoris
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‘Free’ education being ‘taken for granted’ in Australia, says v-c
Whitlam and HECS fostered a ‘social psychology’ of indifference towards higher education, Australasian conference hears
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Chinese universities shutting campuses amid new Covid cases
Thousands of university students are now living under strict quarantine rules to meet local regulations
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UKRI open access policy mandates free-to-read monographs
Publishers criticise continued embrace of ‘green’ model alongside ‘gold’, but funder insists it has struck the right balance
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Universities must deploy their full armoury to target net zero
Tackling global warming will need the work of humanities researchers as much as scientists or engineers, says ex-universities minister Chris Skidmore
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UK universities brace for ‘significant’ A-level grade inflation
Government adjusts cap on medicine places to deal with demand
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Moving India to amber list may ease UK quarantine capacity fears
Tens of thousands of students from subcontinent set to arrive in Britain this autumn