The week in higher education – 18 February 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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For better news coverage, university leaders must join the debate
Scrutiny is inevitable but universities should do more to promote their teaching and their place in civil society, says Rosemary Bennett
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Australia’s higher education sector must be segmented
Different university groupings should have strong, distinctive capabilities that address specific markets, says John H. Howard
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18 February 2021 digital edition
Great leaps: if universities can move online overnight, what else could they do?
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Moving mountains: the reforms that would push academia to new heights
Until the pandemic forced teaching to go online almost overnight, universities were widely considered impervious to major change. But if one age-old practice can be flipped on its head, why not...
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Cross-subsidisation ‘provoked Australian funding overhaul’
Author of a comprehensive appraisal of university finances says officials want universities to keep money flows on the straight and narrow
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Australian government position on language closures sparks confusion
Education department asserts right to approve language course closures while insisting that it ‘does not intervene’
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Myanmar campuses in ‘distress’ since coup
Scholars at Risk denounces arrests and police actions on campus
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Harvard professor criticised over ‘absurd’ claims on comfort women
Controversial journal paper stirs debate on Asian wartime slavery
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Writing lecture notes by hand ‘creates deeper understanding’
Researcher says academics should create moments ‘in which students are able to reflect on what they see and hear’
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Trump’s deregulation failure leaves unfinished business for Biden
Administrative costs thought to account for substantial percentage of US research spending
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Six in 10 graduates get a first at UCL and Imperial
‘No detriment’ policies lead to wide variation in degree classifications across sector
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Reset of UK-China research relations ‘will harm global science’
Forthcoming restrictions on Sino-British research are short-sighted, driven by ‘ideology’ and mark a rapid policy U-turn, say education experts
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Is Europe ready for a post-crisis online reform project?
Many institutions may find it challenging to translate the crisis experience into an immediate enhancement of teaching and learning, says Michael GaebelÂ
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Not sure what the author meant? Why not just ask them?
This isn’t the 18th century. Email and phones exist. So why is so much academic discussion still left to journals, asks Julian Baggini