Don’t lecture me about the future of the lecture
Despite the strong rhetoric currently en vogue, an end to lectures entirely would be an intellectual loss, says Seán Williams
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Record number of complaints to ombudsman for England and Wales
Full impact of pandemic on Office of the Independent Adjudicator caseload may yet emerge
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Employers’ leader calls for understanding as UK pay talks fail
Union describes proposed salary freeze as an ‘insult’ but universities point to financial woes
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Student arrivals to remain limited in Australia and New Zealand
International student flows kept on drip feed as politics, fear and logistics trump large-scale influxes
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One in three UK graduates got a first under ‘no detriment’ rules
OfS head warns that pandemic uplift must not ‘bake in’ further grade inflation over longer term
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Protests have ‘substantial impact’ on Chilean rectors’ tenure
Research finds that every demonstration against a sitting university president reduces their time in office by 66Â per cent
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Confused by conflicting career advice? That’s inevitable for academics
The never-ending checklist of skills required by academia means careers advice is rarely consistent, says Maarten van Smeden
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Is anyone else finding that women contribute more in online classes?
Online teaching has allowed less-confident students, so often female, to create for themselves a space in which to speak, says Madeleine Davies
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Questions mount over future of ‘rogue’ French research institute
University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection, under leadership of ‘populist’ microbiologist Didier Raoult, continues to push hydroxychloroquine in the face of evidence
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No confidence vote in Leicester v-c as 145 at risk of redundancy
Union branch passes motion in response to plan to axe some 60Â jobs
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Scotland and Wales seeking to stay in Erasmus+
Devolved nations say they should be given any replacement funding for scheme from UK government ‘in the first instance’
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‘Blue card’ call for free movement of academics across UK and EU
LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time
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Canada pushes abundant PhD graduates towards industry needs
Doctoral glut seen as especially bad in nation that does too little research
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US scholars expect people-oriented research focus under Biden
New position of White House social sciences adviser may raise priority of social response to coronavirus and consideration of race-related factors
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UK universities’ half-hearted support for Erasmus+ must not be repeated
The Turing mobility scheme is a poor substitute for Erasmus+ but UK universities must learn to love it or it will soon crumble, says Marcus Dowse