Birmingham v-c Sir David Eastwood announces retirement
Historian has held a series of senior roles across UK sector but also attracted criticism from grassroots staff over pay and pensions
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Harvard removes lawmaker as adviser after vote fraud push
Elise Stefanik, backer of claims that fuelled Capitol riot, evicted from government school
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UK universities call for clarity on A-level assessment plan
Admissions officers say grade distribution will be a key issue for space-limited courses
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Admissions favours alone prove too weak to lift diversity
A model among states, Texas advantages fail on equity without recruiting and aid
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Stop the harmful flip-flopping and give students a fair deal
With new lockdowns upon us, it’s time students received the financial relief they deserve, says David Green
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Careers Clinic: what if I’m struggling to switch back online?
É«ºÐÖ±²¥â€™s Careers Clinic series brings together the great and good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
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How to tackle campus racism? Listen to and reward minority staff
University of British Columbia head advocates ‘servant leadership’ style to build diversity, in contrast to ‘very top-down’ approach at many institutions
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Biden’s cabinet picks underline that politics is alien territory for academics
The president-elect may have academic connections, but the path from campus to cabinet is rarely travelled successfully, say three political scientists
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Scholars fume as PhD theses sold as e-books on Amazon
Thousands of PhD dissertations by Durham University available on Kindle services following mass scraping of online repository
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Minority PhDs ‘have higher aspirations in diverse departments’
Research finds that having just one scholar from an underrepresented group has a positive impact on academic goals of doctoral students in the same department
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Australia warns universities’ foreign ties may be ‘lobbying’
Institutions with overseas links seen to be acting ‘on behalf of’ foreign interests
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Street Life in Renaissance Italy, by Fabrizio Nevola
Emily Michelson is fascinated by an illuminating study of how architecture expressed power and shaped people’s livesÂ
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Student-to-community Covid transmission low, says Cambridge study
Genomic analysis demonstrates successful roll-out of testing programme at university, scientists say
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Academics demand v-cs and ministers rethink ‘key worker’ status
UK scholars call for relief on workload to prevent them feeling obliged to send children into schools during crisis