New OfS chair pick shows Johnson’s ‘political control freakery’
Lord Wharton of Yarm urged to get up to speed with challenges as ‘quickly as possible’ if appointment confirmed
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Times Higher Education’s most-read articles of 2020
With just a few notable exceptions, it’s no surprise to find that this year’s most popular stories were dominated by one particular topic
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Will Moocs rise again in Asia?
China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes
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What are you reading? – January 2021
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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More Australian universities eye Indonesia
Queensland institution spies ‘opportunities’ beyond Java
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Overseas students face financial struggles in Covid-era Canada
Survey suggests nation is risking welfare of those it hopes will assist its future growth
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Study abroad: UK to spend £100 million on Erasmus+ replacement
Labour warns on uncertainty over future budget for student exchange
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Experts see limited impact of new Covid strains on UK recruitment
Resilience of demand for UK education and short-term nature of disruptions highlighted
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Brexit: UK strikes deal on Horizon Europe but quits Erasmus+
Universities welcome certainty on research funding but lament loss of student exchange scheme
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Covid: UK union calls for teaching to stay online all next term
Researchers suggest campuses may need to close to in-person teaching to restrain spread of new coronavirus variant
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2020: Reading for comfort
Which books have brought insight or consolation to academics and other university staff in this turbulent year? Our expert readers share their discoveries
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A unique year’s lessons
No one would want to repeat 2020. But perhaps there are ways it will leave us better prepared for the future
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Interview with José Polo
Epigeneticist on searching for life’s secrets, distinguishing stem cell science from snake oil and pondering the perfect size for a university
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Most of higher education in Asia by 2030, professor predicts
Hamish Coates calls for creation of transnational accreditation system to pull the region together post-Covid
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The week in higher education – 24 December 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media