Coronavirus hampering Chinese recruitment, say US universities
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Low US youth voting raises concern for free-college push
Emerging consensus on tackling costs may wither if students shun elections, some fear
Tuition fee cut ‘could hamper UK research spending progress’
Restraining English per-student funding in wake of Augar review could reduce scope for cross-subsidy, says Hepi report
Active learning ‘reduces performance gap’ for minority students
Use of flipped classroom model in STEM courses narrows gap on exam scores and course pass rates, study finds
Time to re-examine the Humboldtian model, says Schmidt
Funding designed around a ‘false premise’ that every university is research-intensive, says Nobel laureate
‘Laddish behaviour’ forces university to abolish lectures
Academics report being heckled, undermined and interrupted in book that questions association of loutish conduct exclusively with alcohol and sports teams
Australian university adopts ‘planetary health’ as raison d’être
Holistic sustainability concept meshes with ‘moral purpose’ of institution in Melbourne’s unfashionable west
Einstein ‘not a good role model’ for budding scientists
People may be more motivated to pursue a STEM career by figures thought of as ‘persistent’ but not geniuses
Chinese students, tutors and experts differ on assessment ethics
Study is first to survey students’ views on how they are judged in the classroom
Work restrictions waived for international nursing students
Australia bends rules to marshal health resources, as social distancing directives are intensified
