Covid crisis could see ‘learning designers’ supplant academic roles
While overhauls of workforce and institutional architecture beckon, Australian report predicts esteem for expertise in post-pandemic world
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Record number of US colleges report enrolment gaps
Student wariness may deliver final blow to crisis-weakened institutions
Careers intelligence: will the virus crisis change academic careers?
Who will be the winners in the post-pandemic academic job market? Three experts reflect on the skills that will be prized in the ‘new normal’
Coronavirus speeds journals’ shift towards open access
Scientists fighting for more publicly available research say changes made during Covid-19 crisis have influenced their efforts
Is this the crisis higher education needs to have?
The Covid-19 pandemic offers universities a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put their dysfunctional strategies behind them
Pandemic ‘will drive universities into lifelong education’
Longevity experts predict that with universities forced online and desperate for new revenue, shift to older students will follow
Trump drags US universities into virus battle with China
Accusations that China is stealing virus research could harm US vaccine efforts and overseas enrolments, experts warn
Psychology research is ‘not ready’ for use in pandemic policy
Social scientists should be more open that their policy advice is usually based on small experiments done in university settings, study recommends
Cambridge lectures will be online only next year
Meanwhile, the University of Bolton details plans to fully reopen in September, including use of temperature scanners
US publics face survival battle and reconnection with local mission
State institutions that survive crisis will face student influx and must prioritise ‘communities they were designed to serve’, experts say
