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
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Longevity experts predict that with universities forced online and desperate for new revenue, shift to older students will follow
Accusations that China is stealing virus research could harm US vaccine efforts and overseas enrolments, experts warn
Social scientists should be more open that their policy advice is usually based on small experiments done in university settings, study recommends
Meanwhile, the University of Bolton details plans to fully reopen in September, including use of temperature scanners
State institutions that survive crisis will face student influx and must prioritise ‘communities they were designed to serve’, experts say
Deleted posts, suspensions and investigations are part of a larger trend of control that predated the pandemic, experts say
THE snapshot survey finds most institutions will deliver mix of face-to-face and online courses, with social distancing measures in the early planning stages
At a time of upheaval, early career researchers need more support than ever. Here, three experts offer their advice on mentoring when online is the only option
Ocean science’s ‘brute force’ approach is impossible in space. But extraterrestrial necessity may also be the mother of fruitful invention when it comes to probing the alien worlds beneath the terrestrial waves
Selective institutions’ claims that they try to help low-income students are ‘hype’, says author of new book on higher education inequalities