US colleges push back spring term start in bid to outlast Covid
Later start offers chance at warmer conditions and more vaccinations, say leaders
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Chinese education agents opt for UK over Australia post-Covid
Virus management earns no brownie points for Antipodean education, with UK ranked higher even on safety
Industry-backed research ‘much more supportive’ of Big Food
Commercial aid steers research agenda away from public health impacts, Australian study suggests
Taiwanese scholars slip through cracks of UN rules on China
‘Confusion’ over UN rules leads event organisers to bar students, experts or groups
Covid prompts vacation resort concept for online studying
Creators suggest long-term value, but critics see failure to understand campus communities
Lecturer ‘penalises whole class’ over cheating allegations
Australian incident could reflect exasperation at ‘spike’ in misconduct detections
Universities say student cheating exploding in Covid era
Institutions respond with both electronic crackdowns and pedagogical soul-searching
Fresh Asian border restrictions frustrate academics and students
One academic faces five weeks of quarantine, while many students can’t travel to campus at all
UK universities ‘weighing options’ on EU student fee discounts
Some opt to keep EU fees at same or similar levels to home fees post-Brexit to avoid ‘killing market’, as others consider legal questions
US higher education condemns Trump after Capitol assault
University leaders fear Trump harming democracy as voters hand more power to Democrats
