US imposes new disclosure demands on Confucius Institutes
In ongoing pressure campaign, US cites universities as allowing Beijing propaganda
US universities cut fees as students show reluctance to return
Institutions defend value of online education despite reduction in charges
Reorient reward systems to account for Covid, say scientists
Early-career and female researchers experience the greatest mental health toll, Australian surveys find
Singapore experiments with ‘very agile’ teaching methods
Polytechnic pilots curriculum, rebuilt from scratch to develop flexible graduates, that principal says could be tailor-made for post-Covid world
US scientists protest advanced computing focus for top grants
National Science Foundation’s new emphasis in postgraduate funding seen as backsliding on diversity
Spike in research misconduct feared after Covid disruption
Springer Nature-Digital Science survey reveals that pandemic-hit researchers are more likely to return to old data, which some worry could lead to fraud
Research relevant to China ‘cast aside in race for citations’
Social scientists should be judged on their impact, while journals should make room for under-represented voices, say academics
Arizona vows focus on quality in major online expansion
Absorbing troubled online institution, university pledges $225 million investment
China told to reform education model to become global student hub
Study highlights how international students are treated as ‘a separate cohort’ and student advisors function like ‘nannies’
UCU: letting universities fail will mean towns and cities fail
Analysis for union shows universities are often among largest local employers and have ‘huge impact’ on town and city economies
