Pandemic to redistribute international student flows: report
Bumper 2021 tipped, as students who deferred this year flock back and undergraduates opt for PhDs
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College athletes and graduate students are like prisoners
Erin Hatton draws on an ‘odious comparison’ to illuminate the extraordinary powers coaches and supervisors can wield over their students
Online education: how Hong Kong got ahead of the game
Even before coronavirus hit, Hong Kong was investing in new types of online education that challenge teaching conventions
MIT seeks to speed up pandemic research with AI-aided journal
Berkeley-directed outlet plans open peer reviews and cross-discipline focus
UK PM issues warning on degree value as FE takes precedence
Boris Johnson says ‘talent and genius are expressed as much by hand and by eye as they are in a spreadsheet or an essay’
Foreign students in US coping with online shift better than locals
Familiarity with remote formats tempered by concerns over racism and health, survey finds
Pandemic uncertainty points US students toward tuition insurance
Insurance now being offered at same time students pay tuition fees, but it would not have protected those looking for refunds over online switch
US universities accused of ‘magical thinking’ on reopening plans
US university leaders have been accused of “suffering from magical thinking” about their hopes of reopening campuses this autumn, as coronavirus cases surge across the country.
UK universities mull more charter flights in global student race
Moves could give UK an edge in race for new entrants over countries with tighter travel restrictions
University barred from appealing ‘publish or perish’ ruling
Australian decision a reminder that universities cannot impose unrealistic research requirements, academic union says
