International postgraduate enrolment in US universities plummets
Concern tempered by applications and deferrals suggesting post-Covid recovery
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Just imagine the possibilities
Academia jettisoned decades of orthodoxy about how to teach and research overnight when the pandemic hit. What’s stopping it making other transformations?
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Mariana Mazzucato: ‘I was sick of just being told: “You make me happyâ€â€™
After her first book, The Entrepreneurial State, catapulted her into the academic stratosphere, the UCL economist has paused her audiences with senior politicians to write a follow-up that uses the...
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Online learning not a green panacea, researchers warn
Estimate of emissions generated by staff and students during lockdown virtually the same as campus commutingÂ
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Interview with Neil Brand
The BBC presenter and composer explains why students need music more than ever and how his drama school training influences his music
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Alexander Forrester, 1935-2021
Tributes paid to a pioneer in the commercialisation of academic research notable for his ‘ferocious work ethic’
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EU applications to UK universities plummet by 40Â per cent
Despite drop in interest from European Union, overall applications to UK universities by January deadline rose this year
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The shift online gives new significance to the pen v laptop debate
My research inspired laptop bans in classrooms around the world, but we need nuance in our thinking about using technology, says Danny Oppenheimer
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US universities want Biden to strike new funding pact with states
While president eyes fees-based relief for students, campuses emphasise need to revive traditional means of support
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India’s Amity ‘open to talks’ on ‘takeover’ of English university
Foreign investment or buyout touted as potential route out of financial woe for institutions, while others see ‘multi-university groups’ as more viable
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The week in higher education – 18 February 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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For better news coverage, university leaders must join the debate
Scrutiny is inevitable but universities should do more to promote their teaching and their place in civil society, says Rosemary Bennett
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Australia’s higher education sector must be segmented
Different university groupings should have strong, distinctive capabilities that address specific markets, says John H. Howard
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18 February 2021 digital edition
Great leaps: if universities can move online overnight, what else could they do?
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Moving mountains: the reforms that would push academia to new heights
Until the pandemic forced teaching to go online almost overnight, universities were widely considered impervious to major change. But if one age-old practice can be flipped on its head, why not...