Universal higher education is the key to combating misinformation
A high level of public information literacy will minimise the spread and influence of falsehood, says Tim Blackman
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Online learning exacerbates inequality in India
‘Technocratic’ solutions alone cannot solve a societal problem, expert says
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Australian universities entered pandemic on record reserves
Snowballing international earnings buttressed universities’ wealth ahead of this year’s crisis while relegating federal government to minority funder status
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Australia’s lockdown state unveils A$2 billion innovation fund
Victorian budget also confirms hardship packages for universities and foreign students and recovery strategy for international education
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Nature journals pilot payment for ‘editorial assessment’
Prestigious journal group seeks to spread cost of publishing across a greater number of authors than those accepted for publication
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One in five homeworking university staff ‘struggles to do job’
Some find it difficult to make decisions on their own off-campus, survey suggests
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UK v-cs ‘should take lead on tackling racial harassment’
Universities UK guidance says institutions must introduce training on concepts such as microaggressions and white privilege
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HE expansion critic ‘leads Treasury probe’ into university costs
Controversial Tory peer said to head Treasury committee, prompting concerns it could be eyeing funding and fee cuts
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US colleges need help, but Biden may not be able to deliver
Republican office holders will walk a fine line of supporting their local college while decrying higher education in general, says Anthony Carnevale
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Covid reaps empathy dividend Down Under
Pandemic hardship has helped make domestic students aware of their overseas peers, study finds
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Most returning students’ campuses to get pre-Christmas Covid tests
More than 100 universities sign up to take part in rapid testing programme, but plans for post-festive return yet to be set out
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Universities ‘failing to support’ mental health first aiders
Survey suggests most of those giving help to colleagues feel undervalued
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Books interview: Hanne Blank
The historian and author of Fat on finding the door into the historical and cultural study of fatness and exploring the meanings of eating and not eating in the West
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UK Arpa ‘would be laughing stock’ if led by Cummings
Plans for new research funding agency expected to go ahead despite exit of former top adviser to PM, but mission yet to be defined
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Republican states saw big drops in overseas students under Trump
Scholars say international students are drawn to cosmopolitan areas, which tend to be more liberal, while postgraduate students may be ‘sensitive to states’ political conditions’