World Academic Summit: vaccine race harming Covid collaboration, says Cambridge v-c NYU president counters that such competition is what drives science forward By Simon Baker 1 September
World Academic Summit: local links thriving in pandemic ‘must be retained’ Manchester v-c says Covid response has transformed inter-university and regional government collaboration in city By John Morgan 1 September
World Academic Summit: pandemic ‘frees’ scholars from ‘hampering’ travel habit Nottingham vice-chancellor insists international collaboration can become ‘even better’ using digital communication By Jack Grove 1 September
World Academic Summit: global ambitions undimmed despite pandemic, say v-cs Covid-19 is disrupting academic and student mobility in short term but university leaders are optimistic that higher education will maintain its international outlook By Ellie Bothwell 1 September
World Academic Summit: Ignatieff brands EU defence of academic freedom ‘useless’ CEU president says that rather than relying on ‘outside institutions’, academics and students must stand up for themselves By David Matthews 1 September
UEL to help establish new Egyptian universities Scholar highlights continuing challenges of collaborations with North African state By Matthew Reisz 1 September
Universities fear legal reprisals for asking students to defer Oversubscribed institutions seek legal advice over asking for deferrals if their courses are full By Anna McKie 1 September
Getting early feedback on research ‘boosts final destination’ Study finds economics PhD students who sought extra comments and seminar presentations published in higher impact journals By Simon Baker 1 September
Should I lie? The plight of guest lecturers Bavaria’s rules to keep university tutors on precarious contracts unfairly penalise those who want to work, says a lecturer caught out by red tape By Anonymous 1 September
Amsterdam’s AI lab seen as test case for Huawei collaboration Co-director of research project says deal includes measures to ‘safeguard’ against risks and Dutch authorities were consulted By Ellie Bothwell 31 August
Keep teaching online-only until Christmas, says UK academic union UCU warns that reopening of campuses next month could drive a surge in coronavirus cases, making universities the ‘care homes of a second wave’ By Chris Havergal 30 August
Universities and society will only recover from Covid-19 through civic engagement Economic revival in the wake of the pandemic will require all sections of society to play their part, says Janet Beer By Janet Beer 29 August