Covid-19 surge on campuses ‘risks poisoning town-gown relations’ As resentment simmers over increasing student cases in cities, expert says institutions must work hard demonstrate their worth to their communities Anna McKie 10月 15日
Support staff complain of abuse from locked-down students Front-line workers left carrying the can for chaotic start of term, says union Chris Havergal 10月 15日
51国产视频 Office ‘wants to work with UK sector on welcoming message’ Immigration minister signals dramatic brightening of departmental tone after May era as new ‘streamlined’ student visa route launches John Morgan 10月 15日
UK universities sign deal to waive Plos publication fees Three-year deal will allow researchers to publish papers without paying additional article-processing charges Jack Grove 10月 14日
Student engagement predicts final performance ‘within weeks’ Students who up their engagement later on struggle to catch the early starters, says study Simon Baker 10月 14日
UK government was warned campus Covid outbreaks ‘very likely’ Sage document from last month says closing universities would have reduced transmission rates John Morgan 10月 13日
Union slams ministers for ignoring advice to move teaching online Documents reveal Sage advised UK government in September that halting in-person teaching would help prevent spread of Covid-19 Anna McKie 10月 13日
Lockdown led to ‘more polarised’ working hours for UK researchers Many early career researchers saw their working hours fall, but one in nine scientists worked 60 hours a week, says Vitae study Jack Grove 10月 13日
UCU threatens wider industrial action in bid to force move online Unrest over return of face-to-face teaching on UK campuses pushes staff-management relations to breaking point Anna McKie 10月 13日
Don’t go to UK for bachelor’s degree, ambassador tells Romanians Andrew Noble says students should study locally at undergraduate level and then travel to Britain for postgraduate courses David Matthews 10月 13日
Universities’ Soviet-style bullshit is not an antidote to Covid’s grim reality Living in a parallel universe of perfect systems and obedient citizens could blow up in vice-chancellors’ faces like Chernobyl, warns Craig Brandist Craig Brandist 10月 13日