The week in higher education – 28?May 2020 The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media 91茄子 reporters 5月 22日
Scholars of death ‘aghast’ at UK’s ‘failures’ in pandemic crisis Failings on protective clothing have caused immense suffering for families of the dying, argues researcher Matthew Reisz 5月 22日
UK unions and employers commit to work together during pandemic Representatives agree to discuss how to safely reopen campuses Anna McKie 5月 22日
International cooperation is the key to global recovery By working together, universities can aid in economic growth, support societal recovery and improve resilience of key institutions, write the heads of U15 and the Russell Group Hans-Jochen Schiewer 5月 22日
Call to avoid European HE funding cuts by ‘learning lessons of crash’ EUA policy expert warns against financially driven institutional mergers as solution in crisis Ellie Bothwell 5月 21日
Now is the time for global citizenship education to come of age Maastricht University’s cross-syllabus approach could point the way forward, say Herco Fonteijn and Teun Dekker Herco Fonteijn 5月 20日
Fears raised over scope of OfS’ crisis regulatory powers Experts warn that, while it is important to stabilise the sector, the proposed conditions threaten university autonomy Anna McKie 5月 19日
Netherlands strikes open access deal with Elsevier World’s biggest academic publisher signs ‘global first’ open science agreement with Dutch universities and research councils Jack Grove 5月 19日
Psychology research is ‘not ready’ for use in pandemic policy Social scientists should be more open that their policy advice is usually based on small experiments done in university settings, study recommends Jack Grove 5月 19日
Post-Covid, internationalisation must be more flexible Balancing the potential of remote learning with the benefits of student mobility for skills will be crucial, say Barbara Lorber and Sabine Prem Barbara Lorber 5月 19日
