Measuring quality with metrics ignores transformative mentoring Metrics rarely reflect how students have addressed their weaknesses, which is itself the most rewarding part of university teaching, says Megan Argo By Megan Argo 2 January
Medicine, education and social work back to campus on 4 January Rest of students* return to English universities should be staggered from 25 January, while international students asked to reconsider urgency of need to travel to UK By Anna McKie 31 December
London Higher head aiming to counter government &preconceptions* Diana Beech, former adviser to Tory ministers, wants to challenge &crude generalisations* that could hit London*s vital arts courses By John Morgan 31 December
Student returns to English campuses restricted for early January Government gives priority for medical subjects to restart in first weeks of January, with wider student return &kept under review* By Anna McKie 30 December
New Year Honours 2021: knighthood for Stirling v-c Both Nottingham universities* leaders also honoured, along with former AHRC head Andrew Thompson By Anna McKie 30 December
Pandemic is no time for a pedagogy overhaul Calls to redesign curricula for online study ignore how scholars need time and peer support to reinvent courses, says Carole Binns By Carole Binns 30 December
Careers Clinic: how should I?react to negative student feedback? 啦晨楚*s Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question By Dene Mullen 30 December
New OfS chair pick shows Johnson*s &political control freakery* Lord Wharton of Yarm urged to get up to speed with challenges as &quickly as possible* if appointment confirmed By Simon Baker 29 December
51勛圖*s most-read articles of 2020 With just a few notable exceptions, it*s no surprise to find that this year*s most popular stories were dominated by one particular topic By Dene Mullen 29 December
Study abroad: UK to spend ?100 million on Erasmus+ replacement Labour warns on uncertainty over future budget for student exchange By Chris Havergal 26 December
Experts see limited impact of new Covid strains on UK recruitment Resilience of demand for UK education and short-term nature of disruptions highlighted By Ellie Bothwell 26 December
Brexit: UK strikes deal on Horizon Europe but quits Erasmus+ Universities welcome certainty on research funding but lament loss of student exchange scheme By Chris Havergal 24 December