Amherst students protest against &restrictive* Covid protocols Students prohibited from visiting off-campus restaurants and bars, and must wear masks indoors and outdoors By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed 6 September
World Academic Summit: &same contrarian nonsense* on Covid and climate change People will always &come up with the same bullshit* to support anti-science agendas, says Nasa scientist By Anna McKie 6 September
End &panic and forget* cycle of basic research, says virologist Author of &sleeping beauty* coronavirus paper says her experience is &incredibly strong* argument for funding basic science By Simon Baker 5 September
World Academic Summit: developing-nation universities courting serious partners Institutions in poorer nations have the eager students, and hope the West is now ready to supply the expertise By Paul Basken 3 September
World Academic Summit: branch campuses come of age as pandemic hits mobility But offshore bulwarks take many forms 每 and in some institutions, staying at home works best By John Ross 2 September
World Academic Summit: universities yet to grasp &enormity* of slavery redress Admitting profits is a strong start, experts say, but academia has much more central culpability yet to remedy By Paul Basken 2 September
Biden threatens to withhold funding from colleges over vaccines US threatens aid cut if states prohibit Covid protections, and then makes clear university campuses are included By Paul Basken 2 September
Academic freedom can mean refusing to teach material that is too traumatic Keeping going through the pandemic has proved a huge challenge for many working in universities. Being asked to present a story involving an abused child proved a step too far for Rachel O*Donnell By Rachel O*Donnell 2 September
World Academic Summit: tech without humanities &ends in situations like that of Uighurs* AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton tells THE summit that non-science disciplines are vital to shaping how tech is used By Simon Baker 1 September
Female unhappiness over research authorship decisions revealed International survey of scholars finds women are more likely to feel aggrieved over decisions regarding author credit or ordering By Jack Grove 1 September
World Academic Summit: &living lab* applied research key to local engagement Summit also hears how successful universities can drive damaging gentrification in their cities By John Morgan 1 September
World Academic Summit: tech booms flagged as dangerous siren call Campuses can rarely help replicate Silicon Valley and face great risk trying, innovation expert warns By Paul Basken 1 September