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Universities must ensure students are satisfied with Covid-19 contingency plans to offset complaints and requests for refunds, argues Susan Matthews

Exploring the often unsavoury history behind many significant advances can be enlightening and empowering for students, argues Daniel Akinbosede

Professionals must be able to connect with students from different backgrounds, but obsessing about inter-group differences doesn't help, says an anonymous academic

Staff over 50 might well wish to stay out of front-line contact with students until a vaccine is found, say Andrew Oswald and Nattavudh Powdthavee

Chinese students risk being turned into ideological battering rams; universities must maintain safe spaces for all to learn and debate, says Brian Wong

Policymakers, civil society and industry can all benefit from more open science, say ?se Gornitzka and Svein St?len

Displaced peoples could benefit enormously from the sudden availability of lots of high-quality online courses, say G¨¹l ?nan? and Charley Wright

Making findings open source may enable certain companies and countries to corner the vaccine market, warn Virginia Driver and Tom Woodhouse

Global pandemics require global responses ¨C that¡¯s why producing globally competent graduates should be central to universities¡¯ missions, say Harvey Charles and Darla Deardorff

What might a test-optional admissions landscape look like for US ÖйúAƬ? The takeaways from South Korea provide an important lesson, says Stephanie  K. Kim

The new social order will require thought leadership, free enquiry and interdisciplinarity, says Susan Lea

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

It¡¯s a decision that must balance all the interests of the academic community and give the same benefits to students that a university education always has, says Alan Ruby

The economic fallout of Covid-19 is an opportunity for public institutions to offer accessible and affordable education again, says Stephen Gavazzi

With this year¡¯s graduates having only a recession to look forward to, universities must change the way they provide career support, says Tristram Hooley

A university closure would provoke a ¡®run on the university¡¯, which will be much more expensive than the bailout the sector is currently seeking, says Adrian Bell

When suicide prevention plans aren¡¯t enough, postvention can help minimise the impact on students, faculty and staff write Susanna Harris and Robert Cramer 

They can teach the practical essentials needed for emerging from lockdown and localising the supply chain, says Zahir Irani

The pandemic has worsened longstanding sexist and racist inequalities in science pushing many of us to say ¡®I¡¯m done¡¯, write 35 female scientists 

Sir Keith Burnett is relieved to find that through online platforms, teachers can still connect with students and can give ideas life

With public trust in science and innovation renewed, now is the time for ÖйúAƬ to improve, argue Karan Khemka and Parag Khanna

The traditional methods of measuring student ability in college admissions aren¡¯t fit for the unconventional study environments students are now in, says Ben Faulkner 

Working with Indigenous communities in New Zealand will help the country rebuild and refocus on the SDGs, write Cate Gribble and Jim Metson 

The Race Equality Charter must be part of universities¡¯ recovery plans, argues Dave Thomas 

Academics are collaborating better and doing work that won¡¯t directly advance their careers ¨C this is what academia should be about, says Mona Nasrallah

Without government support, the country risks losing thousands of jobs and one of its biggest industries, writes Julian Hill

Requiring universities to report on their impact on climate change and society will remind a sceptical public of their value, says Jaci Eisenberg

Universities have shown that they can come to the rescue of our country in a crisis. We must protect them as vital local and national resources, says Emma Hardy

Universities have proved that we can change quickly, but we must be ready to do it again if we are to adapt to the new realities that lie ahead, says Chris Husbands

As we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis, government should require universities to provide community learning strategies, says Jonathan Michie

With Covid-19 radically reshaping ÖйúAƬ, what impact will it have on the US¡¯ flagship international exchange organisation? Bruce Savre and Kevin Quigley ask

With campuses closed and finances weakening, these are the broad strategic points university leaders are considering right now, according to Alan Ruby

The policy to shift the cost of ÖйúAƬ on to students who now won¡¯t be able to get jobs or travel to study is the real crisis here, says Kanishka Jayasuriya 

Impact and engagement should be built into the design of academic work, says Matthew Davies

Katie Metzler would like to see the different disciplines become more than the sum of their parts

The approach to monetary penalties proposed by the UK¡¯s Office for Students risks penalising well-run universities disproportionately, argues Martin Vincent 

Being trapped in Peru as countries went into lockdown showed us just how little support is available to researchers working abroad, a group of biologists writes

Providing hardship funding to buy laptops and being flexible with evaluations are among the best practices the QAA has observed, writes Vicki Stott

Skills learned in arts and humanities degrees will be vital in understanding the effects of the coronavirus crisis, says Katy Shaw

Starting terms in January to avoid second-wave coronavirus outbreaks will be too costly for universities and damage students¡¯ educational progress, says Anthony Seldon

You might not be in a lab searching for a vaccine, but take the long view and remember your research is still valuable to humanity, says Andy Miah

Poster sessions, networking and holding panels across time zones are all possible online, say Celia Popovic and Erika Kustra

Higher education can give them the knowledge and skills needed to protect themselves against the coronavirus, say Paul O¡¯Keffe and Djemila Carron

On the third anniversary of the UK¡¯s national apprenticeship scheme, Simon Hunt calls for more buy-in from universities

Two weeks of working from home and academic couple Theresa Mercer and Andrew Kythreotis are developing their online teaching skills. Potty training their youngest, however, remains a challenge

Post-qualification applications will greatly improve access to UK universities, says Robin Hardman 

Without the structure of campus routine, a student with autism says it¡¯s impossible to complete assignments and he¡¯s worried about finishing his degree

Online learning content is being shared across universities and accessed by record numbers of users, say Valentina Reda and Ruth Kerr

Our students will be burdened with paying back current emergency spending and they deserve a fighting chance, says Sir Keith Burnett 

Universities are facing immediate challenges, but they¡¯d be short-sighted to not prioritise civic activity, says Richard Calvert 

To stop economic destruction, we need to refocus vast resources from other productive activity ¨C a truly grand prize might do the trick, says Chris Callaghan

A solution that works for some might not work for others. Each student¡¯s circumstances must be considered, argues Simon Hunt

Universities will have to rethink online provision, while the social and economic factors of the pandemic will affect demand, writes Simon Marginson 

It¡¯s this element of ÖйúAƬ that will help universities make a quick recovery after this unprecedented crisis, says Steve Smith 

Communication must improve and students should be consulted on finding new assessment methods, says Brian Wong

David LeFevre outlines a three-stage planning process needed to enhance online learning for all students ¨C the new normal after Covid-19

Both are too resource-intensive to be sustainable during this crisis, and their objectives can be achieved through other measures, argues Dorothy Bishop

Now is the time for the ÖйúAƬ sector to get ahead of questionable government policy, say Chik Collins, Peter Jones and Marjorie McCrory 

Universities are scrambling to streamline online learning and temporarily removing barriers to scholarly content will be a huge help, says Anna Vernon 

The arrival of many Chinese international students has stoked prejudices that were, unfortunately, already growing, says Justin Fendos