6 February 2020 digital edition
Staying in tune: Can academics’ personal ties weather the political storm?
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Applicant gap between London and English regions becomes a gulf
UK’s capital becomes first area of country to see more than half of 18-year-olds applying to higher education
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Leadership intelligence: putting climate talk into action
Sustainability is a priority in higher education, but information on best practice is sparse, writes Vivienne Reiner
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Will Sino-Australian academic ties weather the political storm?
Australia’s teaching and research relationships with China are becoming increasingly overshadowed by rising geopolitical tensions. But the long, deep personal links between academics in the two...
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Onora O’Neill: ‘Human rights are not all that matters’
The grandee philosopher talks to Matthew Reisz about trust, trustworthiness and why an overreaction to logical positivism is to blame for Facebook’s excesses
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Reviewers should stop doing the market’s dirty work
Excessive criticism reflects a dearth of research funding and space in top journals. But peers needn’t play ball, says an anonymous academic
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Are we asking the wrong question on widening participation?
Why is there so little concern about the catastrophic decline in part-time adult learners in England? asks John Butcher
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Universities ‘getting it wrong’ on student communication
Students tell Australian survey that institutions struggle to find right balance between offering ‘too much and too little’ information
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Italian court suspends ERC-funded monkey study
Researchers warn country is among the most hostile in Europe to experiments involving animals, and restrictions could get even tighter
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Cummings ‘winning battle’ for new Arpa to be outside UKRI
Debate over status of new agency for ‘high-risk, high-payoff research’ is non-issue compared with its direction and leadership, others suggest
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College admits rejected applicants if they pay five times the fee
Saskatchewan veterinary college says move has been forced on it by limits on public funding
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Adam Rutherford: taking on racism with the help of genetics
Despite its tainted origins, genetics provides many of the essential tools for challenging racist thinking, argues UCL fellow and science broadcaster
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US university earmarks fifth of hiring budget for ‘diverse’ scholars
University of Massachusetts Boston enables departments to bid for second position for under-represented scholar when undergoing existing search
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Plagiarism hunters, please lay down your weapons
A feudal approach to intellectual property has turned the academy into a modern police state, says Steve Fuller
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Swansea rejects two appeals against sackings but v-c case ongoing
Fallout over claims related to a £200 million development project continues