30 January 2020 digital edition
Edged out: Is the race for first authorship becoming too rough?
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‘Tide turning’ on use of ‘conditional unconditional’ offers
But data for 2019 show use of ‘conditional unconditional’ offers still high at some universities
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University of Surrey sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced by THE and the University of Surrey. Paid for by the University of Surrey.
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Brexit: Where now for the UK academy?
As the UK finally leaves the European Union after years of turmoil, Simon Usherwood says it is time for remain-supporting academics to focus on the future. But Tanja Bueltmann says that for EU...
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Staff at 14 more universities back pay and pensions strike
Total number of union branches eligible to strike this year reaches 74
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UK universities make offer on sector working conditions in dispute
Employers’ body says it has ‘gone further than ever before’ with latest offer, but union says it is ‘some distance’ from fulfilling staff demands
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Harvard chemistry chair arrested over China ties
Nanotechnology innovator charged over alleged links to Chinese state-run academic talent programme, in expanding federal crackdown
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THE podcast from Davos: How to use the power of place
Highlights from a roundtable discussion with universities in Davos about how location influences community outreach and academic research
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China a ‘challenging’ partner, says German exchange scheme head
Joybrato Mukherjee says Chinese researchers ‘not always on the same page’ over IP – and looks forward to a VR-enabled ‘entirely virtual semester abroad’
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Journal transparency index will be ‘alternative’ to impact scores
Center for Open Science project will pass judgment on journals’ commitment to research transparency
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Northern Irish universities ‘need more than fees soundbites’
Academics call for restored government to give long-overdue attention to the sector, and to widen debate beyond tuition costs
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Enrol more mature students to hit access targets, says OfS
English regulator says universities will struggle to reach goals if they focus on “narrow funnel of 18- or 19-year-olds”
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‘Impostor syndrome’ trivialises the serious issue of feeling phoney in HE
Impostor phenomenon is real, but its ubiquitous, misnamed cousin invites accusations that it is a fad or fantasy, says Theresa Simpkin
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Removing pathways to impact could see research lose its way
UKRI’s decision to axe the impact sections of grant applications could hobble consideration of the process and politics of research, says Jude Fransman
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Nightmares in the Dream Sanctuary: War and the Animated Film, by Donna Kornhaber
Giulia Miller has mixed feelings about an ambitious but confusing analysis of animation’s engagement with atrocity