Academics ‘lose a week a year’ to formatting journal papers
First analysis of economic cost of manuscript formatting highlights need for more flexibility from publishers, say authors
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Seven in 10 students disclosing mental health condition are female
Number of undergraduates disclosing mental health condition has more than doubled in four years, Advance HE data show
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Sexual consent training on two-thirds of UK campuses, survey says
UUK report says progress in implementing new guidance on handling complaints has been more mixed
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Student disadvantage does not end with graduation
Universities should offer a safety net for recent graduates forced into menial work by financial circumstances, says Roy Celaire
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University chair resigns amid Hong Kong discord
Head of the embattled MTR subway system steps down from Lingnan
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Jail threat for education officials over student debt collection
Trump administration defied court order to protect former for-profit students
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Keep trade books out of open access policy, says Universities UK
New report also calls for policy to consider embargo periods
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Academics ‘exaggerate achievements’ on CVs
Researchers examined a sample of CVs and found that scholarly dishonesty extends to job applications
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Stargazers and Big Bang expert win Nobel Prize in Physics
James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz share the 2019 award
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German researchers’ dilemma over new attack on climate science
Many scientists believe publicly debating the Alternative for Germany is pointless, but one new study suggests rebutting deniers can be useful
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Tory manifesto co-author bemoaned ‘activist academics’
Munira Mirza claimed some academics wished to suppress intellectual freedom, in article written while working for King’s College London
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Students must be introduced to the human-machine workplace
Stronger ties between educators and companies will be essential if humans are to thrive in the fourth industrial revolution, says Adenekan Dedeke
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Japanese universities ‘closed to foreigners’, say overseas staff
Almost half of international academics in country believe they are wanted on campus only to ‘increase quantitative indicators of internationalisation’
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School student’s physics paper retracted over ‘self-plagiarism’
Senior co-author says he ‘forgot’ to add reference to overlapping paper
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World University Rankings 2020 by subject: computer science methodology
Different weights and measures The subject tables employ the same range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall World University Rankings 2020, brought together with scores provided under...