Research intelligence: how to get past writer’s block
Getting stuck for words is not just a plight felt by tortured novelists – here, academics share their top tips for productivity
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Niara Sudarkasa, 1938-2019
Activist who repeatedly broke new ground for African American academics remembered
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Research publications: does piling them high sell them short?
All modern academics know that it’s publish or perish, but is regular publication a gateway or a barrier to groundbreaking scholarship? Simon Baker assesses the data on the relationship between...
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Universities should offer restorative justice for sexual misconduct victims
Facilitated meetings can encourage early admissions of guilt from perpetrators and provide recognition of victims’ experiences, says Clare McGlynn
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Warwick apologises for response to rape chat scandal
Review says university’s handling of case created ‘profoundly unsatisfactory outcome for almost every single person involved’
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Fired Chinese academics victims of US university ‘kangaroo court’
FBI views academic collaboration with Chinese institutions as ‘sharing with the enemy’, says attorney for sacked geneticists
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Universities require root-and-branch overhaul to deliver SDGs
Academia needs a sweeping cultural change to create the conditions and skills it needs to fulfil its role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, says Peter Horton
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Universities worldwide unite to declare climate change emergency
Networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from six continents commit to action in research and teaching
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Code to tackle ‘ethics dumping’ gaining momentum
Uclan joins University of Cape Town in adopting rules to stamp out export of unethical research practices to poorer countries
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US university professor helps beat Trump on Twitter blocking
Despite win, academic acknowledges critics of tactic of rapid-fire attacks on president
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Harvard fires fencing coach after admissions probe
The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant’s father
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US Women’s World Cup victory is a goal for university athletics
Decades of investment in US collegiate athletic programmes have built global talent incubators for women’s football, says Sara Custer
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The need to do more with less is driving the mental health crisis
Human beings can only work at full capacity for so long before they become incapable of doing any work at all, says an anonymous university employee
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UK universities ‘sleepwalking into environmental disaster’
Joy Carter says fellow v-cs must act on climate emergency and make sustainability integral to all teaching and a ‘way of life’ on campus
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Bias towards domestic leaders undermines ‘global market for talent’ talk
Data on nationality of presidents and vice-chancellors among top 400 institutions shows vast majority come from own system