THE podcast: the data behind China’s research rise and global PhD trends
THE’s data editor discusses the figures behind our coverage of shifts in global research dominance and long-term decline in humanities PhD graduates
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Coach’s house sale draws Harvard into admissions controversy
Fencing coach sold property for a price well above its market value to a businessman whose son later won admission
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‘Comprehensive’ review of English university admissions launched
Alongside concern about unconditional offers, Damian Hinds wants focus on improving access
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Fair university access cuts ‘happiness gap’ between rich and poor
Research shows larger intakes and alternative routes to higher education improves happiness among disadvantaged young people
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Open University platform scales up citizen science
Members of the public will be able to run their own experiments, producing data that could be valuable for scholars
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Video link allows UK conservatoires to perform in concert
Students in different cities simultaneously performing version of play interact at six separate points via technology
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Are university bribes worth it?
Karan Khemka weighs up the economic and moral returns on paying for a place at a top-ranked institution
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Scepticism over European hunger for UK collaboration post-Brexit
‘Cloud cuckoo land’ to think British-based academics will be partners of choice after exit from European Union, conference hears
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What are you reading? – 4 April 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Do for-profit institutions have students’ best interests at heart?
Despite its tarnished reputation and history of collapsed ventures, the for-profit sector retains a strong foothold on the US academy. Paul Basken tracks its successes and failures
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Books interview: Marixa Lasso
The author of ‘Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal’ on pirates, Western civilisation and tropical stereotypes
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US judge orders predatory publisher Omics to pay $50 million
Peer review promised by India-based publisher often turned out to be cursory or non-existent, says Federal Trade Commission
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The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness, by Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka
Book of the week: Steven Rose praises a bold new attempt to explain the origins and nature of consciousness
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Learned societies’ insulation from modern university culture has its dark side
A lack of accountability can permit a toxic culture to linger unchecked, says one former employee, who was the victim of antisemitism
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We need to challenge the university monopoly on research
More independent research centres would mean more jobs for researchers and more scientific progress, says Thomas Fink