The week in higher education – 24 October 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Graphene Nobelist: don’t ask universities to drive innovation
Sir Konstantin Novoselov sparks debate over who should be responsible for commercialising research discoveries
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Noam Chomsky in free speech row over UCL ‘antisemitism’ rules
Linguist ‘at a loss for words’ over university guidelines on what can and cannot be said about Jews
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UK names 14 AI doctoral training centres in £370 million PhD plan
Investment will create 2,700 new PhD places in biosciences and AI research
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Homeless and at home: the researcher who lived among squatters
Steph Grohmann’s ‘revenge eviction’ gave her vivid, first-hand experience of the trials and consolations of occupying unused buildings, finds Matthew Reisz
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Living off the land: the universities reaping the rewards of their locations
While some universities are funding huge building projects out of international student fees, an increasing number in Australia and elsewhere are finding that the ground beneath their feet is the...
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Academics should stop fixating on the editorial power fallacy
Complaints about journal editors’ decisions ignore the root cause of the research assessment problem: career structure, says Richard Sever
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Widening prisoner access to degree courses ‘could save millions’
There are huge direct and indirect benefits in removing loan restrictions which make it impossible for many prisoners to study for degrees, argues Hepi
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Australian review backs formal recognition of microcredentials
AQF review also recommends smoother pathways between vocational and higher education
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Sydney to eschew action against whistleblowers
Move comes amid concern about treatment of academics who criticise employers
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‘Varsity Blues’: fresh charges against parents and coaches
Defendants see new charges as bid to intimidate them into admitting guilt
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Quarter of ethnic minority students in UK racially harassed
Equality and Human Rights Commission report says UK universities “oblivious” to scale of abuse on campus
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Call for Athena SWAN to be rolled out across Europe
Gender action project also calls for increased focus on gender equality in evaluation of Horizon Europe research proposals
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Almost half of Australians want fewer foreign students: survey
Opposition driven by fear of ‘increases in cultural diversity’, analysis suggests