Harvard case stands to gain from US admissions scandal
Lessons from wealthy bribes may help counter legal and political threats to affirmative action
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My PhD internship is preparing me for life beyond the degree
Danny Ward describes how a three-month internship in Kenya taught him employable skills that he never would have acquired in the lab
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Skill shortages ‘holding Australian philanthropy back’
While fundraising is growing, it involves more than ‘building relationships over a cup of coffee’
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Independent colleges ‘outperform university subcontractors’
Australia’s private colleges are lumbered with loan fee despite doing better than university partners
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New female principal investigators in UK ‘paid £5K less than men’
Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests
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Practical tips for overcoming the fear of failure – and success
Impostor syndrome, feeling misunderstood and pressure to stay on top can plague many academics. Magdalena Bak-Maier advises how to prevent them derailing your efficiency
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Trump issues free speech order, without power to compel
Edict reveals limited levers available to US president
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More than quarter of UK HE institutions post deficits
Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability
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Germany offsets demographic decline with recruitment abroad
One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study
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Universities challenged over Asian Americans’ workplace struggles
Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula
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Nature editor: researchers should be forced to make data public
But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields, says Magdalena Skipper
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US admissions scandal: hiding your privilege is an unacceptable privilege
Elite US universities’ history of acknowledging hereditary advantage at least came with a sense of social obligation, says Amanda Louise Johnson
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End use of ‘statistical significance’ in results, scholars urge
Editorial in journal special issue says ‘arbitrary’ p-value threshold for analysing results has become ‘meaningless’
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Letters – 21 March 2019
Plan S: learned societies have a lot to lose In the article “Plan S may ‘consolidate power of big publishers’, academy warns” (News, 15 March, www.timeshighereducation.com), David Sweeney, executive...
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor – 21 March 2019
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