The first rule of impostor syndrome is: you talk about impostor syndrome
Openly discussing academic successes and failures is the first step to alleviating impostor syndrome among women in academia, says Ashley Vaughn
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Drive to get more lower-income US students to study abroad
Global study tied to gains in grades and graduate rates, though affordability remains a major obstacle
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My journey from lorry driver to dean's list
Bradley Moon says that without access to a higher education diploma course, he wouldn’t now be considering a career in research
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UK union members vote to strike over pay but turnout falls short
Seventy per cent of voting UCU members support walking out, but 41 per cent turnout is too low for action
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Essex suspends staff member in antisemitism row
Hundreds of students voted against creation of Jewish society on campus
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Nobel laureate: my legacy is mentorship, not research
Sir Fraser Stoddart says the most rewarding element of his work has been supervising research students, who supported him personally after his wife’s death
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Elsevier profits near £1 billion despite European disputes
The publisher has reported steady growth and profit margins of more than a third but warned of threat to business from open access
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University-industry IP rivalry ‘thwarting AI innovation’
Business and academia accuse each other of ‘more aggressive’ assertion of intellectual property rights
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Labour sceptical of ‘electoral inducement’ tuition fee cut
Party’s Lifelong Learning Commission will look at longer-term ‘structures’ in contrast to government’s ‘short-term’ review, says Gordon Marsden
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Repository requirements a deal-breaker for Plan S Down Under
Australian and New Zealand open access advocates want more attention paid to ‘green’ model
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All scientific writing can be improved by making it more accessible
Philip Rodenbough sets out a rule to help those writing up research dial in a balance that can pique public interest without boring scholarly peers
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‘Alarming’ insularity of German university leaders revealed
Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds
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Going spare: Brexit could cut off access to feminist journal
Brexit copyright issues may prevent researchers from consulting Spare Rib, which for two decades served as ‘the most popular voice of women’s liberation’ in the UK
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North Carolina in spotlight over race-related admissions emails
Admissions officers wrote of favouring ‘brown babies’, campaign group reveals
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The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life, by Paul Davies
A scientist argues that the secret of life itself lies in networks of data, says Richard Joyner