US scientists dominate Nobel predictions
Two UK-based researchers also tipped as potential Nobel prizewinners
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Could Chinese demand plug Taiwan’s higher education hole?
Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis. But this in turn brings challenges, including compromised...
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Rankings data reveal small superstars with a bright future
THE analysis shows which institutions are on the verge of wider recognition for their impressive research performance
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Online courses ‘more time-consuming’ to prepare for, study says
Tasmanian researchers find it takes 10 hours to plan an hour’s lecture for online students, compared to eight hours for on-campus delivery
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Douglas Strachan, 1945-2017
Policeman-turned-economist who spent a decade in Africa remembered
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High rents ‘hold back universities in large cities’
Study finds that universities in big urban centres produce less highly cited research than institutions elsewhere
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Academics ‘could have to pay to quote’ under EU committee’s plan
Europe’s funding councils oppose idea of requiring researchers to obtain a licence if they want to quote their colleagues or news articles
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Interview with Alison Johns
The chief executive-designate of the UK’s new sector agency discusses her West Country roots, the roles of academics and administrators, and escaping to the country
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Predatory journals offer ‘authorship for sale’
Publishers prepared to add names to journal articles for a price, study finds
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Warning over failure to educate Syria’s young refugees
Only 6 per cent of displaced university-age Syrians currently in other countries in the Middle East are in higher education, expert warns
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I Am Not a Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century, by Markus Gabriel
Are humans just a ‘pack of neurons’? Steven Rose is frustrated by a poorly argued challenge to the materialist consensus in neuroscience
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Once Upon an Algorithm: How Stories Explain Computing, by Martin Erwig
John Gilbey praises an entertaining text that draws on popular culture to explain the essentials of computer science to the general reader
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Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress, by Elizabeth Bucar
Reina Lewis applauds an insightful analysis of women’s ‘pious fashion’ in Muslim cultures
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The Fateful Triangle: Race, Ethnicity, Nation, by Stuart Hall
Kalwant Bhopal finds a text based on Harvard lectures given by the great sociologist in 1994 poignantly relevant today
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Career advice: should universities award credit for compassion?
Studies from industry and academia show there are significant benefits to incentivising supportive behaviour, says Theo Gilbert