Investigating serious abuses must be taken out of universities’ hands
Reporting misconduct to an external ombudsman would circumvent managers’ tendency to cover up, says Wyn Evans
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Hong Kong doubles limit on non-local undergraduates
Academics welcome the move, but some are concerned over displacement of island’s students from its top institutions
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Is the Covid generation ready for college?
With students who entered high school during the pandemic starting to apply for places, admissions officers feel ill equipped to judge their readiness
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Australia urged to tweak visas so international students stay
Removing ‘speed bumps’ and abolishing the ‘bamboo ceiling’ would help to overcome Australia’s ‘self-inflicted brain drain’, forum hears
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Palestinian campuses head into abyss as Israeli retaliation grows
With mobility severely limited and no connection or contact from Gaza colleagues, West Bank academics describe atmosphere of anguish
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Focus on early-stage research urged for Horizon successor
With 10th framework programme likely to live alongside plethora of sector-specific spending pots, EU countries must decide if it should do a bit of everything or go back to basics
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Lyrical liar: inside Sweden’s Macchiarini-inspired opera
The artistic team behind the unsettling production explain why they wanted to explore the psychology of the country’s biggest biomedical research scandal
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Stop crediting us when we didn’t fund you, NIH tells researchers
Leading supplier of basic research funding says scientists complicate its accountability systems by routinely attributing publications to it
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If we don’t make textbooks cheaper, students will just rely on chatbots
Academics could cooperate to decommercialise publishing so that all students have affordable access to reliable information, says Michael Wynn-Williams
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Journal defends firing editor for ‘detrimental’ Palestine post
Michael Eisen removed as editor-in-chief of eLife after sharing article from satirical news website
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International diversity ‘declining on UK campuses’
Commission led by former universities minister calls for ‘internationalisation at home’ to be a central part of the UK’s next higher education strategy
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Iceland’s seven universities may soon become five due to mergers
Leaders argue that integrating operations will strengthen specialisms, but students give plans a frosty reception
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US pushes integration of indigenous knowledge in science
Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research
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Two-thirds of disabled PhD students poorly supported, says study
Nearly nine in 10 survey respondents say their doctorates have negatively affected their mental health, with seven in 10 citing physical harm
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‘Chilling effect’ preventing debate on Israel-Gaza, say academics
Universities cancelling events and threatening disciplinary proceedings has left scholars of Middle East feeling silenced