Let’s abolish ethics committees
Members lack expertise and groupthink is a constant peril. Better to entrust scrutiny to expert lawyers and ethicists, says Adrian Furnham
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31 March 2022 digital edition
At liberty to conform: do French universities need more autonomy?
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Liberté, egalité, autonomie: Do French universities want more freedom?
Despite incremental reforms throughout Emmanuel Macron’s first term as president, France still has one of the most centralised higher education systems in Europe. As the election looms, Ben Upton...
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Australia’s regional universities in line for extra budget treats
But promised infrastructure and research commercialisation funding could stretch thin
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Chinese academics ‘pressured’ into conference withdrawal
Incident could signal ‘big reversal’ of Chinese government policy on international academic exchange, academics say
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Fewer early career researchers heading to UK from European Union
Warning that trend has much wider implications for the UK system than missing individual expertise
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Target talk splits European research assessment reformers
Culture change becomes a numbers game as agreement drafters try to pin down progress without spooking major players
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Western careers advice for international students ‘misdirected’
Universities keep seeking local jobs for their overseas graduates, despite ‘massive’ economic pivot to Asia
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Augar saga ‘no surprise’, says former top DfE civil servant
There was ‘no obvious solution’ on fees, but a more targeted review could ‘take politics out’ of accounting for university funding, says Jonathan Slater
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Universities must be forced to compete with alternative models
If universities were mainstream businesses they would be in the category of bloated, oligopolistic conglomerates, says Timothy Devinney
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Reorganising universities would only make them worse
It is doubtful that a management consulting firm could avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater, says Grahame R. Dowling
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Why we are rewarding support for refugees in our Impact Rankings
We hope small language changes will make a big difference to displaced communities, says Duncan Ross
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Cash shortfall for basic research ‘jeopardises budget ambitions’
Australia’s big talk on science aspirations overlooks the skills needed to make it all happen, critics say
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Biden pushes Congress on college aid in budget plan
In fiscal 2023 budget plan, president seeks to bolster student and research grants, but without specific eye on community colleges and immigrant children