World University Rankings 2022: Australasian universities hold firm
While Antipodean institutions have fended off competition from Asia, the full impacts of Covid are yet to flow through
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The sins of authors should not bar their works from reading lists
Students’ task is never to read authors uncritically but to fully grasp all sides of every argument, says Eric Heinze
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Is the REF still useful?
Block grants need to be divided up, but UK research quality does not depend on a regular national audit
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2 September 2021 digital edition
World University Rankings 2022
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Do national research assessment exercises still pass peer review?
As an international review of the UK’s REF begins even before the assessment panels have done their work, has the exercise’s reliance on rereading published papers finally had its day? Might it be...
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Academic freedom can mean refusing to teach material that is too traumatic
Keeping going through the pandemic has proved a huge challenge for many working in universities. Being asked to present a story involving an abused child proved a step too far for Rachel O’Donnell
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Tech without humanities ‘ends in situations like that of Uighurs’
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton tells THE summit that non-science disciplines are vital to shaping how tech is used
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Indigenous reconciliation ‘can get in way of action’ for universities
Notions of reconciliation and treaty should be treated as ongoing journeys rather than destinations, summit hears
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Female unhappiness over research authorship decisions revealed
International survey of scholars finds women are more likely to feel aggrieved over decisions regarding author credit or ordering
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‘Living lab’ applied research ‘the basis for’ local engagement
Summit also hears how successful universities can drive damaging gentrification in their cities
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Oxford v-c: improve ‘ideological diversity’ or lose culture wars
Louise Richardson ‘embarrassed to confess we educated’ Michael Gove given his Brexit comments on experts
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Tech booms flagged as dangerous siren call for universities
Campuses can rarely help replicate Silicon Valley and face great risk trying, innovation expert warns
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US campus free speech complaints often resulting in sanctions
Three-quarters of cases brought against faculty found to have ended with penalties, yet with unclear implications
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University of West London promises fully in-person teaching
As most universities say they will keep some elements online in the autumn term, London institution plans to buck the trend
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UK university population becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit
Brexit and Covid-19 have led to the first increase in the UK student proportion since the late 2000s, analysis shows