Creator says REF should swap expert panels for metrics in science
Rama Thirunamachandran says metrics could be effectively used to assess quality for many disciplines
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Taiwan eyes international recruitment with switch to English
Amid demographic decline and geopolitical isolation, island hopes to have more English-language courses
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Students anxious over Toronto mental health tactics
University tries to allay fears that reporting mental health issues could result in students being barred from campus
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Careers Clinic: how should I approach a PhD supervisor?
THE’s Careers Clinic brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
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Plan S will be a catastrophe for learned societies
The pandemic has curtailed urgent discussion of open access’ impact on scholarly societies, says Frank James
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English regulator demands ‘urgent action’ on sexual harassment
Office for Students calls for universities to review sexual misconduct policies by summer, following publications of thousands of claims of abuse across sector
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Gender parity in astronomy ‘impossible without intervention’
Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices
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Short-term government policies ‘holding back innovation’
Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for research
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Cape Town library collections destroyed in Table Mountain fire
Reading room of historic Jagger library ‘completely gutted’
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Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union, by Stella Ghervas
Gabriel Paquette is impressed by an ambitious account of how a continent has kept trying to reinvent itself after major wars
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Asian leaders warn against ‘prescriptive’ innovation policies
Sector leaders say governments should ‘nudge’, not direct, university commercialisation efforts
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‘Follow up’ innovation key to equitable prosperity
Centres of invention such as Silicon Valley ‘a model for burgeoning inequality’, summit hears
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Commercialisation my ‘number one priority’: Tudge
Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students’ return
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Mariana Mazzucato: greed holding back, not helping, vaccine drive
Boris Johnson ‘completely wrong’ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ‘reeks of insecurity’, innovation expert tells THE summit
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SDG badges for courses and students put sustainability at our core
Students want to learn more about sustainable development and feel prepared for the jobs of the future, says Jamie McGowan