Pedagogy has something to teach us
Inevitable examples of jargon or poor research are no reason to reject an entire discipline, say Debby Cotton, Elizabeth Cleaver and Dilly Fung
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Canberra pushes for more oversight of university cybersecurity
Australian proposal the latest in a raft of security-related interventions
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Academics ‘not best’ to advise postdocs on leaving academia
Event hears calls for improved careers services in universities to help steer PhD students and postdocs on opportunities
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US students battle institutions over extension to pass-fail
Students are lobbying for extensions to the pass-fail grading system that was widely adopted earlier this year, but most universities are proving less lenient than they were in spring
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Welcome trumps welfare as agents put primacy on open doors
Survey finds Australia and other destinations are losing ground to the UK, with health management becoming ‘less of a differentiator’
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Blended research methods ‘will become more prevalent’ post-Covid
Academics say online methodologies can produce more collaborative, diverse and ethical research
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University staff ‘uncomfortable’ handling internationalisation
European survey finds there are large gaps between perceptions of importance of internationalisation and levels of experience and confidence
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Elsevier reaches open access agreement in Japan
Proposal is first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region for the world’s largest academic publisher
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Oxford vaccine success is ‘wider win for academic science’
Comparisons with big pharma distract from ‘amazing’ achievement that will lead to long-term dividends for science, say experts
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Stagger student return to campus in January, says Labour Party
Phased return to campus and more clarity on rules for returning international students are needed, says the UK opposition
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Nature’s OA fee seems outrageously high – but many will pay it
Academics remain wedded to prestige indicators, but peer reviewers may conclude that the journal is profiteering, says Dorothy Bishop
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Malaysian universities given funds to ‘weather the pandemic’
Budget, seen as ‘remarkable commitment’ to education, could be leveraged to improve IT and teaching quality
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Not Even Past: The Stories We Keep Telling about the Civil War, by Cody Marrs
Catherine Clinton enjoys a rich analysis of how the echoes of America’s bloodiest war still resound today
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Vanessa Redgrave and Hilary Mantel slam Roehampton arts cuts
High-profile figures criticise university’s plans for large cuts to arts and humanities, which it says are necessary because of the pandemic and low student numbers
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Are open letters an appropriate channel for scientific debate?
As a Stanford professor attacks scientific petitions, co-creators of open letters on both sides of Covid debate explain why they matter