Most male scientists collaborate only with men – Polish study
Major data analysis of authorship patterns also finds gap is largest among youngest scholars
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It’s time to rebuild the university on a foundation of interdisciplinarity
The challenges of the future won’t respect disciplinary boundaries, so why would we teach and research within them? asks Tan Eng Chye
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Ex-ERC head loses paper over image duplication
Science Advances article on diabetes drug co-authored by Mauro Ferrari retracted after readers spot irregularities
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More action is needed to protect Japanese higher education against Covid-19
The government and universities are not doing enough to protect their students from the effects of the lockdown, says Futao Huang
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UCU faces member backlash over compulsory ‘fighting fund’ levy
Money to be taken automatically from members’ bank accounts to support UK union’s strike fund
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California set to renew affirmative action in admissions
Lawmakers approve referendum on reversing 1996 ban, although with tempered expectations
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Australia ‘most popular country for study’: China survey
While Australia rates highly as study and travel destination, pugnacious publisher cites results as evidence of Chinese people’s disfavour
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Online education: how Hong Kong got ahead of the game
Even before coronavirus hit, Hong Kong was investing in new types of online education that challenge teaching conventions
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Trust your students to be active participants in their learning
Challenging students to collaborate on course content will help them learn better and develop essential skills, say Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis
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International educators must lead on anti-racist education
They have an obligation to engage in diversity education because it is the flip side of the intercultural work in which they are experts, say Harvey Charles and Darla Deardoff
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White academics told to support real change on race
Deborah Gabriel also calls for imposition of financial penalties on universities that fail to tackle pay gaps
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Academic ‘solidarity’ needed to save gender studies from populism
Law professor who sits on Germany's constitutional court warns that far-right attacks on ‘weaker’ subjects would be followed by criticism of more mainstream disciplines
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THE Leaders Survey: Will Covid-19 leave universities in intensive care?
Has the online transition worked out? How far are student numbers likely to decline? Will governments still have money to invest in universities and research after the pandemic is over? And what does...
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Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom, by James Danckert and John D. Eastwood
Randy Malamud admires a distinctly engaging account of an energy-sapping emotion
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Under compulsion: why college athletes and graduate students are like prisoners
Erin Hatton draws on an ‘odious comparison’ to illuminate the extraordinary powers coaches and supervisors can wield over their students