Coronavirus uncertainty persists in Australia and New Zealand
Exemptions and detours under consideration, as universities and students grapple with open-ended travel bans
Search
-
-
Editor’s investigation reveals missing and suspicious data
Researchers must be prepared to share their raw data if their work is to be considered scientifically sound, says geneticist
-
UK ‘could only join Horizon Europe with transition extension’
Former European Commissioner for trade argues that with UK-EU trade deal in 2020 impossible, research link relies on extra time
-
More universities expected to follow Monash’s lead in Indonesia
Money is not the point, Australian institution insists, as it opens the door to a new higher education frontier
-
Hong Kong needs university reform to prevent future protests
Both Beijing and Hong Kong must adjust their approaches and sensibilities to restore confidence and trust in HK universities, argues John Burns
-
Becoming George Orwell: Life and Letters, Legend and Legacy, by John Rodden
Andrew Palmer is unimpressed by a critic whose style falls far short of the writer he so admires
-
UK university strikes: ‘grim determination’ on the picket lines
Staff vent frustration that employers haven’t recognised the bigger picture behind the walkouts
-
What are you reading? – 20 February 2020
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
-
The Ferrante Letters: An Experiment in Collective Criticism, by Sarah Chihaya, Merve Emre, Katherine Hill and Jill Richards
Book of the week: Rosa Mucignat enjoys a bold attempt to create a cooperative open-ended discussion about a publishing phenomenon
-
Shifting expectations about the long-hours culture
Working to the exclusion of all else is unhealthy, but a one-size-fits-all limit is hard to set when careers and reputations are on the line
-
The Art of Classic Planning: Building Beautiful and Enduring Communities, by Nir Haim Buras
James Stevens Curl is thrilled by a guide to how we can recover the essential principles of creating liveable cities
-
Passion Relics and the Medieval Imagination: Art, Architecture, and Society, by Cynthia Hahn
Kathryn M. Rudy enjoys a useful summary of recent research on how the instruments of Christ’s Passion were displayed and venerated in the Middle Ages
-
Trump hesitates on plan for open access mandate
After two years of study, US plans more consultations on bypassing journal paywalls
-
Should you be working 100 hours a week?
Mary Beard’s recent admission that she is a ‘mug’ who works 100 hours a week caused a Twitter storm. But how hard is it reasonable for academics to work? Who should decide? And should the mugs be...
-
ERC president ‘optimistic’ UK will stay in ‘irreplaceable’ fund
Despite Brexit, Mauro Ferrari hopes for ‘reasonable construct’ that ‘allows scientists to do their job in the best possible way’