Energy saving plans required for Wellcome grant applications
Biomedical research charity asking applicants to submit sustainability plans in funding bids as UK institutions launch new green research code
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Franchising: close ‘back door’ for student loan fraud, MPs urge
Committee urges new transparency data, strengthened oversight and guidance on how big a cut of tuition fee universities should take
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How young academics are breathing new life into Horrible Histories
As the celebrated children’s historical sketch show marks its 15th anniversary, Jack Grove speaks to its head writer, history producer and PhD researchers on how scholarly sleuthing has been crucial...
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‘Give academics studios’ to record lectures that engage students
Effective digital learning requires more than a camera in a classroom, says Ghanaian e-learning leader Eric Appau Asante
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Marriage advice lessons are hit with students, v-c insists
Undergraduates at Nigeria’s Covenant University enjoy their classes on how to have a happy marriage, says leader
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Interview with Kenneth Womack
Professor reflects on Liverpool’s ‘literary greats’ and how a lost archive led to his ‘warts and all’ profile of the Fab Four and their road manager
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Give academics sabbaticals to revamp teaching, urges professor
Lack of innovation rewards mean lousy lectures live on, says Harvard University educationalist behind flipped learning
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Venki Ramakrishnan: ‘unfriendly’ visas would’ve nixed my UK move
Nobel-winning former Royal Society president discusses his concerns over the UK’s ‘too high’ visa costs, anti-ageing science and older academics who refuse to retire
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Scientists oppose retractions for racism, sexism and fraud
Poll of researchers finds little support for pulling scholarly papers of those found guilty of objectionable personal behaviour
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Personal statements scrapped over growing ChatGPT use
Singapore Management University provost Timothy Clark says reforms will push students away from using generative AI in admissions statements
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Oxford accused of bid to ‘stitch up’ chancellor election
New vetting committee for candidates is reminiscent of ‘eastern-bloc style managed democracy’, says Conservative MP
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Forget book deals if REF open access rules proceed, warn scholars
Researchers say precariously employed academics will lose out if universities are required to stump up fees for open access
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UK science bodies back ‘sustained increase’ in research spending
Further government investment is needed to ensure UK is a ‘leading country in the G7 on R&D’, say universities, research charities and learned societies