Detect fraud earlier to avoid red faces later, say Roger Watson and Mark Hayter
Universities should vet research outputs before they get to the publishing (and scandal) stage, say Roger Watson and Mark Hayter
Universities should vet research outputs before they get to the publishing (and scandal) stage, say Roger Watson and Mark Hayter
Poll reveals how once ‘non-existent’ path to top tier of academia has now become ‘common’
The AI chatbot may soon kill the undergraduate essay, but its transformation of research could be equally seismic. Jack Grove examines how ChatGPT is already disrupting scholarly practices and where...
While some scholars still distrust the Free Speech Union and its founder, it is difficult to ignore the important support that it provides academics under attack, says Roger Watson
People must be treated fairly, but endless box-ticking is not the way to ensure this, say Roger Watson and David Thompson
Managers must acknowledge that supervising some types of doctoral candidates is more labour-intensive, say Roger Watson and David Thompson
The 10 August issue of Times Higher Education had two articles the same topic – predatory journals. One, by Roger Watson (“Fight fraudulent journals”, Opinion), offers suggestions to universities on...
Current UK nurse training should focus on a national curriculum, its content and assessment, and not its categorisation as a degree, says Ann Bradshaw
Re the blog article “‘Father of eugenics’ should not be erased from academic history”(www.timeshighereducation.com, 19 February) on the controversy over the legacy of Sir Francis Galton at University...
Objections to co-authorship with juniors display a misguided sense of ethics, say Mark Hayter and Roger Watson
Universities, funders, rankers and individual academics all need to act to stamp out predatory publishers, says Roger Watson
There is growing concern that China is trying to silence its critics in the West, with academic publishers a particular target. Tao Zhang considers the consequences for scholarly freedom – and what...
With degrees now necessary for entry into more jobs than ever before, John Morgan considers the economic arguments for expanding higher education