Top lawyer’s Harvard fellowship ‘cancelled over Israel criticism’
Outcry over cancellation of planned post for former Human Rights Watch director
Outcry over cancellation of planned post for former Human Rights Watch director
This year’s Maddox Prize winner shows how community-led research can help communities escape polarised debates over scientific evidence
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Royal Society asked to expel decorated members who criticised plans to incorporate mātauranga Māori into curricula
Links to journals’ genuine websites should be added to the government’s database of reputable publishing outlets, says Rameez Mahesar
Edtech entrepreneurs, including Mendeley founder, have launched a new platform to share noteworthy online academic seminars
For academics trained to plough a narrow, deep, heavily footnoted field, writing for a more general audience can be difficult. But the rewards, both personal and financial, can be considerable....
Magical literature professor reflects on the influence of witch trials on contemporary US politics, the Harry Potter novels and dealing with requests for exorcisms
Dale Salwak laments the decline of deep reading under the baleful influence of the online age, and rallies to the defence of the love of learning, the sequestered nooks and the sweet serenity of books
OpenAI’s chatbot has wowed the world by producing astonishingly well-formed written responses to questions. Is it about to turn academia upside down?
Dozens of publishers have disclosed cost data as part of next stage of European-led open access push but ‘big two’ are absent
Greater efforts need to be made to distinguish predatory journals from those that at least aspire to scholarly standards, says Harvey Graff
Too many reviewers ignore their duty to independently review materials and instead rely on the candidate’s narrative, says Richard Utz
Scholars should model the constructive criticism of ideas, not yell ‘you're wrong’ during each other’s talks, says Katy Barnett
Academic research leaders welcome shift from Trump hostilities but see unnecessary limits on foreigners in US labs, and uncertainties over unification of disclosure rules