Black academics ‘give up’ on UKRI research funding
Number of black principal investigators applying to UK research councils halves year-on-year
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Infected blood: how academics both caused and exposed tragedy
Report into scandal highlights danger of relying on singular sources of knowledge, in contrast to inquiry itself, which utilised vast range of expertise to get to the bottom of what happened
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Fears mount over detention of academics who travelled to China
Several Chinese academics working overseas have disappeared or been detained on return to homeland as leaders expand national security laws
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Sight loss should not mean a fading academic career
With the right support, academics with visual impairments are prospering, but barriers to true inclusivity remain, says Kate Armond, while a lecturer reflects on how practice on reasonable...
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Is mentoring the elixir of academic life?
The importance of senior faculty advising junior colleagues on their career trajectories is increasingly emphasised. But is guidance – and the giving of it – being fairly shared? Should mentoring...
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Academic independence is at the heart of Troubles public history
Critics’ claim that research on British policy in Northern Ireland will be influenced by ministers is incorrect, says Ian McBride
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‘Up-or-out’ culture heaps pressure on China’s junior academics
Expectations placed on scholars seen as unattainable ‘no matter how hard they work’
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New grant delays hit Australian researchers
Postdocs risk being ruled ineligible after biding their time to optimise prospects of success
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Reducing research time is an attack on academic freedom
Requiring grants for research time previously given as standard will lend funders undue power over topics and methods, says Dennis Tourish
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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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Digital surveillance of scholars ‘eroding academic freedom’
Tracking teaching, grades and research productivity with electronic systems is affecting staff independence and well-being, union-backed survey finds
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Korean PhD overwork culture ‘getting worse’ as research cuts bite
Postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers say they are often subject to supervisors’ whims, leaving some feeling exploited
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An external regulator is not the solution to academic misconduct
The problem is very real, but it would be more effective to invest in creating an institutional culture of responsibility and accountability, says Jim Nicell
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Two-thirds of Cambridge researchers on temporary contracts
Scale of research precarity at top UK university and its effect on staff laid out in new report
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Dutch research funding cuts will ‘reverse years of progress’
Incoming right-wing government plans to reduce spending by €1 billion, just as efforts to reduce precarity and overwork were starting to have an effect