Science elite ‘wrongly believes it can solve political problems’
Holberg Prize winner Sheila Jasanoff says policy implications of technological progress deserve far greater study
Holberg Prize winner Sheila Jasanoff says policy implications of technological progress deserve far greater study
Poor incentives and oversight mean too many doctoral supervisors are unqualified or negligent, say Mehvish Riaz and Muhammad Rizwan Riaz
Study author says results demonstrate pervasive nature of patriarchy in higher education
The pandemic brought out the best in teaching staff in many universities. Yet countervailing forces are stamping out their creativity, warns Andy Farnell
Royal Statistical Society president Sylvia Richardson says pandemic has sparked huge interest in the discipline and highlighted body’s vital public role
This swift transformation highlights who among our students we think are worthy of learning and who we choose to leave behind, says Clare Mullaney
Until the pandemic forced teaching to go online almost overnight, universities were widely considered impervious to major change. But if one age-old practice can be flipped on its head, why not...
Universities’ wariness of online instruction was suddenly swept aside last year by Covid-19. But how successful has the overnight digital transition been? Is it sustainable? And should it be? Paul...
University’s plan to require staff and students to be ‘respectful’ of each other’s ‘differing opinions’ fought by academic opponents
Neoliberal administrators’ policing of institutional reputations and academic colleagues’ condemnation of dissenting voices on issues such as race and gender have led to claims that scholars are...
Ransomware victims must either line the pockets of criminals or face the financial penalties and PR disaster of a data breach, says Chris Cobb
With the Covid-19 pandemic likely to prolong the need for mass online learning for some time, we seek the experts’ advice on how to do it well – from designing courses and maintaining engagement to...
If they learn how to engage more effectively, there could be ways for ethicists to bring their insights to bear on major policy debates
Information collected from educational tools can be highly sensitive, and very valuable – triggering calls for learners to have more say in what happens to it
The home of the US novelist and social critic offers a lens through which to explore his politics, writing and sexuality, says Kalwant Bhopal