Offer accredited language teaching to all students, says report
Hepi paper calls for broad range of measures to boost ailing subject in UK higher education
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Esports model ‘could be future direction’ for student engagement
Latest Innovating Pedagogy report suggests way gamers learn from each other online could be adopted by universities
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The week in higher education – 9 January 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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9 January 2020 digital edition
On the same wavelength: Tuning up research collaboration between Global North and South
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Researchers are heroic truth tellers
Matthew Reisz considers the researchers who keep on top of the issues we most want to avoid
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OfS threatens fines over handling of sexual misconduct cases
Regulator proposes rules that, if breached, could lead to fines for institutions
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Are research links with the developing world still a one-way street?
Researchers in developing countries have often been confined to minor roles as translators and data gatherers. But there are signs that the scales are tipping. Simon Baker considers the extent and...
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Gender wars: the emotional strain of researching sexual violence during conflicts
Anne-Kathrin Kreft tells Matthew Reisz how interviews with Colombian women’s activists left her mentally and physically exhausted – and ideologically transformed
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Research intelligence: the perils of returning home for fieldwork
Reverse culture shock is among the tricky situations that scholars may face when returning to their native country for research fieldwork, says Olga Burlyuk
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Health research funders should take more account of impact on patients
Scientific excellence is not the only relevant criterion – either morally or legally, says Alex Conway
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Ex-judge to investigate controversial marine research
Australian university scrutinises former student’s research record, as whistleblowers refute ocean acidification theory
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Loss of clinical academics risks patient care, warn UK medics
Falling numbers of NHS-based scholars and lack of research time must be reversed, warns Academy of Medical Sciences
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Labour appoints Emma Hardy to English higher education brief
Hull West and Hessle MP, a former teacher and union official, replaces Gordon Marsden
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Academic freelancing growth ‘could damage researcher development’
Study finds that some scholars can earn lucrative rewards from international contracts, but may deprive domestic postgraduates of vital experience
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Dealing with spam emails ‘costs academia more than peer review’
Study suggests that ‘predatory’ spam targeted specifically at scholars costs universities $1.1 billion annually