Climate Commission targets coordinated sector action in UK
University and further education organisations band together
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Academics ‘need training’ on sex and gender in research
Study says that universities need to ‘step up’ to continue progress made by funding agencies and journals
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Prediction markets offered as boost to science integrity
Project hopes to better value research by allowing outside world to see how surprising research findings are to experts in field
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Study reveals major gender imbalance in UK university spin-outs
Report also suggests that spin-outs founded and run by women receive less investment
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Students risk missing out on votes as universities lag on registration
A quarter of universities doing only bare minimum to help registration as general election looms, survey suggests
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Walling off teaching from research will block the road to eminence
The Australian National University’s rejection of massification will reap rich rewards for its students, says Brian Schmidt
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Growth in interdisciplinarity mapped to mark 150 years of Nature
Rise in interactions means three times more disciplines represented in references and citations per paper than 50 years ago
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Bill Rammell to step down as University of Bedfordshire v-c
Former higher education minister will leave in December to seek consultancy and advisory positions
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China and Hong Kong less international in social sciences
Universities in region have lower share of foreign staff in subject in wake of academic restrictions and focus on local hiring
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Royal Society journal clears author of misconduct despite photo concerns
Journal's investigation exonerates fish researcher, who has previous retraction to her name
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Political board appointments ‘need to end’ in Australia
Deficiencies in Australian university governance made worse by state government selection of councillors, reviewer says
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Turkish academics sound alarm over gender segregation plans
Presidential push for women’s universities accompanied by scrapping of gender action plan by regulator
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Catalan protests spark debate over role of universities
Barcelona academic says universities should take more neutral stance, but exiled scholar says Spain’s actions ‘undermine’ European values
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Brexit Party scholar: quite a few academics are secret Brexiteers
Would-be Brexit Party MP Kevin Yuill says he is encouraged by support for Leave party among staff and students