Interview with Deborah Ashby
The president-elect of the Royal Statistical Society on stepping into Gladstone’s shoes, Florence Nightingale and why Brexit is nightmare for medical statisticians
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India may finally be getting serious about research fraud
A move to combat India’s love affair with predatory journals is an encouraging sign – even if it took a newspaper exposé to prompt it, says Pushkar
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Israeli restrictions on overseas academics are holding Palestinian universities back
A labyrinthine visa process and perverse decision-making are making life increasingly untenable for non-Palestinian academics, says Raja Shehadeh
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Open access will curtail profits but not quality or freedom
European funders’ beefed-up open access mandate sounds the death knell for subscription publishing, but academic Armageddon is no closer, says Lenny Teytelman
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The essay is failing us. Discuss
The ease with which essays can be bought and the difficulty of grading them fairly means they should no longer be used for assessment, says Phil Race
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How to choose a UK university
Guidance to start your journey to finding your ideal university in the UK
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Monash to sell South Africa campus to for-profit firm
Advtech to buy Johannesburg campus established by Monash in 2000
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Eight of the weirdest US college mascots
As football season kicks off at US colleges, we take a look at some of the stranger mascots that have been adopted by students across the US
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Non-Russell Group degree ‘harms affluent women’s prospects’
Study finds women from the highest socio-economic group are more likely to be in insecure work if they attend university outside mission group than if they had no degree at all
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Sheffield spends apprenticeship levy on managers taking its MBAs
University urged to spend its levy money on training for wider community, not its ‘highest-paid’ staff
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Universities ‘leave locals out of internationalisation efforts’
For internationalism to succeed, universities must engage more with their local communities and students, major study says
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Student exchanges ‘still driven by professor relations’
Many student exchanges are still driven by professor-to-professor links but they don’t undergo robust evaluation, says expert who has created new success measuring tool
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Academic mothers ‘work similar hours to fathers’ in US
Study challenges the idea that it is primarily parenthood that hinders women’s careers – but in Germany, the picture is very different
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Tie research grants to career development efforts, v-c says
Ahead of publication of revised concordat, Brunel leader calls for funding agencies to give document greater importance
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Internationalisation can ‘resist globalisation backlash’
Experts say that inclusive internationalisation strategies that reach the entire university community are more essential than ever