There is growing concern that China is trying to silence its critics in the West, with academic publishers a particular target. Tao Zhang considers the consequences for scholarly freedom – and what...
Book of the week: Anna Boucher commends an analysis of the experiences of different generations of migrants
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Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations
Partnerships should allow access to a wider pool of research grants, institutions hope
Home Office threats to deport her may have been an ‘unfortunate error’, but Eva Johanna Holmberg is still wary about the future
The Ghanaian university president on medieval poetry, good leadership and Goethe
Private equity-backed music institute trebled number of students with taxpayer-backed loans to net £24.4 million in 2016-17, new figures show
After the twin shocks of Brexit and Trump, Patrick McGhee can only guess what the next 12 months will bring. Are you ready for peer-reviewed tweets, TEF results determined by University Challenge,...
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Funding, Brexit and the growing power of China are among key issues to watch in 2018, say sector experts – but there is a glimmer of optimism, too