Warning as Germany urged to revisit military research bar
Politicians are increasingly pushing for the facilitation of dual-use research, but university leaders are unsure
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The UKRI-Donelan furore is a wake-up call on the politicisation of science
The science secretary’s demand that UKRI take action against its EDI committee underlines how far UK science’s independence has slipped, says Fiona Fox
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University launches compulsory artificial intelligence module
Chinese institution says it wants to nurture ‘master-level strategic scientists’
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‘No surprise’ budget silent on ‘unsustainable’ university funding
Sector leaders express frustration as chancellor praises universities, but offers little additional money
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Peer makes libel payout to University Challenge contestant
Baroness Foster of Oxton falsely alleged that Oxford PhD student Melika Gorgianeh had displayed ‘disgusting antisemitic symbols’
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Donelan ‘must resign’ after professor libel payout, says union
UCU says minister ‘does not retain the confidence of the academic community, nor is she upholding good standards of professional conduct’
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Liberty hit with record US fine for failing to share crime data
University known for politics, piety and scandal penalised for longstanding pattern of hiding reports of sexual abuses and other community safety concerns
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Quarter of world’s top 200 universities led by women
Increase in female leaders driven by Europe as US stagnates
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Universities’ gender pay gaps ‘double the tertiary average’
While new Australian data identify regional universities as the most inequitable payers, experts highlight the ‘different conditions and challenges’
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US student voting advocates look to build on 2020 jump
Leadership alliances and equity focus set to battle political interference and disillusion with candidates after strong gain in previous presidential poll
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Academics made redundant by Leicester ‘unfairly dismissed’
Three business school researchers who lost their jobs after their research was seen as not meeting strategic priorities win employment case
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Science secretary pays damages to professor over extremism claims
Heriot-Watt researcher Kate Sang says Michelle Donelan ‘made a cheap political point at my expense and caused serious damage to my reputation’
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Australia’s accord could be more ambitious on Indigenous participation
The document gestures to some key barriers, but Indigenous knowledge is valuable in itself, not just for improving outcomes, says Ian Anderson
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UKRI clears academics accused by minister of backing ‘extremism’
Michelle Donelan faces calls to apologise as equality committee at centre of Gaza free speech row set to reconvene
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Imperial to create cross-cutting ‘convergence science’ schools
President Hugh Brady says new structures will provide ‘sandbox’ for interdisciplinary thinking and ‘shop window’ for industry engagement