German exchange cuts ‘threaten global reputation’
Planned reductions to Foreign Ministry budget would hurt institutional cooperation and leave researchers in the lurch, DAAD exchange service says
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Science press officers’ work-life balance is disappearing
Fracturing audiences and commercial priorities are diverting resources for science communication and leaving expertise unrewarded, says Helen Jamison
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Talking leadership 34: Denise Pires de Carvalho on political interference in Brazil
The president of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro discusses budget cuts and encouraging interdisciplinarity
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Time to honour Tory research spending promises, Zahawi told
British Academy chief Julia Black says Treasury must urgently clarify stance on Horizon Europe and long-term backing for UK science
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Latin America University Rankings 2022: HE beyond the pandemic
The consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic still pose challenges to higher education systems with structural inequalities, says Mónica Marquina
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George Freeman’s offer to return as UK science minister rebuffed
University sector awaits political leadership as key posts lie vacant
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Buckingham chair resigns after ‘losing confidence’ in v-c
‘Anyone who thinks the university is in good shape is deluded,’ says former Morgan Stanley executive in resignation letter
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‘Very good’ visa processing gives UK edge with overseas students
Survey results ‘show significant differences’ in performance of major student destination countries amid high demand for student visas
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Labour rights are not the solution to PhD exploitation
The doctorate must remain an apprenticeship. Better to cut PhD students’ teaching load by hiring more teaching staff, says Ruth Machen
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Student evaluations show gender bias even in most equal country
Male students at university in Iceland tended to rate their female teachers lower than male counterparts in both teaching and course organisation
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Kathleen Folbigg: expertise on trial over notorious child deaths
Case of Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ highlights tensions between justice, science and courts’ need to distinguish between world experts and ‘proven performers’
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Data is a flawed guide to student preferences and performance
Agency and incomplete information imperil data-driven assumptions about how to personalise teaching and learning, say Kate Ames and Colin Beer
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Pandemic doctoral starters ‘need more than extensions’
Royal Netherlands Academy says extra funding and time cannot ‘truly compensate’ those who began their research careers in lockdown
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Digital humanities needs equality between humanists and technicians
The perception of technicians as non-intellectual workers contributes to the undervaluing of technical career paths, says Urszula Pawlicka-Deger
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Freeman ‘happy’ to return to science minister post under Johnson
Science sector ‘needs ministerial leadership’, says MP who resigned barely 24 hours earlier