Australian ERA probe ‘kicked the can down the road’
Review of Australia’s research assessment exercise focused on known problems and left inadequate time to fix them, critic says
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UK universities experience ‘quietest’ clearing period for a decade
Two weeks after results there is unusually low activity and a big increase in deferrals
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‘Give up freedoms’ to solve reproducibility crisis, says expert
Leading light of research replicability Daniel Lakens says ‘uncomfortable questions’ and tough choices are required to restore trust in science
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The fieldwork shutdown is damaging both research and equity
Vaccine inequality and over-reliance on remote data collection threaten to diminish marginal voices, say Nicole Stremlau and Gianluca Iazzolino
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Shortfall on England’s teaching costs ‘could impact research funding’
Warnings of downward trend in cost recovery on domestic students
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Canadian universities finally move to mandate vaccines
But about-turn leaves gaps and lingering fears about challenging political power
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Biden vows clarity on foreign research ties for academics
Long-standing challenge on research disclosures grows more urgent with rising China tensions and anti-Asian discrimination
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Asia internationalises in its own backyard
Affordable quality education and job opportunities are encouraging more Asian students to travel closer to home, reports Joyce Lau
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There is no going back to pre-Covid edtech scepticism
Educators now accept that digital tools are neither inapplicable to educational settings nor incompatible with sector values, says Jo Johnson
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Australian Senate intervenes on research grant eligibility
Government told to disclose impacts on academics as outrage escalates over preprints rule
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Civil servant to run Charles Sturt University
Australia’s largest regional university the latest to choose a leader from outside academia
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Fears for science as Australian university sheds more staff
Proposed redundancies target science, engineering and IT – disciplines supposedly favoured by funding reforms
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Archaeology can help with climate change, claims campaigner
There is much to learn from ancient farming techniques, and archaeology can help mental health too, says organiser of Campaign to Save British Archaeology
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Is now the time for a full embrace of lifelong learning?
Universities recognise the need for flexible and continuing education but are still seeking the most appropriate strategy. Anna McKie reports
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Universities should help break the wall between facts and values
Managing climate change and pandemics alike requires immediate engagement with policy, not science-first rhetoric, argues Mike Hulme