Pedagogical research needs clearer standards of excellence
Wider take-up by academics requires both relevance to specific disciplines and accessibility across disciplines, says Camille Kandiko Howson
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Peer review before research tied to better science
Registered reports model produces better outcomes on all 19 criteria covering novelty, rigour, and importance
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UK ‘lost £1.5 billion’ Horizon 2020 funding after Brexit vote
Scientists for EU says country now needs a plan to regain lost ground as Horizon Europe kicks off
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Bullies barred from applying for Irish research funding
Applicants will have to certify that they have not been found guilty of bullying or harassment under new policy
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Motherhood: A Manifesto, by Eliane Glaser
Catherine Rottenberg considers a bold critique of all the pressures and half-baked scientific advice that constrain the lives of mothers
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Purnell: funding and access cuts risk ‘public policy disaster’
Sector’s social purpose must be ‘unleashed’ post-pandemic, yet government policy could revive ‘old inequalities’, warns ex-Labour minister turned UAL v-c
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Gavin Williamson heralds GCSE grade bar for entry to university
Education secretary urges universities to go ‘further and faster’ on aligning courses with economic needs or government ‘will step in’
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The return of the RAB
We must challenge carping about the bottom-line worth of university study by reiterating that other paths’ pay-offs in no way denigrate a degree’s value
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Who are you calling a pseudoscientist?
Academics need to think far more carefully about how they define and police the boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate knowledge, argues Michael D. Gordin
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Adelaide to establish ‘integrity unit’ following sex scandal
Australian consultants’ report reveals shortcomings in treatment of people who experience or witness sexual harassment or assault
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Short-term study trips ‘still bring major benefits’
UUKi says it will encourage UK government to consider findings when reviewing Turing mobility scheme
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‘Lame’ celebrity academics feed ‘psychopathic careerism’
Something distinctly unhealthy about environment where a few celebrity scholars are surrounded by ‘wannabes’ and embittered failures, claims new book
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Interview with Helen Burt
The retiring UBC scientist on inspirational partners, the precarious state of career options, and the formative value of stink bombs
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William Dalzell, 1936-2021
Tributes paid to lecturer who pushed his students to be ‘true detectives’ in helping companies solve their problems
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Naomi Wolf wanted extra year-long embargo on controversial thesis
Oxford emails reveal efforts to block publication of DPhil thesis that was deposited almost six years after her viva