To question the biomedical consensus is not to lack moral accountability
Publications must always permit debate on the quality and relevance of research – plus the efficacy and costs of derived policy, says Robert Dingwall
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Right-wingers much less likely to trust scientists
Overall trust in scientists higher than in governments, media and business, global survey finds
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Minister pledges students will be able to go home for Christmas
Gavin Williamson also says students should not be subject to additional lockdown measures
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Best universities in Sydney
Find the best universities in Sydney with Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings data
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Time to end ‘bogus’ HE-FE distinction, says Boris Johnson
PM heralds moves to create Lifetime Skills Guarantee and to open loans system to FE colleges so they can ‘compete’ with universities
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Dutch MPs trial new ‘gold standard’ for scientific scrutiny
Parliaments routinely seek scientific advice, but a Dutch pilot goes one step further, asking academics to directly critique what the government is proposing
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Indigenous research ‘catching up’ in Australia and New Zealand
Number crunching based on new research classifications helps pinpoint strengths and failings
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NSS may be fatally wounded by limbo year, experts fear
Decision to press ahead but not require promotion from universities could lead to ‘patchy’ year of data and damage to survey’s integrity
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Is academic freedom really protected in South Africa?
Recent attacks on high-profile scholars by government and by a university executive should give us pause, say Christopher Vaughan and Daniel Ncayiyana
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English universities told to consider refunds as Covid cases rise
Regulator intervenes as some institutions suspend in-person teaching
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Trump plans four-year limit for international students in US
Proposal nearing implementation also lets visa agency assess academic progress
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Books interview: Sarah Pedersen
The professor of communication and media and author of The Politicization of Mumsnet discusses social media’s good and bad, debates over gender and feminism, and Val McDermid’s Scotland
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China cracks down on university name changes as market hots up
Tide of rebrands is evidence of intensifying competition and subject profile shifts in sector where status matters, say experts
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The show must go online: performing arts react to Covid
Pandemic forces institutions to respond to practical challenges but also to produce work that addresses crisis and helps forge new forms of art