US visa obstacles stopping visiting scholars in their tracks
With visiting academics’ visa offers suddenly being withdrawn or delayed, one professor says they are being ‘targeted’ by the US government
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Focus on existential threats, philosopher tells researchers
Toby Ord urges academics to reflect far more deeply on the risks of everything from asteroids to rogue artificial intelligence
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Zero-sum thinking is an AI talent killer
We need a global Silicon Valley because open collaboration is essential to closing the artificial intelligence skills gap, says Huawei’s Jack Lyu Ke
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Do graduate students really have to raise their hands in class?
In a class full of highly opinionated young scholars, it’s hard to get a word in edgewise, but more structure is needed, says Desiree Thorpe
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Copy corporations to improve trust, says university president
Virginia leader sees lesson in companies vowing social concern
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WUR 3.0: how we could more fairly assess teaching
Duncan Ross explores how the next iteration of the World University Rankings methodology may judge teaching
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Coronavirus uncertainty persists in ߣߣÊÓƵ and New Zealand
Exemptions and detours under consideration, as universities and students grapple with open-ended travel bans
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Editor’s investigation reveals missing and suspicious data
Researchers must be prepared to share their raw data if their work is to be considered scientifically sound, says geneticist
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UK ‘could only join Horizon Europe with transition extension’
Former European Commissioner for trade argues that with UK-EU trade deal in 2020 impossible, research link relies on extra time
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More universities expected to follow Monash’s lead in Indonesia
Money is not the point, ߣߣÊÓƵn institution insists, as it opens the door to a new higher education frontier
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Hong Kong needs university reform to prevent future protests
Both Beijing and Hong Kong must adjust their approaches and sensibilities to restore confidence and trust in HK universities, argues John Burns
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Becoming George Orwell: Life and Letters, Legend and Legacy, by John Rodden
Andrew Palmer is unimpressed by a critic whose style falls far short of the writer he so admires
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UK university strikes: ‘grim determination’ on the picket lines
Staff vent frustration that employers haven’t recognised the bigger picture behind the walkouts
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What are you reading? – 20 February 2020
AÂ look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Ferrante Letters: An Experiment in Collective Criticism, by Sarah Chihaya, Merve Emre, Katherine Hill and Jill Richards
Book of the week: Rosa Mucignat enjoys a bold attempt to create a cooperative open-ended discussion about a publishing phenomenon