Dealing with spam emails ‘costs academia more than peer review’
Study suggests that ‘predatory’ spam targeted specifically at scholars costs universities $1.1 billion annually
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Depth of opposition to Chinese admissions quotas revealed
Academics call for reform of system that favours students from wealthy cities
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Lib Dems press to keep UK in EU research programmes and Erasmus
Party tables amendments to withdrawal agreement bill, but may struggle to overcome Boris Johnson’s majority
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Russian ‘foreign agent’ rules are chilling academic freedom
The looseness of regulations around collaboration with overseas contacts will intimidate scholars into silence and isolation, says Katarzyna Kaczmarska
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One in three union members joined strikes, say employers
UCU says that universities should focus on solving dispute ‘instead of trying to spin their way out of this’
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Kathleen Stock: life on the front line of transgender rights debate
Sussex philosophy professor on why she continues to speak out despite facing online abuse and ‘hostile environment’ at work
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Student engagement: how do the US, Europe and Japan compare?
Western universities receive strong scores on student-staff interaction, while those in Japan are rated highly on applying students’ learning to the ‘real world’
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US open access mandate seen as painful but needed
Widely expected Plan S-style order hailed as ‘major boost’ to global movement
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Do androids dream of big data domination?
The blessing of big data can be a curse without resources for analysis. But how much computerised help do we really want, asks Kristen Sadler
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Police called on to Delhi campus after violent attack
Videos document shocking injuries, including to student leaderÂ
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China jails scientist for 12 years over misuse of research cash
Researcher said he had transferred the sums to help cash flow at his lab
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Italian academics fear return to old policies under new minister
Appointment of university rector Gaetano Manfredi signals ‘complete continuity’ with previous decade of higher education policy despite need for change, say scholars
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US ‘cluster hiring’ failing to meet promise, says study
Survey of 200 hires finds them often stuck in usual disciplinary confines rather than working across boundaries as intended
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Leadership training ‘benefits universities, not minority staff’
Effectiveness of courses aimed at improving diversity in leadership called into question by interviews with ethnic minority staff
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Universities need to learn the early lessons of lifelong learning
Ongoing falls in ߣߣÊÓƵn postgraduate recruitment suggest a trend away from structured education for people in mid-career, says Andrew Norton