THE Asia University Rankings 2019: where minds and souls are nurtured
CityU wants researchers, teachers and students across the region to cooperate and grow in ways that help to advance knowledge, says Way Kuo
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Letters – 28 March 2019
Assessment variety makes it harder to cheat I must admit to some bewilderment at the wailing and gnashing of teeth by academics and their institutions when considering the impact of essay mills and...
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Cambridge postdocs should be given ‘stronger identity’
Early career researchers to be represented on university committees
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Careers intelligence: how to support new research leaders
Four lab leaders explain how universities can help academics in the early days of running their first research group
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Interview with Rachel Gallery
The University of Arizona ecologist on Colombia’s natural diversity, her lucky break, and the challenges facing other aspiring scientists
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Letters – 11 April 2019
Should UCU head be an academic? The general secretary of the University and College Union should be an academic (“Pension tactics central to UCU leadership race”, News, 4 April). A UCU leader should...
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Research intelligence: how to improve team science
Work to encourage team science is gathering momentum, and a recent Academy of Medical Sciences report highlights key steps to be taken
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China: lure of homeland ‘no simple choice’ for expat academics
Personal and pragmatic factors often keep Chinese academics in the West
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Failure is healthy, but pressure to succeed makes it costly to mess up
The idea of mistakes being intrinsic to success has become an educational mantra – but for many students and academics, messing up is not an option
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Academic freedom fears as China erodes Hong Kong funding divide
Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region
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What universities can do to help pregnant PhD students
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond
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Research output higher among postdocs in universities
Plos One study also reveals that parenthood has little impact on publishing productivity
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Letters – 3 January 2019
Online learning has a friendly human face We applaud Paul Le Blanc’s recognition of the “overlooked majority” of students who carry work, family and other responsibilities with them into their...
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Is grade inflation weakening the value of higher education?
Brian Poole asks if grade and credential inflation has resulted in too many degree holders chasing too few jobs
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Scholars divulge their biggest mistakes
Six scholars learn the career and life lessons of their greatest academic missteps