Researchers seek more advice on retractions and peer review
Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says

Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says
“The week in higher education” (13 March) notes that two Oxford pro vice-chancellors rebutted Luke Johnson’s claims “that the university had been slow to adapt to the world of online learning” by...
The Medical Research Council’s Sir John Savill (“Duty to share data”, Letters, 6 March) claims that MRC-funded research will use “rigorously de-identified data in an approved research environment...
Sarah Moore’s point about the tendency to caricature students is well made (“Beware the caricature: students need nurturing, not negativity, to thrive”, Opinion, 13 March). Not only have the same...
Amanda Chetwynd and Peter Diggle (“Bursaries’ individual impact”, Letters, 13 March) are mistaken: the Office for Fair Access’ powerful new analysis in our interim report on the effect of bursaries...
Regarding the article “Private pair claim more public cash than LSE” (6 February), which looked at the support received by students at private providers from the Student Loans Company. We would like...
When I was personally exposed to zero hours contracts two years ago, my reaction was “I thought serfdom had been abolished” (“It’s casual, and that’s a problem”, Leader, 13 March). Such contracts may...

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Julia Droeber praises an interrogation of the image of the Muslim man

Proposal for scorecard system for US institutions ‘doomed to failure’

Researcher warns of ‘developing credibility crisis’ in reflection on retracted paper