Japan tries tax breaks to get companies to hire more PhD students
Lacklustre employment for doctorate holders betrays ‘disconnect’ between academia and private sector employers, scholars say
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Westminster Accounts reveal MPs with second jobs in universities
MPs earn more than £250,000 from roles in sector, while all-party parliamentary groups get in excess of £500,000
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International students ‘less likely’ to report sexual misconduct
Paper calls for mandatory consent training and improved complaints processes
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India’s branch campus plans may not germinate without seed funding
A lack of financial incentives, on top of academic freedom concerns, is likely to put off many overseas institutions, says Saikat MajumdarÂ
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Harvard reinstates fellowship ‘blocked over Israel criticism’
Kennedy School dean Elmendorf, under sustained protest, apologises and invites celebrated Human Rights Watch leader
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ChatGPT: tool or terminator?
OpenAI’s chatbot has wowed the world by producing astonishingly well-formed written responses to questions. Is it about to turn academia upside down?
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19 January 2023 digital edition
Boxing clever:Â Dame Mary Beard on public debate, prejudice and life after Cambridge
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Florida college presidents restrict critical race theory teaching
Prodded by DeSantis, heads of all 28 campuses promise to hinder attempts to explain racial inequities to students
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Fewer first-class degrees awarded in UK as grades finally fall
One in three degrees were firsts last year, but this is still above pre-pandemic levels
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Interview with Calum Semple
The expert in outbreak medicine discusses overcoming early academic challenges, the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and how a chance meeting over bagpipes changed his life
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Treasury ‘sceptical’ of claims about economic value of research
Former political advisers say frequently used figures to advocate for research funding do not sway government thinking
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US universities caught up in crackdown on TikTok
Politicians fight Chinese social media platform over security concerns seen as flawed and even risky, but with possible upside for student mental health
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‘Remove grant application barriers’ to fix research inequalities
Funders should review how interviews, eligibility criteria and internal selection policies work against marginalised groups, says study co-funded by Wellcome and Oxford
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The week in higher education – 19 January 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Israel-Gaza violence ‘fuelled rise in UK campus antisemitism’
Increase in tensions in Middle East led to highest ever number of incidents recorded by the Community Security Trust