Students ‘dropping too many subjects’ in favour of paid work
Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students’ progress at risk, summit hears
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Interview with Julia Lane
NYU economist reflects on stumbling into her field, using data for the public good, and lessons from four decades in academiaÂ
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Vice-chancellors who focus on short-term goals paid more – study
Research shows need for strong checks and balances on power of executive, according to authors
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Is Japanese higher education finally becoming a woman’s place?
Japan ranks low for gender equality and Japanese women have long complained that the domestic demands on them, combined with universities’ unwillingness to compensate for them, make academic careers...
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18 August 2022 digital edition
Still in the shade? Japanese universities start to clear a path for women
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Editors have become so wayward that academic authors need a bill of rights
Time-honoured standards of professionalism appear to be unravelling. Authors should be entitled to demand better, says Harvey Graff
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UCU: end ‘appalling’ non-refundable deposits for master’s degrees
‘Under the radar’ practice of charging students to secure their places a sign of ‘increasingly deregulated admissions process’, says Jo Grady
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THE Campus Live ANZ: block teaching scale-up ‘a learning process’
ߣߣÊÓƵn pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model
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UK launches legal dispute against EU over Horizon exclusion
Hopes that formal escalation of a prolonged political stand-off will finally allow UK-based researchers to participate in EU programmes
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THE Campus Live ANZ: universities back plan to reserve extra places for neediest
‘Absolute support’ for ߣߣÊÓƵn government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students
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More medical students ‘won’t solve doctor shortage alone’
Addressing issues with trainees dropping out or moving abroad as important as increasing places, says new Medical School Council chair
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Universities’ future unclear after ‘depressing’ race for No 10
Sector faces battle to make its priorities heard as candidates reveal little about their views while pandering to Tory base
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Papers in high-impact journals ‘have more statistical errors’
Analysis of more than 50,000 behavioural and brain sciences articles also suggests their results are less likely to be replicated by others
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Conference water-cooler moments are not accessible to everyone
Yes, in-person interaction has benefits, but ending online accessibility will close the door again on those unable to travel, says Alexandra Ridgway
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THE Campus Live ANZ: academics working flexibly ‘must give up offices’
But preoccupation with the mundane sidelines universities from the main game, according to vice-chancellors