Wellcome to favour funding bids from minority applicants
Change comes after consultants find leading biomedical research funder is ‘still an institutionally racist organisation’
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More foreign academics report being denied entry to India
Moves ‘appear to fit a broader pattern’ of Indian authorities using diverse means to restrict researchers’ freedom, says academic rights group
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What will be changing in the Impact Rankings in 2023?
In order to take a deeper look at how universities approach the UN’s SDGs, we are refining and expanding our questions for the THE Impact Rankings 2023.
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Supervisor’s support ‘crucial’ to novice academics’ well-being
While many early career academics are preoccupied with job security, the factor that most correlates with job satisfaction is a helpful boss
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Keep admissions free from political interference – Cambridge PVC
Graham Virgo ‘very concerned’ by Liz Truss’ policy that would guarantee interviews for all straight-A* students
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English student loan interest rate reined in again
Rate will be 6.3 per cent from next month, after projections swapped for real data
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Business schools’ societal impact aspirations are a joke
Unless research culture fundamentally changes, academics will continue to be fixated with journal rankings, says Carl Rhodes
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Biden signs major US science spending boost
Sparked by fear of Chinese technological competitiveness, Congress acts to double NSF budget with push for applied technology
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Scottish Highers: fewer top grades as exams return
Reversal of rampant grade inflation may offer hope to English universities whose offer-making was disrupted by predicted A levels
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International student drivers ‘back to pre-pandemic norms’
Covid a memory in most regions as cost, quality, work and migration opportunities guide study destination choices
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Agents expecting to send more international students to UK
Uptick in flows to ߣߣÊÓƵ, Canada and US also predicted
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Can troubled campus police forces be fixed? One college says yes
After a particularly jarring moment on its fraternity-heavy campus, US institution tries teaching officers about tolerance and listening
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Live-stream field trips to tackle access issues, says professor
First driven by necessity due to the pandemic, broadcasting from ecological sites has many advantages, says academicÂ
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US debt freeze feared to be raising risk for new students
Long-term halt in loan repayment requirement – while Biden stalls on other protections – undermines key federal accountability method, experts warn
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Transformative agreements are not the key to open access
Without a fuller embrace of repositories, the transition with be slow, partial and siloed, says Kathleen Shearer