Student start-up culture has hit new heights in pandemic
Unsung efforts to help out in the community have also showcased outstanding student entrepreneurialism that must be further encouraged, says Robert Phillips
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ߣߣÊÓƵ must start readmitting international students
Vaccine passports are a way to reopen campuses while minimising Covid risks. So why is ߣߣÊÓƵ not adopting them, asks Binoy Kampmark
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Academics under threat here too, ߣߣÊÓƵns stress
While the dangers can be extreme in autocracies and war zones, nowhere is immune
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Five reasons to attend the World Academic Summit 2021
The opportunities afforded by this year’s event are greater than ever before
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Peer review is not the best way to promote major breakthroughs
Identifying and seed-funding scientists with ground-breaking ideas is a low-risk, high-reward alternative to traditional grant funding, says Donald Braben
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Forgotten Wives: How Women Get Written Out of History, by Ann Oakley
Not before time, the female partners whose intellectual contributions enhanced their husbands’ work get long-overdue credit, writes Emma Rees
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Machines of many parts
The humanities can seem to struggle in our science-dominated world, but even a utilitarian view must hold them as foundational to a decent society
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‘Heartbreak’ as research careers ruined by ߣߣÊÓƵn rule tweak
ARC says it communicated rule change clearly, but applicants say it forces them to plagiarise to qualify for funding
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Academics speak out on rising tensions at UK-China branch campuses
Some academics depart China amid allegations of overly strict Covid rules and narrowing space for academic freedom
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The scourge of managerial blah
Much of the language now used by universities feels like a kind of literary lockjaw that is too dull even to poke fun at. Joe Moran considers the causes and disastrous consequences
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The week in higher education - 19 August 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with André Brett
Crawford Medal-winning historian on why New Zealand doesn’t have borders, big screens are a good thing and research grant applications are too long
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Eric Weitz, 1953-2021
Tributes paid to scholar whose ‘vision of rebuilding the humanities and arts’ left deep mark at the City College of New York
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US college Republicans mirroring national party split
Aggrieved pro-Trump offshoots rise on campuses, complete with allegedly rigged national leadership election
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Government funders ‘suppressing health research’
One in five public health researchers pressured to conceal or change their findings, study finds