UKRI open access policy: a revolution in scholarly communication?
Sector relishing support for wider dissemination of scholarship but takes issue with some of the details
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UKRI’s support for green open access is the right way forward
New guidelines have rightly rejected publisher claims that gold is the only sustainable path for open access, say Stephen Eglen and Rupert Gatti
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Elite UK universities take lion’s share of bump in recruitment
Highly selective institutions’ recruitment of English school-leavers up 31 per cent year-on-year, as medical students offered incentives to transfer
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Minister ‘goading v-cs to ignore health fears’ with fees warning
Gavin Williamson says universities should provide face-to-face lectures and should offer refunds if they fall short of student expectations
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University leaders ‘sided against us’ on China: Turnbull
Vice-chancellors acted like fawning retail attendants in Pretty Woman, former prime minister says
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A levels: record number win place at first-choice university
Proportion of school-leavers achieving top grades expected to soar
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Don‘t diss this year’s A-level results: predicted grades have many virtues
Concerns over the rising number of top marks thanks to teacher-assessed grades should not obscure the limitations of the UK’s exam system, says Nick Hillman
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Average classroom master’s fee jumps £1,200 for UK students
Rise could prompt concerns about sustainability of current postgraduate loans system
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Everybody needs good neighbours: Sydney heavyweights pledge détente
Sydney and UNSW vow to collaborate more, while shrugging off snarky stereotypes
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Unions concerned as Georgia pushes post-tenure review
At partisan moment, governing regents pursue new processes allowing for firing of tenured faculty
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Senators warn Biden on international student visa delays
Major delays in embassy processing times suggest State Department is not prioritising issue, lawmakers say
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UK funds ‘as it happens’ research publishing platform
Octopus breaks down traditional scientific outputs into smaller chunks which can then be linked to form ‘chains’ of broader work
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Surviving Katyn: Stalin’s Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth, by Jane Rogoyska
Geoffrey Alderman admires a definitive account of a wartime massacre that remains controversial today
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University of the South Pacific v-c secures reappointment
Pal Ahluwalia to run multi-country university from Samoa, as audit clears management of breaches
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Hong Kong seeks to put traditional Chinese medicine on the map
University-run hospital will be part of a larger push to legitimise local expertise