The week in higher education – 15 April 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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15 April 2021 digital edition
Viral revolution: how has Covid-19 changed research culture?
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Peace is in peril but universities can make a difference
Celebrating diversity, reforming curricula and working closely with local communities are all ways in which higher education institutions can better foster peacebuilding, says Rocky Tuan
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Axeing London weighting cash ‘will push universities into red’
London Higher says government proposal will ‘take away a lifeline’ for city’s universities
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Bullying up: academic ‘incivility’ exerts heavy toll on deans
Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on making the ‘disordered cosmos’ add up
‘The first Black woman on the tenure track in theoretical cosmology’ tells Matthew Reisz about her struggles to reconcile a pristine childhood image of science with the reality she confronts by using...
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Has the pandemic changed research culture – and is it for the better?
Covid-19 has prompted an explosion in preprints but has curtailed networking and underlined the extra pressures on women and junior academics. Simon Baker asks whether the pandemic era is a dark blip...
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Cuts to international research are a wrong turn for a country going global
The UK has an ambitious R&D road map but the necessary steps must be taken by politicians and funding bodies, says Andrew Thompson
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Public funding for European universities holds up despite Covid
Three countries even received double-digit increases in 2020, but with so much new government debt, some fear cuts could be in store further down the line
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Brexit red tape endangering vital experiments, says UK laboratory
Border hold-ups and complex new rules are causing supply shortages in laboratories that jeopardise research, says Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Impact Rankings 2021: methodology
The ߣߣÊÓƵ Impact Rankings measure global universities’ success in delivering the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we explain how we arrived at the results
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Impact Rankings 2021: no poverty (SDG 1) methodology
This ranking focuses on universities’ research on poverty and their support for poor students and poor members of their local community. View the methodology for the Impact Rankings 2021 to find out...
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Impact Rankings 2021: reduced inequalities (SDG 10) methodology
This ranking focuses on universities’ research on social inequalities, their policies on discrimination and their commitment to recruiting staff and students from under-represented groups. View the ...
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Impact Rankings 2021: sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) methodology
The focus of this ranking goes beyond the traditional view of sustainability as being about stewardship of resources to also look at the role of a university in sustaining and preserving the heritage...
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Impact Rankings 2021: responsible consumption and production (SDG 12) methodology
This ranking focuses on the efficient use of resources and minimising waste. Universities must play their part in ensuring that their consumption is minimised, especially where resources are not...