Japanese scholars fear further assaults on academic freedom
Yoshihide Suga’s rejection of appointees to the Science Council of Japan may be opening shot in ‘symbolic war’, says professor
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Quarter of citations in top journals ‘wrong or misleading’
Forensic analysis of citations within leading scientific periodicals reveals alarming lack of rigour in academic referencing
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Change male academics to create gender parity, universities told
Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been ‘strangely silent’ about masculinity in academia, professor argues
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Business school academics: where is your career going?
Four archetypal career tracks exist for business school academics − management, research, academic entrepreneurship and teaching − and you probably need to choose one
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UK plans on student visas fail to empower entrepreneurialism
The government’s illogical restrictions deny the country a potential source of post-Brexit growth, argues Dylan Jones-Evans
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A tale of two viruses
As Covid-19 stalks student halls, universities are accused of allowing intolerance to infect ideals of academic freedom. But is the criticism fair?
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The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination, by Richard Evans
Robert Eaglestone has reservations about a pre-eminent historian’s analysis of the continuing myths about the Nazis
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Anonymise online courses ‘to protect students from foreign laws’
New guidance suggests UK universities could introduce Chatham House rule for seminars to protect recruits from countries with repressive governments
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England’s pre-Christmas lockdown plan ‘unworkable’
Department for Education says details on when universities must stop in-person teaching will be released ‘shortly’
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US universities’ new intakes shrink 16 per cent year-on-year
Freshers and international recruits stay away as overall enrolment drops 4 per cent
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University of Adelaide sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced by and paid for by the University of Adelaide
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Interview with Philippe Sands
The human rights barrister and author reflects on his path into international law, the university course that changed history and what the UK’s ‘lazy’ and ‘narcissistic’ prime minister could learn...
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Home Office ‘wants to work with UK sector on welcoming message’
Immigration minister signals dramatic brightening of departmental tone after May era as new ‘streamlined’ student visa route launches
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The week in higher education – 15 October 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Covid-19 surge on campuses ‘risks poisoning town-gown relations’
As resentment simmers over increasing student cases in cities, expert says institutions must work hard demonstrate their worth to their communities