The week in higher education − 20 February 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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20 February 2020 digital edition
Still at your desk? How not to wilt in academia’s hothouse
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London calling: half of foreign applicants target capital
International students nearly twice as likely as domestic applicants to apply to campuses in the city
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Stefano Bloch: life and death in LA’s graffiti subculture
During his time as a graffiti writer, Stefano Bloch was chased by the police, threatened by gangsters and witnessed savage violence. He tells Jack Grove about how he has incorporated such experiences...
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The EU will not tolerate cherry-picking by the UK
UK academics love the ERC, but selective participation in Horizon Europe is unlikely to be on the table, says John Womersley
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Plos strikes California deal as big publishers drop paywalls
Goal is to help subscription-free pioneers survive as their idea gains wide adoption
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Ethnic minority students ‘less likely to think marking was fair’
Analysis of National Student Survey results also reveals black students’ doubts about lecturers’ attempts to make subject matter interesting
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UK’s post-Brexit immigration plan includes points for PhDs
But Home Office’s planned salary threshold of £25,600 brings UUK call to avoid ‘unintended negative consequences’
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UCL picks Sydney v-c Michael Spence as next president
Legal scholar to return to UK to succeed Michael Arthur in January 2021
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Midlife crisis? Academic satisfaction lowest at 43, says study
Paper confirms that academics with permanent posts are on average more satisfied with their job than those on temporary contracts
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Lottery for research grants backed by New Zealand academics
Researchers support funder’s random allocation of research grants by a two-to-one margin, study says
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Funding on the line as Irish universities await new government
Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil both pledged changes to tuition fees, maintenance grants and university funding ahead of election
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Branch campuses are unlikely to blossom
Coventry University’s endeavours notwithstanding, other international education initiatives are more sustainable, say Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit
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Employers refuse to back down on eve of UK university strikes
Universities decline to make fresh offers on pay and pensions as union prepares for second round of industrial action
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Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020: results announced
Mainland China continues to lead ranking, but South Africa and Saudi Arabia have highest average scores in top 200