Researchers are heroic truth tellers
Matthew Reisz considers the researchers who keep on top of the issues we most want to avoid
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OfS threatens fines over handling of sexual misconduct cases
Regulator proposes rules that, if breached, could lead to fines for institutions
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Health research funders should take more account of impact on patients
Scientific excellence is not the only relevant criterion – either morally or legally, says Alex Conway
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Are research links with the developing world still a one-way street?
Researchers in developing countries have often been confined to minor roles as translators and data gatherers. But there are signs that the scales are tipping. Simon Baker considers the extent and...
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Gender wars: the emotional strain of researching sexual violence during conflicts
Anne-Kathrin Kreft tells Matthew Reisz how interviews with Colombian women’s activists left her mentally and physically exhausted – and ideologically transformed
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Research intelligence: the perils of returning home for fieldwork
Reverse culture shock is among the tricky situations that scholars may face when returning to their native country for research fieldwork, says Olga Burlyuk
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Ex-judge to investigate controversial marine research
Australian university scrutinises former student’s research record, as whistleblowers refute ocean acidification theory
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Loss of clinical academics risks patient care, warn UK medics
Falling numbers of NHS-based scholars and lack of research time must be reversed, warns Academy of Medical Sciences
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Labour appoints Emma Hardy to English higher education brief
Hull West and Hessle MP, a former teacher and union official, replaces Gordon Marsden
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Dealing with spam emails ‘costs academia more than peer review’
Study suggests that ‘predatory’ spam targeted specifically at scholars costs universities $1.1 billion annually
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Depth of opposition to Chinese admissions quotas revealed
Academics call for reform of system that favours students from wealthy cities
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Lib Dems press to keep UK in EU research programmes and Erasmus
Party tables amendments to withdrawal agreement bill, but may struggle to overcome Boris Johnson’s majority
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Academic freelancing growth ‘could damage researcher development’
Study finds that some scholars can earn lucrative rewards from international contracts, but may deprive domestic postgraduates of vital experience
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Russian ‘foreign agent’ rules are chilling academic freedom
The looseness of regulations around collaboration with overseas contacts will intimidate scholars into silence and isolation, says Katarzyna Kaczmarska
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One in three union members joined strikes, say employers
UCU says that universities should focus on solving dispute ‘instead of trying to spin their way out of this’