Singapore’s ‘fake news’ law undermines the credibility of academic expertise
And opens up scholarly discourse to political tampering, says Linda Lim
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UK universities cut carbon emissions despite using more energy
Calls made for campuses to do more to help tackle climate change
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Turkey’s ‘Academics for Peace’ face ‘legal barbarism’
Istanbul scholar Füsun Üstel becomes first academic to go to jail for signing 2016 peace declaration
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Australian colleges collar part of Labor’s university giveaway
Money pledged for universities carved up and back-ended, opposition document suggests
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Helping students learn from each other is integral to university learning
Programmes that establish solid working relationships between students can help avoid their studying in isolation, argue Gareth Hughes, Brian Clegg, Dave Jarman and Philip Langton
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Chinese recruitment slowdown ‘threatens Australian research’
Gravy train being shunted into siding as interest from Chinese mainland wanes
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Springer Nature proposes model for open access transition
Suggested approach could see content from Nature made freely available
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Harvard expels professor after decades of sexual harassment
University promises study of how former vice-provost’s behaviour persisted for so long
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Alarums and Excursions: Improvising Politics on the European Stage, by Luuk van Middelaar
Book of the week: Christopher Hill considers a notably sharp analysis of the challenges the EU faces today
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What are you reading? – 9 May 2019
A weekly glimpse over the shoulder of our scholar-reviewers
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Kardashian Kulture: How Celebrities Changed Life in the 21st Century, by Ellis Cashmore
To what extent have the Kardashians and their kind truly empowered women and overturned social and cultural rules? asks Milly Williamson
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Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America, by Thomas Milan Konda
Today’s conspiracists see all social phenomena as resulting from dark intrigues – but why, Jane O’Grady wants to know
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US House moves to boost education and research spending
Initial moves on 2020 budget suggest another reversal of Trump priorities
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Letters – 9 May 2019
Journal ‘bias’ not so bleak for women after all Melinda Duer and Athene Donald paint a bleak picture of women’s opportunities in academic publishing in their article “Turbocharge drive to ensure...
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Books editor’s blog: should anthropology play a role in advocating for displaced people?
Matthew Reisz on the ideals archaeology and anthropology need to live up to