Elsevier profits near £1 billion despite European disputes
The publisher has reported steady growth and profit margins of more than a third but warned of threat to business from open access
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University-industry IP rivalry ‘thwarting AI innovation’
Business and academia accuse each other of ‘more aggressive’ assertion of intellectual property rights
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Labour sceptical of ‘electoral inducement’ tuition fee cut
Party’s Lifelong Learning Commission will look at longer-term ‘structures’ in contrast to government’s ‘short-term’ review, says Gordon Marsden
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Repository requirements a deal-breaker for Plan S Down Under
Australian and New Zealand open access advocates want more attention paid to ‘green’ model
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All scientific writing can be improved by making it more accessible
Philip Rodenbough sets out a rule to help those writing up research dial in a balance that can pique public interest without boring scholarly peers
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‘Alarming’ insularity of German university leaders revealed
Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds
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Going spare: Brexit could cut off access to feminist journal
Brexit copyright issues may prevent researchers from consulting Spare Rib, which for two decades served as ‘the most popular voice of women’s liberation’ in the UK
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North Carolina in spotlight over race-related admissions emails
Admissions officers wrote of favouring ‘brown babies’, campaign group reveals
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The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life, by Paul Davies
A scientist argues that the secret of life itself lies in networks of data, says Richard Joyner
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Our Psychiatric Future, by Nikolas Rose
A scholarly critique of modern psychiatry falls short of describing what psychiatrists actually do, says Tom Burns
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What are you reading? – 21 February 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How near is biology to completing the puzzle of life?
Despite huge strides in the past 75 years, a recent forum suggests to Jon Turney that there’s still a way to go before biologists’ deep insights at the micro level are mirrored at the macro
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Are universities hotbeds of left-wing bias?
Claims that academics are indoctrinating their students with liberal propaganda are increasingly common in the right-wing media. John Morgan examines why such a conviction has arisen and whether...
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Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt: The Origins of the Morrill Act and the Reform of Higher Education, by Nathan M. Sorber
Long-held beliefs on early US public colleges are compellingly debunked, says Howard P. Segal
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The Spirit of Inquiry: How One Extraordinary Society Shaped Modern Science, by Susannah Gibson
The Cambridge Philosophical Society’s influence on the development of scientific ideas and research cannot be overestimated, writes Geoffrey Cantor