Universities try to keep abusive researchers on major projects
Leading science funder warns institutions that faculty who mistreat staff can’t remain as grant supervisors
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Hostility on Horizon for next European research commissioner
Deputies of Bulgaria’s Iliana Ivanova likely to have outsized influence on Horizon Europe and its successor, according to a national official unhappy that the planning process belongs to Brussels
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New Zealand course cuts mean ‘catastrophic’ loss of Asia know-how
As a small fish in a very big pond, New Zealand can ill afford to turn its back on its giant neighbours, academics warn
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UK HEIs must embrace the REF’s invitation to improve research culture
The new rules are welcome, but change will only truly occur if institutions finally get over their obsession with publications, says the Hidden REF committee
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Author contests own retraction note after ‘unintentional errors’
Assistant economics professor says he replicated results using a different method but journal editors ignored requests for correction
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Ucea offers deal over marking boycott pay deductions
Employer body seeks to end UCU action but faces more strikes as Unison members vote to walk out
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Let academics keep ownership of spin-out IP, says report
Thinktank advocates Swedish-style ‘professors’ privilege’ model to boost commercialisation efforts
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Japan’s plan to kickstart sciences seen as threat to humanities
Academics voice concerns over ‘short-sightedness’ of programme envisaging opening of dozens of science departments
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Sex trafficking claims tipped to trigger regulatory crackdown
Report into ‘grotesque’ abuses of Australian international education emerges when visa processing system is already straining at the seams
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‘Record’ number of UK universities put pay rises on hold
Employers opt to defer increases as finances squeezed but majority tell THE they are paying up
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US accreditors plead for political relief as attacks mount
As their behind-the-scenes work draws partisan attention, agencies that assess institutional quality differ on tactics and fear Biden doesn’t see urgency in unity
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We must face up to the trade-offs needed to expand apprenticeships
Our message is to hold the policy line. The levy has taken time to bed in, but it would be premature to tear it up and start again, say Chris Husbands and Natalie Day
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Japanese university president forced out over self-plagiarism
University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published the same conference paper on multiple occasions
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UK needs ‘Institute for Scientific Replicability’, says thinktank
Independent centre should be empowered to follow up high-profile findings and promote good practice, says Social Market Foundation report
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University: Cambridge growth plan can help economy ‘take off’
But university insists development ‘must happen for the benefit of everybody who lives in the city and surrounding areas and not at the expense or to the detriment of current residents’