Universities and cities too often fail both homeowners and students
As enrolment expansion far outstrips campus housing capacity, universities must take more responsibility for local neighbourhoods, says Harvey Graff
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Chinese Academy of Sciences ‘should focus on big-science centres’
CAS in danger of losing relevance as university research gains ground, study finds
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Why political scientists should talk to annoying strangers
Casual encounters are a chance to correct the public's irritating assumption that political science is all about elections, says Christopher Hallenbrook
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New Zealand university ordered to rerun redundancy process
Court fines Auckland University of Technology over breach of regulator’s order
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German universities taking six years to act on plagiarism claims
Ombudsmen need more resources and voluntary investigators need recognition if fabrication is finally to be taken seriously, says sleuth
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Japan tries tax breaks to get companies to hire more PhD students
Lacklustre employment for doctorate holders betrays ‘disconnect’ between academia and private sector employers, scholars say
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Westminster Accounts reveal MPs with second jobs in universities
MPs earn more than £250,000 from roles in sector, while all-party parliamentary groups get in excess of £500,000
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International students ‘less likely’ to report sexual misconduct
Paper calls for mandatory consent training and improved complaints processes
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India’s branch campus plans may not germinate without seed funding
A lack of financial incentives, on top of academic freedom concerns, is likely to put off many overseas institutions, says Saikat Majumdar
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Harvard reinstates fellowship ‘blocked over Israel criticism’
Kennedy School dean Elmendorf, under sustained protest, apologises and invites celebrated Human Rights Watch leader
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ChatGPT: tool or terminator?
OpenAI’s chatbot has wowed the world by producing astonishingly well-formed written responses to questions. Is it about to turn academia upside down?
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19 January 2023 digital edition
Boxing clever: Dame Mary Beard on public debate, prejudice and life after Cambridge
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Florida college presidents restrict critical race theory teaching
Prodded by DeSantis, heads of all 28 campuses promise to hinder attempts to explain racial inequities to students
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Fewer first-class degrees awarded in UK as grades finally fall
One in three degrees were firsts last year, but this is still above pre-pandemic levels
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Treasury ‘sceptical’ of claims about economic value of research
Former political advisers say frequently used figures to advocate for research funding do not sway government thinking