UK’s high visa costs ‘putting off researchers’
Near-£16,000 bill for researcher and their family to relocate is among the highest in the world and could endanger science investment target, says UUK
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UK ‘on the brink’ of losing Horizon Europe participation
Russell Group head says window for association is ‘closing fast’ as political row rolls on
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Impact Rankings 2022: remote working policies rise post-Covid
South American universities catching up with rest of the world on homeworking practices, according to THE data
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The REF is an exercise in fantasy accountancy and management
Long-standing debates about what ‘research quality’ means make it obvious that the REF can be little more than make-believe, says Martyn Hammersley
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Parents ‘overly optimistic’ about children’s university prospects
Disadvantaged families have upbeat expectations for their offspring but underestimate the barriers, study suggests
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The UK has international students to thank for its high REF scores
The extent of research‘s cross-subsidisation by overseas student fees is too rarely understood by policymakers and academics alike, says Ruth Arnold
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International students ‘steering clear’ of Australian bush
Policies to attract foreign students to Australia’s regional areas are not changing their instinctive preference for the cities, analysis suggests
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All international students need more help to adjust to university
Even students who have spent many years in UK secondary schools struggle to make the transition, says Pat Moores
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China’s biggest academic database faces anti-monopoly probe
Law experts call for broader effort to improve authors’ copyright interests
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Norway fires research council board amid overspending claims
Research minister shocks sector with purge at top of supposedly profligate funder
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Canada tries no-male job hunts to boost university equality
Government’s major research funders set hard deadline of 2029 for fair distribution of major federal science grant money and see gender exclusion as smart pathway
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Is China taking an isolationist stance on higher education?
Cancellation of international exams and pronouncements on rankings trigger debate
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‘No end in sight’ to Korean university admissions nepotism
Corruption only likely to get worse as higher education sector becomes more stratified, say scholars
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The REF does not disadvantage practice-based subjects
There is no evidence in art and design that the REF drives a wedge between research and students' interests, says Victoria Kelley
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Interview with Raymond Geuss
The Cambridge-based US philosopher explains how his father’s vexed relationship with Catholicism led him to philosophy and why the student idealism he witnessed in West Germany in 1968 caused him to...