European Research Council bans journal impact factor from bids
For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants
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Academic freedom must include the right to criticise employers
England’s free speech bill should outlaw gag orders that stifle revelations of bad practice, says an anonymous author
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UCU threatens strike action over Sheffield archaeology closure
University council backs shuttering despite widespread opposition
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Kingman: ‘take nothing for granted’ on research spending pledge
Outgoing UKRI chair says this autumn’s spending review will be a ‘make-or-break moment’
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Limited anti-Asian bias found in US admissions data
Georgetown analysis, testing argument of Harvard opponents, sees little ethnic gain from SAT-only metric
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National Student Survey 2021: UK satisfaction hits new low
Survey was completed during major lockdowns in the UK when most students were studying online
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Gender transition leave rises up Australian union’s agenda
Paid time off for gender affirmation among the latest categories of special purpose leave demanded of universities
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French historians ‘being shut out of state archives’
Years of restrictions have stymied scholars’ work on topics such as the Algerian war of independence, and a new law could cement this lack of access
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Should academics be allowed to publish anonymously?
Editors of Journal of Controversial Ideas hope to puncture ‘cancel culture’, but other scholars warn researchers ‘can’t stop being an accountable moral agent’
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University curricula cannot be decolonised unless research is, too
We need knowledge and content that go beyond the Western world to design a meaningful decolonised, research-led curriculum, says Masi Noor
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Brazilian diaspora ‘will not return to universities under attack’
Latin America Summit hears that hostile political climate and lack of research funding in Brazil are preventing the return of scholars overseas
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Canada adds security checks to academic research grant bids
Trudeau creates mandatory review ahead of grant awards, aligning nation closer to US in suspicion of China
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Biden pares back student aid verification requirements
Reduction in paperwork demands comes amid a series of administration initiatives to help low-income borrowers
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Cornel West blasts Harvard’s ‘intellectual bankruptcy’ on way out
Leaving after tenure dispute, celebrated black activist professor criticises leadership
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Latin America University Rankings 2021: editor's note
After the release of the Latin America University Rankings 2021 it was discovered that the research and teaching pillar scores had been incorrectly displayed in the table. The scores incorrectly...