NIH backs pathway to expand research of psychedelic drugs
Promising studies in treating mental illness leave Collins eyeing expansion in politically sensitive area
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Let’s do away with pretence that researchers work eight-hour days
Major scientific breakthroughs require people to be in their labs well beyond nine to five, and we ought to acknowledge this openly, suggests Eneli Kindsiko
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Belarusian universities condemned for expelling protesters
As feared, the country’s universities are being used as a weapon to crush dissent against the regime, several academic organisations say
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Is the future of history writing in the first person?
With history books increasingly including first-person, ‘confessional’ elements, authors explain why they take this approach, while other historians reflect on the dangers
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Australian political parties duel on research commercialisation
Liberals go focus on undergraduates with collaboration push while Labor hawks reconstruction fund
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‘Governance of scientific advice’ key issue for next pandemic
Those who understand how their advice is likely to be implemented are more able to make it constructive, professor says
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Gender pay gap ‘starts in student wage expectations’
Study of Swiss students finds men and women overestimate their graduate earnings, but men do it more significantly
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A master’s degree is not about getting research results
Students would be far better advised to focus on demonstrating their mastery of research skills, says Gordon Message
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Universities ‘beacons of hope’ in ‘undiplomatic times’
But academics need to navigate political tensions, even in their classrooms
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East Asia gets back to business as usual as the storm wanes
Largely sheltered from the pandemic-related financial fallout that has beset higher education in Western nations, East Asian institutions are being boosted by state funds and local philanthropists...
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Asia University Rankings 2021: table information
Key statistics The information shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from...
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Asia University Rankings 2021: power couples
Do neighbour institutions work closely together to boost their overall standing or do they tend to play to their strengths in a particular discipline?
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THE Asia University Rankings 2021 digital edition
Unlike their Western counterparts, many East Asian institutions have escaped the pandemic fallout from the absence of international students, and are flourishing with state investment and support
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Asia University Rankings 2021: results announced
Japan achieves best performance in six years, but China still tops the regional ranking
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Editor-in-chief leaves JAMA after journal’s racism denials
Podcast denying systemic racist attitudes in medicine seen as emblematic of leadership at top periodical