Other professions don’t tolerate public rudeness. Why do academics?
Scholars should model the constructive criticism of ideas, not yell ‘you're wrong’ during each other’s talks, says Katy Barnett
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Levelling up research funding requires a fine balance
Policy should focus more on research’s benefits to a region than on where it is conducted, say Sarah Chaytor, Grace Gottlieb and Graeme Reid
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Retractions of popular papers ‘often go unnoticed’
Analysis argues that science has a ‘critical problem’ because its self-correction process is slow and ineffective
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Remote working ‘boosting managerialism’ in academia
Move online may have been green but could damage impactful research, THE’s UK Academic Salon hears
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Science minister’s junior role ‘may harm R&D funding push’
Exclusion of science minister from Downing Street meetings is cause for concern, says former political aide
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Jo Johnson: self-censorship on China ‘biggest free speech issue’
In wake of campus free speech bill plan, Tory ex-minister says UK-China links must be regulated to avert ‘genuine threat to free speech’
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China Subject Ratings 2021 report
Click here to download a free copy of the China Subject Ratings 2021 report
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Hundreds of US colleges not worth cost, says Gates Foundation
Powerful organisation moves to rank economic value of university education to students
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Literature reviews ‘poach attention’ from original research
Future citations of a journal paper drop by more than a third after being included in a review
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Call for universities to publish annual data on harassment
Greater transparency would provide a more accurate picture of sexual misconduct in sector, campaigners say after Everyone’s Invited allegations
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English universities fear legal minefield under free speech bill
New statutory tort would aim to protect ‘political minorities’, but critics fear it will mean ‘risk-assessing the life out of campus’
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Universities’ humanities provision should never become history
Even in a post-pandemic era of STEM and vocational education, the study of history must remain an option for all, says Sir Keith Burnett
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Australia ‘should pre-empt Chinese education boycott’
Researchers advocate realignment of international agencies, saying sector cannot wait for the next instalment of China’s trade war
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Death of the lecture greatly exaggerated, says St Andrews v-c
Sally Mapstone tells QAA conference that lecture will continue to evolve, but will not disappear
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China Subject Ratings 2021: China outperforms rest of world
Chinese universities are on a par with institutions in the UK, US and Canada when judged against China’s classification of subjects