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Australia pioneers ‘stacking’ of microcredentials into degrees
- 11 Aug 2021
Comparison websites on the way as admissions centres reinvent their services amid emerging needs and demographic change
Nicholas Dirks: the ‘two cultures’ must finally be reconciled
- 11 Aug 2021
Resistance to the knowledge generated by science will only be overcome with the help of the humanities. But what can universities do to bridge C. P. Snow’s famous divide between these fields, which endures to this day?
Will a Facebook-style news feed aid discovery or destroy serendipity?
- 11 Aug 2021
Academics’ reading lists are increasingly directed by algorithms. But are the recommendation services of platforms such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Mendeley distorting science? And might AI ultimately lead it to a disastrous echo chamber? David Matthews reports
Interview with Wang Gungwu
- 11 Aug 2021
Former Hong Kong v-c and expert on the overseas Chinese experience talks about living through nearly a century of Asian history
Should academics be allowed to publish anonymously?
- 11 Aug 2021
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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How many staff does my university employ? Good luck finding out
- 11 Aug 2021
Four different datasets, four different stories: Australian university staffing statistics ‘impossible to reconcile’
University staff less happy and more anxious than UK average
- 11 Aug 2021
Sizeable number of staff members struggled over course of pandemic and are suffering from chronic stress and exhaustion, researchers say
What is a highly cited paper worth? About £10,000 a year
- 11 Aug 2021
Publishing a well-received paper could boost a scholar’s income by $13,500, says US study
US faculty pay drops for first time since Great Recession
- 11 Aug 2021
Pandemic drove down wages at two-thirds of institutions, AAUP annual survey finds
US universities anticipating major leadership turnover post-Covid
- 11 Aug 2021
Easing of pandemic a moment for many campus presidents to take a break and others to be pushed out
Europe mulls scientific ‘war games’ to prepare for future crises
- 11 Aug 2021
Commission considers suggestion that ‘fire drill’ exercises could help prepare for environmental, health or economic disasters
Is it time to reassess student assessment?
- 11 Aug 2021
The pandemic has accelerated numerous experiments in assessment for the digital age, moving beyond simple knowledge recall. But is the traditional exam really obsolete? As the dust settles on another marking season, seven academics give their widely differing views
Interview with Sudhir Hazareesingh
- 11 Aug 2021
Wolfson History Prize winner explains how Toussaint Louverture was a ‘spiritual ancestor’ of Black Lives Matter
Research intelligence: carrying out community-led research
- 11 Aug 2021
Community-led research is often seen as a social justice response to centuries of exploitative study, but exponents say it also produces better science
Research intelligence: how to write a compelling narrative CV
- 11 Aug 2021
With ‘storytelling’ CVs becoming crucial in hiring and funding decisions, Jack Grove explores how academics can craft compelling research statements
Welcome to the Committee of No
- 11 Aug 2021
We all need to be strategic about where we devote our service time – especially those of us most inclined to say ‘yes’, say seven academics
Banning journal impact factors is bad for Dutch science
- 11 Aug 2021
Abandoning measurable evaluation criteria will make judgements more political and more random, say Raymond Poot and Willem Mulder
Prioritise women for research funding, Chinese universities told
- 11 Aug 2021
Policy revamp aims to tackle gender inequality
Is it a good idea to treat postgraduate researchers as staff?
- 11 Aug 2021
As a union steps up the fight in the UK, wide variation in the treatment of PhD candidates continues around the world
Scholars departing for industry must not feel alone
- 11 Aug 2021
Universities must do more to help those dissatisfied with academic life as they seek a career in industry, says Mayra Ruiz Castro
