China’s post-pandemic economic slowdown is continuing to depress the graduate job market – and graduates themselves. But while the government looks to universities to address the malaise, many...
Netflix’s university-set romcom is strangely silent about the ethics of college tutors sleeping with their students, says Robert Dingwall
Outgoing rector of University of Oslo says culture of openness changed into one dominated by national priorities during his eight years in charge of Norway’s top-ranked institution
If the UK doesn’t want skilled migrants any more, maybe my contributions would be better appreciated in the Global South, says Meron Wondemaghen
Address early career ‘glass door’ as well as promotion glass ceiling, policymakers urged
US-based researchers have dominated the Nobel prizes, but more than one-third of them were born abroad, drawn by the US’ world-leading research ecosystem. But many Nobel laureates fear that Donald...
Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu
Strong career outcomes of fellowship holders underlines importance of early career support, says academy
Leading light of Cambridge biotech industry Greg Winter says country should seize ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to poach American scientists fleeing Trump cuts
‘AI-powered’ tools used by research sleuths overplay scale of issue now weaponised to defund projects, according to Thomas Südhof
When student complaints were made against a high-achieving female scientist, her institution launched a one-man inquiry that found her blameworthy merely ‘for doing my job’, she writes: a ‘textbook...
Early career researchers are most in need of rapid support for work halted by political interference or sudden funding loss, say five scholars
For one mid-career academic scientist, precarity is becoming unbearable. But they are too experienced for entry-level industry jobs and not experienced enough for senior ones. They’ve stayed too long...
But the full extent of the slashing is still unclear as neither the Trump administration nor Columbia has shared what grants and contracts were ended
Specialist in health and exercise applies years of experience working with patients as she targets completing marathon on Mount Everest