Is standing up for expertise a fool’s errand?
In an era of anti-expert populism, it is more important than ever to stand up for scientific truth. But it is also harder, coming with a high risk of personal attack. Anna McKie speaks to those who...
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Careers intelligence: surviving academic social media’s dark side
As social media becomes an increasing presence in scholarly life, Mark Carrigan looks at how to mitigate its negatives
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Box-ticking is the inevitable result of top-down impositions
Overseeing an Athena SWAN application convinced an anonymous academic that if tasks cannot be properly resourced, they should not be attempted at all
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The week in higher education – 16 January 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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PM says UK ‘will continue to participate’ in Erasmus+
‘No threat’ to UK involvement in European Union’s student mobility programme, Boris Johnson tells MPs
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My experience with the Home Office doesn’t bode well for foreign academics
Poor treatment of migrant academics, especially after Brexit, will severely hurt UK universities, writes Asiya IslamÂ
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Competition drives researchers to counselling – and exit door
Poll of 4,000 researchers reveals half have sought or wanted help for mental health problems, and four in 10 are victims of bullying or harassment
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Protests spur global interest in Hong Kong studies
Academics are taking advantage of their freedom to launch new research, but question how long this will last
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‘Language death’ in Denmark blamed on ‘humanities bashing’
Academics estimate that 32 language degree programmes have closed in the past five years
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Cross-border Irish university ‘would regenerate region’
Experts say Derry-Donegal institution could support access and post-Brexit research collaboration
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Universities are more like sports clubs than businesses
The analogy has lessons for both higher education institutions and the bodies that oversee them, says Richard Oliver
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Australian education bodies take action as bushfires still rage
International education association considers its frequent flyers footprint, as university representative body joins crisis talks
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Austrian coalition challenges university autonomy and teaching
Universities are relieved the Greens have replaced the far right, but see challenges ahead over their management and comprehensive subject mix
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Do edtech apps keep student data safe?
Information collected from educational tools can be highly sensitive, and very valuable – triggering calls for learners to have more say in what happens to it
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Australian academics debate long-term impact of bushfire crisis
As universities help to shoulder the disaster response, experts say the ultimate outcomes from a tragic summer are hard to predict