Campaigners fear growing donor influence on US campuses
University fundraising income continues to grow, but comes from shrinking group of wealthy benefactors
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The risks of not sharing data are greater than the costs
Large investments are needed to make research data open and accessible but tackling global problems depends on it, says Paul AyrisÂ
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Chinese researchers increasingly critical of coronavirus response
Professors on the mainland and overseas defying government guidelines as outbreak spreads
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US hails success of Lieber arrest in chilling China ties
Harvard case was meant to get academia’s attention, and did, prosecutors proclaim
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Funder may not announce 2021 grant awards before 2022 deadline
Australian researchers fear wasting weeks writing potentially pointless applications
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THE podcast: data special – in 2020 has HE recovered from the financial crash?
THE data editor Simon Baker on the biggest data stories in HE so far this year
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Mass resignations at Wiley journal over academic independence
Former editors-in-chief at European Law Journal say the departure of editorial boards raises issue about ‘who owns’ scholarly journals
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It’s time for a national lifelong learning strategy in the UK
With business backing for education declining, the government must invest to ensure that universities can offer a lifetime of learning opportunities, says Jonathan Michie
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Angry protests belie moderation of US campus Republicans
While xenophobes get headlines, conservative students show political flexibility
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Australian National University vows to go ‘carbon negative’
Australian university promises ‘carbon negative’ footprint as v-c reflects on a summer of fire, ice and virus
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Book editor’s blog: bewitching tales of whales, wombs and more
Scholars have striking stories to tell, Matthew Reisz concludes from his experience judging a prize for academics seeking to bring their work to a wider readership
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Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents, by Matthew L. Schuerman
Richard J. Williams praises a complex even-handed analysis of what has happened to our cities Â
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An Ethical Guidebook to the Zombie Apocalypse: How to Keep Your Brain without Losing Your Heart, by Bryan Hall
John Shand has mixed feelings about a book using horror film scenarios to teach moral philosophy
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Opportunity knocks?
As China’s influence grows, UK scholars question how best to collaborate. A post-Brexit transition may offer change to more than our EU relationship
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Break on Through: Radical Psychiatry and the American Counterculture, by Lucas Richert
Steven Groarke is unconvinced by an overview of 1970s challenges to mainstream approaches to mental health