Publishers fail to stem tide of illicit ResearchGate uploads
Berlin-based academic network faces court action in US and Germany, and lost more than ā¬12 million (Ā£10.7 million) in 2017, accounts show
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Frontload training in first postdoctoral post, says research head
Liverpool pro vice-chancellor says new positions would be step betweenĀ PhDs and traditional postdoctoral posts
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A āgraduate schoolā should award its own degrees
The Advertising Standards AuthorityĀ is wrong to permit toĀ any provider of training to graduates to declareĀ itself a āgraduate schoolā, says Viv Ellis
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The Value of Ecocriticism, by Timothy Clark
Book of the week: Leo Mellor assesses a bold attempt to make the case for literature and criticism in the light of environmental disaster
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Why Cities Look the Way They Do, by Richard J. Williams
Flora Samuel welcomes an irreverent analysis of todayās cities
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Culture in Nazi Germany, by Michael H. Kater
James Stevens Curl has reservations about an account of the art produced under totalitarianism
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Regaining a sense of place
In a perilous time of populist attacks and constant value critiques, universities should focus on rebuilding trust in their local communities
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What are you reading? ā 20Ā June 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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US House backs increased funding for education and research
Final budget, pending Senate and White House input, may be slightly less generous
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Letters ā 20 June 2019
Politicians should stay out of science Governments attempt to interfereĀ in many areas where there is a significant gap between politiciansā knowledge and expertise in that domain (āIs the Haldane...
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Books editorās blog: even scholarly search algorithms betray bias
Matthew Reisz looks at evidence thatĀ āseemingly objective search toolsāĀ used inĀ libraries can produce baffling and biasedĀ resultsĀ
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Proof and Falsity, by Nils KĆ¼rbis
Stephen Mumford considers a bold attempt to unravel what we mean by the little word ānotā
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The Shining, by K. J. Donnelly
Nathan Abrams considers an attempt to unravel the mysteries of Kubrickās cult masterpiece
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Hypercompetition reshapes research and academic publishing
Analysis of more than 120 million academic publications since the beginning of the 19th century shows more is more as academics compete for attention
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Funding and state buy-in ākey to reshaping Indian universitiesā
Government proposals to create large, multidisciplinary universities hailed as āimportant new driveā but experts say they have āseen this play beforeā