Malaysia debates future of race-based admissions quota
Experts question government decision to continue reserving 90Â per cent of pre-university programme places to Malay majority
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Scientists ‘must be free to question the unquestionable’
Peter Ridd’s victory in unfair dismissal case raises questions about limits of scientific consensus
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Ontario’s hopes for performance-based funding seen as optimistic
US experience suggests budget shift has little impact on colleges’ results
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To close the student attainment gap universities must lead by example
The sector needs to share its successes and its failures to make progress, says Janet BeerÂ
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New models ‘reshaping how historians write’
Fragmentary, first-person accounts are challenging the staid traditions of the monograph, event hears
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Singapore’s ‘fake news’ law undermines the credibility of academic expertise
And opens up scholarly discourse to political tampering, says Linda Lim
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UK universities cut carbon emissions despite using more energy
Calls made for campuses to do more to help tackle climate change
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Turkey’s ‘Academics for Peace’ face ‘legal barbarism’
Istanbul scholar Füsun Üstel becomes first academic to go to jail for signing 2016 peace declaration
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Australian colleges collar part of Labor’s university giveaway
Money pledged for universities carved up and back-ended, opposition document suggests
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Helping students learn from each other is integral to university learning
Programmes that establish solid working relationships between students can help avoid their studying in isolation, argue Gareth Hughes, Brian Clegg, Dave Jarman and Philip LangtonÂ
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Chinese recruitment slowdown ‘threatens Australian research’
Gravy train being shunted into siding as interest from Chinese mainland wanes
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Springer Nature proposes model for open access transition
Suggested approach could see content from Nature made freely available
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Harvard expels professor after decades of sexual harassment
University promises study of how former vice-provost’s behaviour persisted for so long
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Alarums and Excursions: Improvising Politics on the European Stage, by Luuk van Middelaar
Book of the week: Christopher Hill considers a notably sharp analysis of the challenges the EU faces today
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What are you reading? – 9 May 2019
A weekly glimpse over the shoulder of our scholar-reviewers