New female principal investigators in UK ‘paid £5K less than men’
Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests
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Practical tips for overcoming the fear of failure – and success
Impostor syndrome, feeling misunderstood and pressure to stay on top can plague many academics. Magdalena Bak-Maier advises how to prevent them derailing your efficiency
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Trump issues free speech order, without power to compel
Edict reveals limited levers available to US president
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More than quarter of UK HE institutions post deficits
Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability
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Germany offsets demographic decline with recruitment abroad
One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study
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Universities challenged over Asian Americans’ workplace struggles
Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula
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Nature editor: researchers should be forced to make data public
But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields, says Magdalena Skipper
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US admissions scandal: hiding your privilege is an unacceptable privilege
Elite US universities’ history of acknowledging hereditary advantage at least came with a sense of social obligation, says Amanda Louise Johnson
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End use of ‘statistical significance’ in results, scholars urge
Editorial in journal special issue says ‘arbitrary’ p-value threshold for analysing results has become ‘meaningless’
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Letters – 21 March 2019
Plan S: learned societies have a lot to lose In the article “Plan S may ‘consolidate power of big publishers’, academy warns” (News, 15 March, www.timeshighereducation.com), David Sweeney, executive...
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor – 21 March 2019
All campus life is here
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There’s life in sun and shadow both
A large world-class university may eclipse a less renowned neighbour, but an education ecosystem rich in diversity can benefit all in the area
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The ‘privileged poor’: universities are far from all inclusive
Anthony Abraham Jack’s new book distinguishes two kinds of under-represented students and sets out what universities need to do if they truly want to recruit the most disadvantaged students. Matthew...
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Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point, by Gyan Prakash
Book of the week: A riveting tale of India’s imposition of exceptional powers has new resonance for Priyamvada Gopal
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Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher and the Fate of the Enlightenment, by Robert Zaretsky
Why was the Russian empress drawn to a French intellectual opponent? asks Yvonne Sherratt