Publishers ‘taking funders for a ride’ with mirror journals
Duplicate titles are being set up to get around new open-access requirements, European Commission’s envoy warns
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Science prizes won by women ‘offer less cash and prestige’
Analysis of awards in biology and biomedical sciences between 1968 and 2017 suggests women increasingly likely to win prizes for ‘service’ over research
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UK HE must stay strong in the face of a ‘no deal’ Brexit
Brexit is an opportunity for universities to show what they do best: support the economy, bridge international divides and drive innovation, says Smita Jamdar
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Suicide warning over foreign students ‘suffering in silence’
Tragedies exacerbated by lack of research and information sharing, coroner’s study finds
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Oxford blocks Huawei contracts amid security concerns
University spokesman says decision also covers donations but does not affect ongoing partnerships
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Letters – 17 January 2019
Do the sums before opening a foreign branch As the University of Reading faces egregious losses over its branch campus fiasco (“‘Warning signals ignored’ over branch campus lossesâ€, News, 3 January...
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Germany signs open access publishing deal with Wiley
Country moves away from subscriptions and towards ‘publish and read’ model
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Share of UK students getting a first goes up again
Latest Hesa data also reveal that part-time enrolments are now below 500,000
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French university admissions: the crème de la crème?
Reforms to the French university admission system have ushered in greater selectivity in an attempt to address high dropout rates. But without adequate filtering by family background, will this...
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Mobile Orientations: An Intimate Autoethnography of Migration, Sex Work, and Humanitarian Borders, by Nicola Mai
Barry Reay praises an interdisciplinary study that demolishes stereotypes of slavery, trafficking and exploitation
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What are you reading? – 17 January 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Academic partnerships: perfect harmony
Some research disciplines have their very own ‘Simon and Garfunkel’. Matthew Reisz talks to some of those whose close and enduring collaborations have convinced them that two voices are better than...
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It is time to close the management/staff divide
UK university leaders might be bullish on the subject of institutional failure but the divide between managers and staff needs serious redress
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Placeless People: Writing, Rights, and Refugees, by Lyndsey Stonebridge
Book of the week: writers shine a light on the disturbing gap between human rights and realpolitik, finds Matthew Joseph