World Academic Summit: what can universities do to foster entrepreneurship?
Julie Devonshire calls on universities to help students to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial aspiration and action
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Norway sets open access target
All research papers should be openly available by 2024, says Norwegian government
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Professors cause outrage by lamenting ‘culture of inner-city blacks’
Penn and San Diego law academics’ opinion piece, arguing ‘all cultures are not equal’, brings calls for institutions to speak out
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The R-factor: a new way to rate journal articles?
New metric measures how reliable scientific claims turn out to be – but calculating it could be an enormous task
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Blind marking ‘does little’ to reduce student attainment gaps
Difference in performance by gender and ethnicity ‘pervasive’ despite assessment changes, study says
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Data bite: which countries are best at cross-border collaboration?
Data from the THE World University Rankings suggest that European nations come top for co-authorship of papers
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World University Rankings 2018 methodology
With more data from more institutions, our 2018 rankings give a bigger picture than ever before. Here we explain the methodology that underpins the tables
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Universities’ role in turbulent times
Community contribution matters as much as teaching and research, says Karen Stanton
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Academics push South Africa to open apartheid-era archives
Witwatersrand conference hears that scholars have much to learn from material that activists are seeking to make public
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University of Miami shuns links with Cuba under local pressure
Meeting with representatives of the Cuban exile community have helped shaped plans for its flagship research institute
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Why the mental ill health of academic researchers remains a hidden problem
More work is needed to understand the mental health needs of researchers, say Susan Guthrie and Catie Lichten
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Scientists challenge stereotypes with selfies
Instagram posts aim to overcome perception that researchers are typically male and white
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PhD thesis: writing it up (and the art of procrastination)
Mike Smith reveals six of the most useful pieces of advice he has been able to give his PhD students over the years
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Universities’ focus on careers ‘fails to address global division’
Head of NYU Abu Dhabi says that undergraduates must be taught skills to create ‘a world of common understanding’