Academic gossip network ‘fails to punish senior scientists’
Anonymous interviews explore how scholars use gossip to warn others of wrongdoers – but it may not always work
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New book attacks China’s gao kao ‘meritocracy’
As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China
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End-of-alphabet surnames ‘do not harm careers’
Myths about the impact of having a surname starting with a letter late in the alphabet have been debunked by a new analysis
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Colombia forges stronger HE links with Britain
Greater student mobility and research partnerships should emerge from an accord that forms part of presidential visit
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US news presenter criticises university ‘vanity projects’
Greta Van Susteren says universities should stop ‘billing’ students for ‘hugely expensive’ new buildings
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Third arrest in New Zealand in overseas loan debt crackdown
Arrest comes as government targets up to 10,000 borrowers living in Australia
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Poi PhD student wins three-minute thesis competition
University of Auckland student claims the top prize for Universitas 21 3MT competitionÂ
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Zimbabwe’s higher education minister battles corruption probe
Jonathan Moyo and deputy deny wrongdoing as fate of $450,000 from skills development fund is investigated
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11 tweets that show what happens if you publicly dismiss the work of academics
When a UK politician questioned the value of academia, scholars were quick to respond, finds Tommaso Grant
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UK-educated Chinese have ‘over-inflated’ salary expectations
Survey of Chinese employers shows UK graduates required to ‘fit back in’ to home culture
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EU funding ‘skewed towards previous winners’
Researchers must have grants to win grants, new study says
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Real World Academics: a response to Glyn Davies MP
The Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire is wrong to say that academics lack ‘real world’ experience, says Emma Sheppard