Macron’s pan-European academy ‘welcome but needs work’
French president seeks to rejuvenate thinking about common continental identity
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Academics’ unscientific assertions on Covid are exacerbating division
The pandemic has demonstrated that there are broad deficiencies in quantitative reasoning skills even within the academy, says David Sanders
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US judge sides with Florida professors in voting rights case
In free speech battle, court agrees that university and conservative governor still pose a threat to basic faculty rights
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Melbourne fights order to reveal its landholdings
Australia’s wealthiest university locks horns with one of its own academics, who says ‘the public has a right to know’
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Tackle precarity or lose ‘sense of community’, says v-c
Cara Aitchison says UK universities should prioritise concerns like precarity, gender pay gap and ‘compassion for deep tired’ staff
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Talking leadership 7: Rianne Letschert on how academics are assessed
The Maastricht University president and rector is shifting the emphasis away from only research, despite pushback from Nobel laureate
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After 30 years of STEM, it is time to move on
Privileging one set of subjects with a catchy acronym may once have served a purpose, but that has long since been outlived, says Andy MiahÂ
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Female and minority researchers ‘focus on less popular topics’
Unequal distribution may explain ‘inequality in scholarly outcomes’ and lead to some areas becoming ‘systematically understudied’
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What are you reading? – January 2022
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Frost’s departure offers hope of thaw in Horizon Europe impasse
But experts warn there is little hope of progress while relations remain in ‘freezer’
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Pakistan’s universities must do more to stop contract cheating
Enlisting miscreants to help improve understanding of contract cheating, as part of their punishment, could be a way forward, says Kholah Yaruq Malik
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Professor takes on China’s biggest academic database – and wins
World’s biggest digital library of Chinese journals under pressure over copyright infringement
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New Year Honours 2022: damehoods for pioneering female leaders
Julie Lydon and Sarah Springman recognised alongside vice-chancellors, UUK chief executive and former UCU leader
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Mediterranean take on the metaverse scores first with master’s
Cypriot university to launch degree focusing on Zuckerberg-backed virtual worlds
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Think global, pitch national, pivot local
UK higher education is in robust shape, but it must be willing to build multiple bridges in 2022, says David Bell