Overseas research cuts threaten UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda
Imminent research cuts linked to GCRF reductions could fall heavily on UK’s regions, figures show
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Oxford doctoral system criticised as Wolf thesis finally released
Lack of transparency in examinations under spotlight as US feminist’s dissertation finally lodged in Bodleian
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Is the benefit of the REF really worth the cost?
Simpler options are imperfect but perhaps no more so than the panels’ unavoidably cursory ‘peer review’ of submissions, says Dorothy Bishop
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International students focus on open borders, not Covid caseloads
Covid safety almost a liability as Australia and New Zealand relegated as ‘spectators’ rather than participants in international education recovery
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Tory MPs urge minister to intervene over campus ‘antisemitism’
Education Committee chair says Bristol’s handling of David Miller case has created ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students akin to ‘1930s Germany’
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National Academy of Sciences votes in new class with gender equity
Women gain milestone at prestigious science body although racial divide remains wide
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Florida professor quits after graduate assistant’s suicide
Tao Li to leave amid ongoing investigations into 2019 death of Huixiang Chen
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Teaching intelligence: how to encourage entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship skills can benefit students and society, but many universities aren’t giving the area the attention it needs, experts tell Anna McKie
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French professor free to harass hydroxychloroquine critics online
Eric Chabriere’s attacks against critics of hydroxychloroquine are seen as a sign of the social-media-induced radicalisation that has occurred during the pandemic
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Course closures ‘inevitable’ consequence of Westminster policy
Aston and London South Bank are latest institutions to shutter humanities and social sciences degrees
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Half of young people want earlier return for students in England
But poll finds opinion fairly evenly divided among general population
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EU-backed tool to combat cheating in online exams finally ready
‘Tesla’ creators say accuracy and security in design were more important than rushed roll-out
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Academics must stand up for their publishing rights
Be careful about what you give away in your excitement about signing a contract for a book, says Lennard Davis
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What are you reading? – April 2021
Our regular look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Work to rule at Liverpool over ‘rank and yank’ cuts
Union threatens strikes and marking boycott after staff identified for redundancy based on research grant income and citation impact scores