Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union, by Stella Ghervas
Gabriel Paquette is impressed by an ambitious account of how a continent has kept trying to reinvent itself after major wars
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Asian leaders warn against ‘prescriptive’ innovation policies
Sector leaders say governments should ‘nudge’, not direct, university commercialisation efforts
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‘Follow up’ innovation key to equitable prosperity
Centres of invention such as Silicon Valley ‘a model for burgeoning inequality’, summit hears
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Commercialisation my ‘number one priority’: Tudge
Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students’ return
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Mariana Mazzucato: greed holding back, not helping, vaccine drive
Boris Johnson ‘completely wrong’ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ‘reeks of insecurity’, innovation expert tells THE summit
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SDG badges for courses and students put sustainability at our core
Students want to learn more about sustainable development and feel prepared for the jobs of the future, says Jamie McGowan
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Elite universities are falling short on their green promises
The woeful environmental record of the UK’s research-intensive universities illustrates a lack of leadership and incentives to cut emissions, says Bill Spence
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US lawmakers back more research funding but want it spread wider
Senators warm to massive federal funding hike, but with greater share for non-elite institutions
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Indian scholars fear further squeeze on freedom as sector expands
Academics question whether autonomy will be protected as an ambitious national policy is implemented
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Could pandemic put paid to conference publishing?
Initial data suggest a drop in published proceedings amid shift to virtual events
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Beyond the academy: what all PhD students should know
A failure of imagination and aversion to networking is preventing doctoral students finding rewarding careers outside academia, says Max Horder
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Celebration of Prince Philip’s stoicism has little meaning for students
Qualities of silent endurance and self-containment embodied by the Duke of Edinburgh are unlikely to resonate with, or help, a generation of students faced with adversity, says Adrian Furnham
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Open access deals ‘shift scholars towards big publishers’
German study finds academics favouring Springer Nature and Wiley, with authors warning smaller publishers could be squeezed out
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Extra study time in lockdown ‘may have driven rise in firsts’
Universities UK and GuildHE say ‘unintended consequence’ of pandemic was less time for socialising, more time for studying
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Middle East ‘needs regional funder’ to push research collaboration
Co-authorship between academics based in Middle East, North Africa and Turkey is limited, study finds