What are you reading? – June 2020
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research hit from Australian funding changes
Fee and subsidy reshuffle curbs universities’ capacity to support their research, but proposed funds could help bridge the gap
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OECD education head: pandemic disruption should mean lower fees
With the key selling point of university – meeting people and having a ‘great experience’ – now gone, Andreas Schleicher sees high fees as unjustified and calls for more government investment
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UK universities look to bump income with postgraduates
Increasing numbers of postgraduates appears to be a win-win, with graduates seeking refuge from a poor job market and universities able to make up for lost income, but there are concerns over the...
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Alleged corruption in academic appointments highlights Cameroon’s PhD glut
Doctoral graduates’ occupation of Higher Education Ministry will do little by itself to solve a structural problem, says Kenneth Nsah
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White paper urges Taiwan to reinvent itself as global talent hub
But local experts lament that recommendations in the US-produced document may be easier said than done  Â
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The systemic inequity of ‘letterhead bias’ in US law journals
Stephen Thomson outlines his evidence of ‘letterhead bias’ in legal academic publishing and suggests ways to dismantle it
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Moving standardised exams online won’t solve our testing problem
Moving paper tests online increases access and security problems. Rather, online exams should be ‘digital first’, says Burr SettlesÂ
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Tackling racism has to be a priority for universities, forum told
Universities must put as much effort into equality and diversity strategies as they do into other areas, say leading academics
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Australian government told that students ‘ignore price signals’
While Australia’s fee and subsidy reshuffle favours job-growth areas, student and institutional recalcitrance may blunt its impact
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Goldsmiths staff ‘at breaking point’ on job losses and racism claims
Casual staff start marking boycott over failure to extend contracts, move seen as having outsized impact on BAME and female academics
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Australian shake-up ‘greatest hit to humanities in a century’
Government’s proposals are contradictory and will torpedo its jobs agenda, humanities lobby warns
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Doubts emerge over effects of Australia’s sweeping fee changes
With student choice relied on to free up money for more university places, critics question the strategy and potential impacts
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Performing arts isn’t the tolerant refuge you think it is
Rishi Trikha says his experiences of racism and homophobia in a conservatoire show that creative fields have to be part of anti-racism conversations, too
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Gender and ethnicity graduate gap outlined by new UK data
First release of Graduate Outcomes, which looks at what people are doing 15 months after leaving university, shows stark differences for some groups Â