The week in higher education – 13 February 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Race on to create online courses for virus-stranded students
Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say
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UKRI wants monographs to be open access by 2024
Proposals are likely to raise concerns over the future of longer-form academic publishing
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Teaching intelligence: get to grips with ‘research-led teaching’
Olga Burlyuk explores the different conceptions, challenges and possibilities within the practice
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Offensive social media posts should not block university admission
If a college education makes people more liberal, it is potentially the best remedy for bigotry, says Kate Eichhorn
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Is interdisciplinary research really the best way to tackle global challenges?
Politicians, funders and university leaders all intone the mantra of interdisciplinarity. But what does the concept really mean? Will it really yield the insights it promises? And how best can it be...
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Covid-19 coronavirus crisis: university offers itself as online fallback
‘We’re all in this together’, v-c insists, as universities scramble to teach 100,000 stranded students
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V-c: overseas student recruitment ‘weakening developing world’
Wits’ Adam Habib says universities should be ‘more focused on the developmental outcome’ of internationalisation
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Professors oppose use of peer review reports in tenure case
Law scholars see wider battle against hierarchical abuse in US dispute
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Scientists offered €1,000 to publish null results
German research institute aims to reshape academic incentives with cash bonuses
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Questions over overseas bids as UK grant success rates revealed
Overall success rate for applications to six research councils stood at 27.4Â per cent
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Precarity has a long hangover
Long after they have finally landed a full-time job, many academics still find themselves feeling insecure and guilty, says Rachel Moss
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UK simplifies application process for new research funds
Streamlined applications for grants will be trialled on two UKÂ Research and Innovation schemes
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020: methodology
Institutions in the Emerging Economies University Rankings have unique characteristics, and we reflect these in our methodology by adjusting the performance indicators in our gold standard World...
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UUK developing ‘wider framework’ on value beyond earnings
Proposed new measures, intended to ‘inform’ government, include proportion of graduates working in ‘essential public services’