Video: In conversation with Ong Ye Kung, minister for education in Singapore
We must constantly be asking how the research university model can聽evolve, especially in a time of great technological disruption, says Ong Ye Kung聽
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More than a woman: Nobel laureate wary of gender focus
Donna Strickland describes how becoming聽only the third woman in history to win the physics prize turned her into a 鈥榬ock star鈥 overnight
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Are academics already on the way to being replaced by AI?
Human beings may struggle to maintain their place in tomorrow鈥檚 highly mechanised universities, claims sociologist
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European scholars warned against sharing research data with China
Legal experts say EU鈥檚 data protection laws could 鈥榟amper research progress鈥 between聽two regions
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We should encourage open-access research outputs where we can
The REF鈥檚 guidelines for open access are very limited, but the expectations are clear and universities should show that they are upholding the principle, says Anna Grey
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Be prepared to respond to moral dilemmas
Universities must be clear about their ethics to avoid tripping up on the precarious path from principle to guidance
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Letters 鈥 4 October 2018
Academia鈥檚 鈥榗lans鈥 behind referees鈥 bias Having been an international academic journal editor for 33 years, I read with interest 鈥淢ale editors 鈥榤ore likely to accept papers from other men鈥欌夆 (News,...
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鈥楪rievance studies鈥 hoax: fair cop or a chilling con?
Tricksters say they wanted to expose overly politicised research, but scholars are concerned about the motivation behind the sting
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One in three Brazilian universities 鈥榙oes not meet legal standards鈥
Analysis of government data suggests dozens of institutions do not meet requirements for staff contracts or provide postgraduate training
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France poised to scrap cap on number of medical students
Details of proposals to be set out in coming months
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Turkish academic star jailed for almost a decade
UK-educated political scientist Sedat La莽iner was sentenced after spending 26 months in pretrial custody
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What the 鈥榞rievance studies鈥 hoax is really about
The elaborate prank聽that saw spoof papers accepted by social science journals reveals more about the hoaxers鈥 politics than the shortcomings of 鈥榞rievance studies鈥, says Alison Phipps
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Video: three-minute plenary with Tony Chan
The president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology gives a pared down version of his聽2018 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit plenary address聽
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The Age of Innocence: Nuclear Physics between the First and Second World Wars, by Roger H. Stuewer
A study of an amazing era of progress is as lively as the minds behind it, says Robert Lambourne
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Bits to Bitcoin: How Our Digital Stuff Works, by Mark Stuart Day
A grand tour of digital processes culminates with cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin in particular