The week in higher education 鈥 10 June 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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10 June 2021 digital edition
To the stratosphere: will the UK hit its 拢22 billion research funding target?
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Williamson intervention on Oxford royal portrait 鈥榓uthoritarian鈥
Union says education鈥檚 secretary鈥檚 criticism of students is 鈥榙angerous鈥, as Magdalen president defends 鈥榙emocratic decision-making鈥 that led to removal
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Smaller publishers 鈥榣ast in the queue鈥 for open access deals
Interviews with learned societies raise fears that independent imprints will be frozen out of publishing鈥檚 future
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Irish president: 鈥榤arket-driven鈥 universities face 鈥榬uination鈥
Michael Higgins warns campuses 鈥榟ave suffered attrition of range and depth, loss of interdisciplinary exchange, leading in too many cases to a degradation of the very scholarship and teaching for...
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US faculty influence wanes during Covid, survey finds
Ideal of shared governance suffers, though AAUP heartened by some revivals, especially at large public universities
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US students largely back vaccine mandates, but Republicans wary
Limited objections tied to nation鈥檚 political divide may be theatrical but still significant, survey suggests
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South Pacific v-c reappointment 鈥榥ot illegal鈥, says Nauru leader
Head of state聽weighs in on dispute, as war of words escalates among Pacific neighbours
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Communist Party secretary 鈥榢illed by lecturer鈥 on Fudan campus
Wang Yongzhen stabbed at Shanghai university
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European researchers 鈥榣osing interest鈥 in UK university jobs
Headhunters and scientists have reported waning interest in UK research roles, citing high cost of聽visas and healthcare聽as a key deterrent
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Grade inflation tied to women in insecure teaching roles
Gender bias in student reviews leads vulnerable females to be more lenient in their assessments, large analysis finds
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Now is the time for action on the UK鈥檚 R&D spending target
The science base, public and private, needs聽certainty over how promised funding increases will be spent, says Chris Skidmore
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Students 鈥榯wice as likely to cheat鈥 in online exams
Survey of German students finds higher levels of cheating during online exams than聽in on-site exams聽for the 2020 summer semester
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Scotland to 鈥榬epair Brexit damage鈥 with 拢3 million research fund
Holyrood administration announces extra cash to assist with applications to Horizon Europe