Smaller publishers ‘last in the queue’ for open access deals Interviews with learned societies raise fears that independent imprints will be frozen out of publishing’s future Jack Grove 6月 9日
Irish president: ‘market-driven’ universities face ‘ruination’ Michael Higgins warns campuses ‘have 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 which they were established’ David Matthews 6月 9日
European researchers ‘losing interest’ in UK university jobs Headhunters and scientists have reported waning interest in UK research roles, citing high cost of visas and healthcare as a key deterrent Jack Grove 6月 9日
Students ‘twice as likely to cheat’ in online exams Survey of German students finds higher levels of cheating during online exams than in on-site exams for the 2020 summer semester Anna McKie 6月 9日
Now is the time for action on the UK’s R&D spending target The science base, public and private, needs certainty over how promised funding increases will be spent, says Chris Skidmore Chris Skidmore 6月 9日
Scotland to ‘repair Brexit damage’ with ?3 million research fund Holyrood administration announces extra cash to assist with applications to Horizon Europe Jack Grove 6月 8日
Mining executive Mackenzie to be ‘commercially minded’ UKRI chair Shell chair and former BHP chief executive nominated to succeed Sir John Kingman Chris Havergal 6月 8日
Digital infrastructure is crucial to scientific progress Software tools need to be properly valued for their vital role in facilitating research, say Bilal Mateen and Tariq Khokhar Bilal A Mateen 6月 8日
UKRI is ‘paying price for loss of Dominic Cummings’ Funder’s reduced budget for 2021-22 reflects loss of pro-science adviser and mindset of new Treasury boss, say Whitehall and research council insiders Jack Grove 6月 7日
Small fraction of professors ‘dominate contact with media’ Just 10 per cent of academics account for half of all engagement with the media, according to a survey of more than 1,000 Swiss professors David Matthews 6月 5日
Utrecht’s open science fellows to drive staff assessment reform Trailblazing initiative to transform hiring, promotion and performance review has been praised by open science advocates Jack Grove 6月 4日
The wrong kind of free speech can stifle minority voices As Isaiah Berlin showed, academics need to reflect on who is sidelined by commitments to ‘positive’ freedom, says Joseph Mintz Joseph Mintz 6月 4日
