30 January 2020 digital edition
Edged out:聽Is the race for first authorship becoming too rough?
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Brexit: Where now for the UK academy?
As the UK finally leaves the European Union after years of turmoil, Simon Usherwood says it is time for remain-supporting academics to focus on the future. But Tanja Bueltmann says that for EU...
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Staff at 14 more universities back pay and pensions strike
Total number of聽union branches eligible to strike this year reaches 74
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UK universities make offer on sector working conditions in dispute
Employers鈥 body says it has 鈥榞one further than ever before鈥 with latest offer, but union says it is 鈥榮ome distance鈥 from fulfilling staff demands
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Harvard chemistry chair arrested over China ties
Nanotechnology innovator charged over alleged links to Chinese state-run academic talent programme, in expanding federal crackdown
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THE podcast from Davos: How to use the power of place
Highlights from a roundtable discussion with universities in Davos about how location influences community outreach and academic research聽
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China a 鈥榗hallenging鈥 partner, says German exchange scheme head
Joybrato Mukherjee聽says Chinese researchers 鈥榥ot always on the same page鈥 over IP 鈥 and looks forward to a VR-enabled 鈥榚ntirely virtual semester abroad鈥
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Journal transparency index will be 鈥榓lternative鈥 to impact scores
Center for Open Science project will pass judgment on journals鈥 commitment to research transparency
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Northern Irish universities 鈥榥eed more than fees soundbites鈥
Academics call for restored government to give long-overdue attention to the sector, and to widen debate beyond tuition costs
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Enrol more mature students to hit access targets, says OfS
English regulator says universities will struggle to reach goals if they focus on 鈥渘arrow funnel of 18- or 19-year-olds鈥
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鈥業mpostor syndrome鈥 trivialises the serious issue of feeling phoney in HE
Impostor phenomenon is real, but its ubiquitous, misnamed cousin invites accusations that it is a fad or fantasy, says Theresa Simpkin
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Removing pathways to impact could see research lose its way
UKRI鈥檚 decision to axe the impact sections of grant applications could hobble consideration of the process and politics of research, says Jude Fransman
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Nightmares in the Dream Sanctuary: War and the Animated Film, by Donna Kornhaber
Giulia Miller has mixed feelings about an ambitious but confusing analysis of animation鈥檚 engagement with atrocity
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Minister warns against UK over-reliance on Chinese students
Chris Skidmore says UK must increase diversity of its international intake
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UK 鈥榣ikely鈥 to miss start of EU鈥檚 Horizon Europe, says Wellcome
EU and UK should negotiate 鈥榮tandalone鈥 research deal outside wider talks to avoid damaging science with break, Wellcome Trust recommends