THE World University Rankings 2020: they could be contenders
India is far from realising its potential, but it鈥檚 showing promising signs of moving in the right direction, as are some other countries around the globe, writes Ellie Bothwell
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Could computer modelling help to build a better career structure for postdocs?
Clearly describing the inefficient and damaging situation might point the way to better alternatives, says Eric Silverman
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Cambridge postdocs should be given 鈥榮tronger identity鈥
Early career researchers to be represented on university committees
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Solving Chemistry: A Scientist鈥檚 Journey, by Bernard J. Bulkin
Richard Joyner assesses an argument that all the major questions in聽the discipline have now been answered
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THE Asia University Rankings 2019: where minds and souls are nurtured
CityU wants researchers, teachers and students across the region to cooperate and grow in ways that help to advance knowledge, says Way Kuo
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Letters 鈥 28 March 2019
Assessment variety makes it harder to cheat I must admit to some bewilderment at the wailing and gnashing of teeth by academics and their institutions when considering the impact of essay mills and...
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Careers intelligence: how to support new research leaders
Four lab leaders explain how universities can help academics in the early days of running their first research group
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Interview with Rachel Gallery
The University of Arizona ecologist聽on Colombia鈥檚 natural diversity, her lucky break, and the challenges facing other aspiring scientists
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Letters 鈥 11 April 2019
Should UCU head be an academic? The general secretary of the University and College Union should be an academic (鈥淧ension tactics central to UCU leadership race鈥, News, 4 April). A UCU leader should...
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Research intelligence: how to improve team science
Work to encourage team science is gathering momentum, and a recent Academy of Medical Sciences report highlights key steps to be taken
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China: lure of homeland 鈥榥o simple choice鈥 for expat academics
Personal and pragmatic factors often keep Chinese academics in the West
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Research output higher among postdocs in universities
Plos One study also reveals that parenthood has little impact on publishing productivity
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Failure is healthy, but pressure to succeed makes it costly to mess up
The idea of mistakes being intrinsic to success has become an educational mantra 鈥 but for many students and academics, messing up is not an option
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Academic freedom fears as China erodes Hong Kong funding divide
Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region
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What universities can do to help pregnant PhD students
Ahead of International Women鈥檚 Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond