Peer review is broken. Paying referees could help fix it
Offering payment has risks, but it could expand the pool of willing reviewers beyond those on permanent academic salaries, says Duncan MoneyÂ
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Iran to reward professors for overseeing pregnant students
Government policy is ‘a lot of hot air’ given lack of support for female faculty, says scholar
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Indian universities’ silence on Modi degrees ‘shows climate of fear’
Avoidance of questions about prime minister’s qualifications suggests growing political interference, scholars say
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Campus free-speech crisis inspires new stage comedy
‘Creeping authoritarianism’ and university expansion behind Ryan Craig’s play, after academia largely absent from UK stage since 1980s
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Overseas students tell universities: ‘no housing, no enrolment’
As rentals become scarcer and dearer, international students are increasingly unwilling to travel without pre-arranged lodgings
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Abstracts matter more than you think – and writing a good one is hard
Even academics, never mind practitioners, will rarely read beyond an underwhelming and uninformative summary, says Maia Chankseliani
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‘Significant reservations’ on UK’s Springer Nature open-access deal
Anger over high cost of publishing in Nature and other titles as UK universities sign up for three-year agreement
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‘Privilege pays’ as rich graduates ‘out-earn’ disadvantaged peers
Earnings gap for poor graduates applies even taking into account university attended and subject studied, Taso report finds
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Early adopters of direct admissions expect record class sizes
Practice in which a student creates a portfolio of study preferences and then receives offers helps US colleges boost size and diversity of new intake
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Korean universities to consider bullying records in admissions
But academics express scepticism, saying policy does not tackle ‘root’ of problem behaviour
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Kornbluth sets collaborative agenda for MIT
At formal inauguration, former Duke provost promises new interdisciplinary push, plus sees room to protect climate while keeping Koch funding
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Poison attacks are threatening Iran’s gains on women’s education
The recent protests by Iranian women appear to have sparked a conservative backlash against schools and universities, says Roohola Ramezani
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Starmer to ditch Labour’s ‘free’ university tuition pledge
Labour leader also says £9,250 fee status quo in England is ‘unfair’