Flawed preprints ban ‘not grounds for appeal’
Australian researchers’ funding hopes hinge not on whether rule was wrong, but on whether wrong rule was applied correctly
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British academics quitting UK over Brexit
Some British scholars are following in their European peers’ footsteps in a bid to improve their research opportunities overseas
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Fake peer review retractions fuel concerns over Chinese practices
Prestigious Sage robotics title pulls papers over concerns its peer review was ‘subverted’ by China-based academics
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University communications staff are more respected than ever
The pandemic is still demanding accurate and rapid communication at every twist and turn. Johanna Lowe lists four lessons learned from 18 months of unrelenting pressure
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The dialogue about AI must be cross-disciplinary
Google Translate’s limitations spell out why we must revisit old questions about artificial intelligence, says Lionel Tarassenko
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Cross-gender friendships ‘critical to helping women in sciences’
Female researchers who socialise less with male colleagues less likely to feel supported in the workplace
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Students oppose plan to reduce English loan repayment threshold
Reform of student financing expected as part of comprehensive spending review next month
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Books interview: George Makari
The professor of psychiatry and author of Of Fear and Strangers discusses learning about America from Twain, the ‘history of xenophobia’ and how to address it
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More Australian universities mandate Covid vaccinations
Mood among academics, students and administrators swinging behind compulsory jabs
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UK universities growing keen on block teaching
Suffolk is the first institution to roll out immersive modules across undergraduate curriculum, and others may follow
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Yale-NUS guarantees impossible to fulfil, academics claim
University ‘keen to engage’ staff and students on ‘merger’, while sidestepping inconsistencies in proposal
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Texas universities brace for backlash against anti-abortion law
Legislative ban leaves medical schools vowing to protect women’s health, and faculty and students likely to flee
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The EU’s university strategy will help build international bridges
A pan-European document could also boost institutional autonomy, budgets, policy visibility and common problem-solving ability, says Jan Palmowski
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China takes on big publishers with ‘world-class’ journal drive
Country concerned about likes of Elsevier ‘seizing’ distribution of scientific output
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Are universities finally waking up to academic integrity?
One university’s strenuous efforts to eradicate cheating by students and academics point the way for the whole sector, says Július Kravjar