‘Peer-reviewed preprints’ will offer guide to quality, says eLife
Proliferation of preprints in Covid era has led non-profit publisher to post reviews from clinicians on online papers

Proliferation of preprints in Covid era has led non-profit publisher to post reviews from clinicians on online papers

Government, enterprise and education must contribute to a multi-pronged, long-term programme to boost social mobility, says Anulika Ajufo

UK angling to put itself at front of the queue

Former UK foreign policy adviser fears countries could lose ‘monopoly’ over accreditation for failing to inject critical thinking, curiosity, emotional intelligence and empathy into higher education

Rating scale for Excellence in Research for Australia to be recalibrated, with Indigenous studies incorporated as a field in its own right

In seeking Biden perspective, nation’s top court follows process that comforts affirmative action backers

Decades of leniency encouraged scores of final-year students to fake their overseas placements and go ‘sightseeing’

Report from Clarivate also raises fundamental questions about how disciplinary priorities are shaped Â

Professors and institutions admit worry as at least 20 US states move to block curricula exploring systemic biases

To ensure that more recently established universities are measured fairly for the Young University Rankings 2021, we have made some modifications to our world rankings methodology, as we explain here

Lisa Roberts highlights increasing state school admissions as key priority and rejects ‘death of the lecture’ strategy

In the absence of agreed definitions and rigorous enforcement, good practice will continue to depend on personal responsibility, says Ron Iphofen

Chinese students bring benefits but universities are too reliant on them and Canberra should ‘take a harder line’, respondents say

Efforts will only go so far without changes to ‘mindsets’ in Asia, says editor of new book

Sustainable development expert Jeffrey Sachs also warns against rise of a ‘monopoly Amazon university’