9 July 2020 digital edition
Blown off course: Women in Asia’s academy fear lockdowns will halt hard-won advances
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Can women break through Asian universities’ ‘net ceiling’?
Female representation in Asian academia’s senior ranks is low by international standards. There are some encouraging signs that the situation is being addressed, but might the disproportionate effect...
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‘Each scientist must stand up, at all costs, for the truth’
It is those who commit research misconduct – not those who expose them – that damage science, according to David Sanders. But while the biologist has embraced the role of data detective thrust upon...
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Universities can be midwife to a post-pandemic education renaissance
Steering the innovation currently taking place in educational institutions could have major long-term benefits, says Fernando Reimers
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University of California appoints first black president
Former Ohio State president pledges focus on pandemic, race and environment
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University barred from appealing ‘publish or perish’ ruling
Australian decision a reminder that universities cannot impose unrealistic research requirements, academic union says
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Robot scientist ‘works 1,000 times faster’ than human researchers
Liverpool chemists create AI-powered machine that works in standard laboratory and has already discovered a new catalyst
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Rothwell: Covid crisis puts UK research ‘under huge threat’
Manchester v-c also calls for rethink on REF and predicts UK will not join next EU research programme
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Trump foreign student threat ‘meant to force campus reopenings’
Universities plot targeted class structures to help avoid deportations
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Demand for arts and humanities ‘will increase post-pandemic’
Latin American university leaders tell THE summit that countries will need skills of non-science graduates as they recover from coronavirus
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From cosmos to corona: an astrophysicist takes on the pandemic
Data cleansing project for pandemic patients illustrates the side benefits of astronomy research
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Equality leaders warn against ‘diluting’ Athena SWAN revamp
Letter says Advance HE’s response to review of equality charter may fail to fully address concerns over administrative burden and inconsistency in decision-making
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UK universities mull more charter flights in global student race
Moves could give UK an edge in race for new entrants over countries with tighter travel restrictions
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Gao kao under way despite virus concern and fairness criticism
China holds what is probably the world’s largest in-person event since Covid-19 began Â
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Teaching intelligence: how to support overseas Chinese students
Pastoral support for east Asian students has been re-engineered during lockdown and may offer lessons for the future