Revised US travel ban ‘cuts off’ pipeline of university talent
US universities face a potential decline in international students and academics next year in light of Donald Trump’s revised travel ban ...
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Women in research: bibliometrics show progress over 20 years
A new analysis of authorship data from journal papers across several subjects and countries has given a wide view of what progress has been made on gender equality for researchers over the last 20 years.
Fast-track degrees ‘would create two-tier academy’ in England
More academics will be pushed into stressful teaching-only contracts if fast-track honours degrees are rolled out across England, it has been warned.
Russia targets soft power, not money, from international students
Russia is recruiting international students to strengthen its “soft power” in former Soviet states rather than gaining any significant income from foreign enrolments, a study suggests.
International applications to US universities stall
Nearly 40 per cent of US universities are seeing declines in applications from international students
US scientific leadership ‘may falter’ as Trump ponders cuts
Reports that the Trump administration is seeking to cut the budget of a US agency responsible for environmental research by almost one-fifth have been seen as offering an early insight into how the new president will treat science funding.
Economics professor turns to crowdfunding to pay salary
A professor of economics has turned to crowdfunding to pay his salary because universities “no longer provide the time and freedom they once gave to original thinkers”.
‘Elite’ status all risk, no benefit, for universities, says study
Stripping universities of a marker of elite status hits their reputation and causes them to lose students, but the benefits of conferring it in the first place are negligible, evidence suggests.
Ban reading lists to drive teaching innovation, librarian says
Academics should stop using the term “reading list” because it leads to a over-reliance on paper-based books and sidelines online learning materials, a senior university librarian has argued.
Funders ‘not doing enough’ to reduce medical research waste
Medical research funding bodies are “not doing enough” to reduce wasteful grant spending, according to the co-author of a study investigating the issue.
