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Machine learning scientists protest as Nature moves into field
Boycott comes as Springer Nature reveals to investors how it uses brand and impact factor to charge academics ‘premium’ prices
India enters international student recruitment race
Higher education experts have predicted that India will become a major recruiter of overseas students at last, under a new internationalisation strategy that eschews the revenue-focused approaches favoured by other countries.
England’s large post-92s take hit on ‘student outcomes’ funding cut
A number of newer English universities are among those losing the most direct teaching funding next year following a £30 million cut to funding designed to stop disadvantaged students dropping out of university.
Will university researchers create ‘killer robots’?
Campaigners fear a huge increase in EU military research spending will lead to development of autonomous weapons
Global MBA applications and enrolments ‘see double-digit growth’
Business schools across the world have recorded double-digit growth in the number of applications to and enrolments on MBA programmes, according to a report.
Xi Jinping opens Chinese research funding up to Hong Kong
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has moved to make it easier for Hong Kong scientists to access generous research funding from the mainland government, with the aim of making the region an international centre for innovation in technology.
‘Campus at sea’ teaches students ‘how to talk to each other’
“There’s darkness and then there’s being on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where looking out from the deck all you see is inky blackness.
Sweden cancels Elsevier contract as open-access dispute spreads
Swedish universities have moved to cancel their contract with journal publisher Elsevier as concern over slow progress towards open access spreads.
Call for tailored mental health support for postgraduate researchers
Higher education policy leaders in England are calling for tailored mental health support to be made available to postgraduate researchers, as new data reveals that as many as one in five are seeking help through counselling services.
