‘Perfect 10’ wariness reveals gender bias in student evaluations
Switching to a six-point scale in surveys eliminates perceived gap in teaching performance, study finds
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Teaching evaluations ‘mirror students’ gender and culture’
Gradings influenced more by sex and ethnicity than teachers’ experience
Threatened scholars: online harassment risks academic freedom
Rebekah Tromble and Patricia Rossini feared for their safety when the conservative online world turned against them last summer
Small research teams produce ‘riskier, more disruptive science’
Large research groups may be less flexible and more risk-averse, study suggests
Commercialised university receives satirical screen treatment
Weitermachen Sanssouci may be the first film to tackle the woes of research assessment, casualisation and an obsession with student employability
European university heads take the fight to publishers
Vice-chancellors are leading contract negotiations, allowing universities to make more demands on open access and costs
Impostor syndrome: two-thirds of female scholars suffer badly
Self-perceived levels of imposter syndrome in women remain equally high among senior academics, study finds
Are universities hotbeds of left-wing bias?
Claims that academics are indoctrinating their students with liberal propaganda are increasingly common in the right-wing media.
Elsevier profits near £1 billion despite European disputes
The publisher has reported steady growth and profit margins of more than a third but warned of threat to business from open access
Trailing spouse academics ‘face pay discrimination’
US study suggests hiring panels may offer worse terms to female scientists seeking jobs at their partner’s institution than to equally qualified solo candidates
