Race on to create online courses for virus-stranded students
Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say
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Researchers ‘unaware’ of extent of assessment influence
Danish-Australian paper finds researchers unconsciously adjust to accommodate assessment exercise
Humanities scholars warn over UKRI’s plan for open-access books
Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances
Chinese agents predict recruitment bounceback after coronavirus
Recruitment agents say most students will defer enrolment rather than cancel overseas study plans altogether
Ethnic minority students ‘less likely to think marking was fair’
Analysis of National Student Survey results also reveals black students’ doubts about lecturers’ attempts to make subject matter interesting
Trump hesitates on plan for open access mandate
After two years of study, US plans more consultations on bypassing journal paywalls
Editor’s investigation reveals missing and suspicious data
Researchers must be prepared to share their raw data if their work is to be considered scientifically sound, says geneticist
Cheats ‘exploiting false sense of security’ in exams
Students who admit that they cheat say they are most likely to do so in exams, even though staff mostly detect cheats’ handiwork in written assignments.
Jobs set to go as business school ‘disestablishes’ professoriate
University of Salford says ‘consultation is ongoing’ with eight professors in its business school as ‘newly focused research strategy’ is implemented
The best research strategy is to trim the strategy
Canada’s excess of directive funding programmes risks hobbling scientific imagination and progress, says Jim Woodgett
