US campus reopening plans ‘tied to politics, not public health’
In-person instruction during Covid linked to Republican states and whiter student bodies
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UK universities sign deal to waive Plos publication fees
Three-year deal will allow researchers to publish papers without paying additional article-processing charges
Anonymise online courses ‘to protect students from foreign laws’
New guidance suggests UK universities could introduce Chatham House rule for seminars to protect recruits from countries with repressive governments
Change male academics to create gender parity, universities told
Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been ‘strangely silent’ about masculinity in academia, professor argues
China clamps down on gao kao identity theft
Legislative amendment sets out punishments for stealing or assisting stealing of someone else’s identity in university entrance exams
Top US science journals risk reputations to battle Trump
Pushed by Covid, academic authors see rare need to offer political voic
India overtakes Germany on research output
The South Asian country is now fourth in the world for science productivity but experts say quality issues remain
V-c: pandemic ‘existential threat’ to gender equality in academia
Former Australian vice-chancellor says gains for women in recent decades ‘cannot be lost’
Would-be international students ‘prefer to study in-person at home’
THE survey finds that prospective mobile students are still reluctant to study online with an overseas university
Male-only programmes at four in 10 Indian scientific conferences
Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners
