Top US science journals risk reputations to battle Trump
Pushed by Covid, academic authors see rare need to offer political voic
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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
Beware the blood-curdling perils of academic research
The pandemic has brought the power and consolations of scholarship to the fore.
Covid cuts into US universities’ tuition revenue
Pandemic and population losses leave private institutions especially vulnerable, Moody’s finds
China influence case tests academic freedom in New Zealand
The silencing of a China expert turns into broader debate about academic freedom and foreign ties
Universities see ‘vastly different’ prestige at home and abroad
Data from THE’s Reputation Rankings reveal the contrasts in the perception of institutions’ subject strengths inside and outside the country in which they are based
Most of Australia’s Chinese students now studying remotely
Shift reflects growing acceptance of online education
