Research quality declines with scientists’ age, study finds
As researchers get older the quality of their publications drops, a study has found, suggesting that more funding should be given to promising younger scientists.
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What future for women in Chinese higher education?
China’s one-child policy, perhaps the biggest attempt at social engineering in history, came to an end last year.
Why small is beautiful in higher education
Have you ever been lucky enough to spend some time in Japan?
Terrorism allegations seek to silence dissent in Turkish academia, says scholar
Accusations of “propagating terrorism” made against more than 1,000 Turkish academics are an attempt to destroy the country’s last bastion of free speech, one under-threat scholar has claimed.
Scientists offered $1 million in prizes to pre-register experiments
Scientists are being offered a $1,000 (£705) prize if they pre-register their plans for experiments in a bid to make research results more reproducible.
High rejection rates by journals ‘pointless’
The mass rejection of research papers by selective journals in a bid to achieve a high impact factor is an enormous waste of academics’ time, advocates of open access publishing have argued.
Oriel College to keep Rhodes statue
Oriel College, Oxford has decided to keep a controversial statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes in place after months of debate about whether it should be torn down.
Syllabus Gender Gap
Are women more likely than men to include works by women on a syllabus?
Ban on Banning Words
Washington State University on Monday announced that it would not allow instructors to make "blanket" bans on the use of certain words or phrases in class, even if those words and phrases offend people.
Shift in Focus
Seven months ago free community college was the higher ed policy idea with the most buzz
