Scholars feud over Shakespeare co-authorship
A leading scholar has called for the creation of a Committee for the Protection of Shakespeare’s Text.
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English universities risk multimillion-pound fines under OfS
English universities could face fines of millions of pounds for breaching the conditions of their registration with the new higher education regulator.
China ‘will teach 500,000 international students by 2020’
China will be teaching at least 500,000 international students by 2020, a new study suggests.
Dutch universities struggle to hit female professor targets
Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male
Santa scholarship: what is the most cited research on Christmas?
For academics, the festive season has long presented an opportunity for some more light-hearted research into a variety of topics.
Oxford project’s ‘balance-sheet view’ of colonialism criticised
A University of Oxford project that rejects the blanket assertion that imperialism is “wicked” has attracted widespread criticism.
New Austrian government to bring in university tuition fees
Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards
Women ‘more likely to be pressured to add authors’ to papers
Female academics are much more likely to feel obliged to award authorship credit to other researchers even if they did not make a significant contribution to the paper, a new study reveals.
Schools ‘over-predict grades to get students unconditional offer’
UK universities’ growing willingness to make unconditional offers to students is leading schools to increasingly over-predict the grades that their pupils are likely to achieve, an academic leader has warned.
Elsevier maintains German access despite failure to strike deal
The publishing giant Elsevier has said that it will maintain German universities’ access to its journals, despite failing to negotiate a new deal before many institutions’ contracts expired on 1 January.
