Free university promises by US states seen as failing neediest
Thinktanks join forces to warn ‘last-dollar’ approach leaves low-income students unable to afford daily essentials
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China dominates list of biggest movers in high-quality research
Half of list of 100 fastest-rising institutions in terms of contribution to the Nature Index is made up of Chinese universities and institutes
Shift towards precarity predicted in US and Australia, but not UK
Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase
Having more female classmates ‘helps women complete PhDs’
Completion rates improve as number of women in a programme increases, US study finds
Fears for repositories after EU backs new copyright rules
Libraries worry that they could be caught up in a drive to force platforms like YouTube to share their profits with creators
Spanish degree scandals raise wider questions over quality
Accusations of academic malpractice have forced two resignations and reached the prime minister
Re-engaging with the Stanford prison experiment
After a year of heavy criticism threatened to see the landmark study written off for good, it has received support from an unlikely quarter
Half of European students ‘not experiencing internationalisation’
Study finds that a quarter of students at European universities think internationalisation is of little importance
Male editors ‘more likely to accept papers from other men’
Study finds further evidence to suggest peer review process riddled with gender and racial bias
Facts are just the start of the debate
Right-wing intellectuals who fetishise ‘facts’ frustrate rather than further intellectual debate
