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Facebook-funded AI ethics institute faces independence questions
New £5.7 million institute at the Technical University of Munich triggers ‘ethics washing’ debate
Bid to use AI to predict research reproducibility launched
US government funding $7.6 million (£5.9 million) project designed to give policymakers a quick indication of reproducibility
Melbourne Publishing’s potboiler poses questions about role of uni press
If popular books trump scholarly monographs, what’s the point of academic publishers?
‘Perfect 10’ wariness reveals gender bias in student evaluations
Switching to a six-point scale in surveys eliminates perceived gap in teaching performance, study finds
Teaching evaluations ‘mirror students’ gender and culture’
Gradings influenced more by sex and ethnicity than teachers’ experience
Threatened scholars: online harassment risks academic freedom
Rebekah Tromble and Patricia Rossini feared for their safety when the conservative online world turned against them last summer
Small research teams produce ‘riskier, more disruptive science’
Large research groups may be less flexible and more risk-averse, study suggests
Commercialised university receives satirical screen treatment
Weitermachen Sanssouci may be the first film to tackle the woes of research assessment, casualisation and an obsession with student employability
European university heads take the fight to publishers
Vice-chancellors are leading contract negotiations, allowing universities to make more demands on open access and costs
