The four-day week: will it catch on in academia?
Some institutions now follow the model, but experts question whether it will benefit a sector where 24/7 culture is ingrained
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PhD student’s book examines ‘why black hair matters’
Emma Dabiri’s research uncovers the ways that our immediate reactions to people are still underpinned by the ideologies of ‘scientific racism’
Singapore ‘fake news’ law ‘threatens academic freedom worldwide’
Academics fear global reach of new Singaporean legislation could result in censorship of international academic journals
The universities scoring highest for gender equality
The world’s most gender equal universities, according to THE data, cite data-informed recruitment methods as a key factor in their success
Entrepreneurship is ‘21st-century heroism’, students told
Analysis of nine European universities finds the ‘innovation’ agenda has taken root – often pushed by students who want to solve the world’s problems
UK stands by hybrid journals in ‘read and publish’ Springer deal
Three-year agreement, valued at £9.6 million, excludes Springer Nature's prestigious Nature-branded titles
Net widens on fishy research misconduct probe
Marine biologist Oona Lönnstedt has gone to ground in Sweden after being found to have fabricated data
Australian PhD students target careers outside academia
Trend reflects growing gap between PhD completions and academic job availability
Experimental colleges: an idea whose time has passed?
Struggles of Hampshire College suggest to some that students may be reluctant to shape their own degrees in a debt-heavy, career-focused higher education sector
Scholar takes students’ phones and makes them read for four hours
David Peña-Guzmán says philosophy undergraduates have enthusiastically embraced experiment designed to ‘reignite their love of attentive reading’
