New book aims to empower readers to ‘call bullshit’ on data
Authors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West put the case for scepticism at a time when science has become deeply polarising
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Lockdown hits vocational education hardest, widening inequalities
Universities and colleges offering hands-on training have found it harder to shift online, hurting their students, who are more likely to be from less-advantaged families
Springer Nature ‘shares concerns’ as article sparks racism claims
Publisher says investigation under way after academics call for retraction of ‘unscholarly’ paper by influential voice on US welfare reform
Hamburg Confucius split latest sign of German caution over China
University’s international head says institutions have been ‘naive’ over global partnerships
UCU: letting universities fail will mean towns and cities fail
Analysis for union shows universities are often among largest local employers and have ‘huge impact’ on town and city economies
China told to reform education model to become global student hub
Study highlights how international students are treated as ‘a separate cohort’ and student advisors function like ‘nannies’
Arizona vows focus on quality in major online expansion
Absorbing troubled online institution, university pledges $225 million investment
Research relevant to China ‘cast aside in race for citations’
Social scientists should be judged on their impact, while journals should make room for under-represented voices, say academics
Singapore experiments with ‘very agile’ teaching methods
Polytechnic pilots curriculum, rebuilt from scratch to develop flexible graduates, that principal says could be tailor-made for post-Covid world
Reorient reward systems to account for Covid, say scientists
Early-career and female researchers experience the greatest mental health toll, Australian surveys find
