Hungarian government pushes forward plan to ban gender studies University leaders were given less than 18 hours to respond to state plans to scrap the subject Rachael Pells 8月 13日
Students aren’t prepared for UK master’s level, study finds Staff say they are having to put in extra hours to bring master’s students’ skills up to scratch Anna McKie 8月 13日
Marx, Locke and Rousseau ‘key to Macron’s European universities’ New president of German Rectors’ Conference thinks it is crucial that all students know the European canon David Matthews 8月 12日
Scholars put polemics over universities’ tainted legacies in context Perspectives of historians, funders and fundraisers address ‘Maoist moralizing’ and shaking up ‘complacent’ institutions Matthew Reisz 8月 11日
Nature chief: editors must improve journal-researcher relations Magdalena Skipper lists dedication to high-quality, reproducible science and greater transparency in decision-making as priorities Rachael Pells 8月 10日
New boost for preprints after acceptance by ERC European Research Council says move is to support open access and get round often lengthy publishing process David Matthews 8月 9日
Irish law to clamp down on essay mills ‘could be model for UK’ Irish bill criminalising the provision and advertising of cheating services could hit Google and Facebook, experts predict Anna McKie 8月 9日
Giant’s Causeway inspires building at University College Dublin Landmark architectural project for campus will echo one of Ireland’s most striking natural phenomena Matthew Reisz 8月 9日
Minority scientists to mentor senior professors in equality drive ‘People who have been around at a university for a while assume they know everything…but actually they need to be educated themselves,’ says project leader Rachael Pells 8月 9日
Russell Group attacks ‘short-term’ approach to monitoring access Experts express concern that call for five-year access agreements is a ‘distraction technique’ Anna McKie 8月 8日
German and Swedish libraries shrug off Elsevier shutdown No sign of breakthrough as boycott yet to have significant impact on publisher David Matthews 8月 8日
Scottish Highers: more students secure university places Younger applicants drive growth, despite fall in overall 18-year-old population Anna McKie 8月 7日