Brain drain takes worst academics as well as the best, study says Analysis of Italian PhD graduates finds that the ‘milk’ as well as the ‘cream’ leave David Matthews 7月 24日
Doctoral graduates ‘need five years of post-PhD career support’ Early career social scientists should be entitled to extensive support from their university long after attaining their doctorate, study says Jack Grove 7月 23日
Edinburgh requests retraction of papers by sacked cell biologist Investigation into Irina Stancheva confirms five cases of misconduct, but former lecturer denies manipulating data Rachael Pells 7月 23日
Using Twitter to measure research impact ‘needs quality control’ Large-scale study raises questions about the usefulness of altmetrics for assessing research quality Simon Baker 7月 23日
Glasgow School of Art aims for normality in extraordinary times Director Tom Inns explains how the institution is coping after fire gutted its iconic Mackintosh building Jack Grove 7月 21日
Sam Gyimah’s second adviser shows trend for ‘loyalty’ jobs Minister’s second ‘pad’ could signal government taking policy more ‘in-house’, some suggest John Morgan 7月 20日
Oxford and Cambridge singled out on access by new regulator Elite institutions could face sanctions if they fail to deliver on promise to conduct evaluation of bursary spending Chris Havergal 7月 19日
UUK heads: England’s OfS fails to show devolved nations ‘respect’ Senior figures are angry over regulator’s approach and fear it could put UK-wide sector ‘in danger’, letters seen by Times Higher Education reveal John Morgan 7月 19日
Performing arts students ‘scared to report abuse’ Survey reveals widespread prevalence of sexual harassment and bullying in UK specialist institutions Chris Havergal 7月 19日
Australia set to overtake UK in global student race Research shows that Australia’s overseas student numbers have surged while Brexit will ‘compound the decline’ in UK’s global position Ellie Bothwell 7月 19日
Horizon Europe must be broadened The EU’s proposal for its next research and innovation funding framework focuses too narrowly on technology, say Gabi Lombardo and Jon Deer Gabi Lombardo 7月 19日
Dutch artificial intelligence programmes overwhelmed by demand Stampede to study AI has led to warnings that the number of lecturers cannot keep up with demand David Matthews 7月 18日