Nature journal launches large-scale effort to replicate papers
Partnership with Institute for Replication will support reproduction and replication attempts tied to papers published from 2023 onwards
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Lancaster objects to ‘very confusing’ Uclan name change plan
University wants to drop ‘Central’ and become ‘The University of Lancashire’, as existing location description has ‘little or no current relevance or meaning’
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Number of UK care leavers getting student loans ‘falls’
Experts describe drop as disappointing but caution that a number of statistical reasons could be behind the decrease
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Ottoline Leyser to step down as UKRI chief executive
Head of UK Research and Innovation announces she will not seek to stay in office beyond next year
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THE Awards Asia 2024: shortlist announced
Eighty finalists from 17 countries and territories in the running across 10 categories, as prestigious awards enter sixth year
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A year after Bolsonaro, Brazilian campuses are still recovering
A change in atmosphere has encouraged academics to return to the country where they were once maligned, but funding pressures and issues with polarisation continue
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Out-of-state student fees grab hits new high in US
In Vermont, a flagship for the first time counts more freshmen from a neighbouring state than from its own population
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Is a bit more joy what universities need?
It might sound ‘wishy-washy’ but joyfulness can succeed where KPIs fail in supporting the institutional mission, new book argues
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Wellcome launches ethnic minority-only research funding stream
Fund of £20 million to support early- and mid-career researchers from black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani backgrounds
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Complaints to England and Wales sector ombudsman hit new high
OIA caseload continues to rise despite end of pandemic restrictions and fallout from marking boycott yet to hit
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Context is as important to plagiarism as to antisemitism accusations
Claudine Gay did not plagiarise, and those who add her to the list of leaders who did ignore the hostile context of the accusations, says Harvey Graff
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Elite US universities settle price-fixing class action
Brown, Columbia and Yale have agreed to pay eight-figure sums to see off claims that they colluded to hold down financial aid
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Brussels commits to institutional autonomy on research security
European Commission stresses that ‘with academic freedom comes academic responsibility’, aiming to ‘de-risk, not to de-couple’ scientific collaboration
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Ninth-graders guaranteed admission under Fresno access scheme
University hopes to build ‘culture of college-going’ with early offers to local high schoolers
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European Research Council wants doubled budget for next Horizon
Next EU framework programme should also deliver significant uplift in ERC spending, says funder