Medical schools ‘make students less empathetic’
Study finds trainee doctors become cynical, emotionally distanced and desensitised towards their patients
Study finds trainee doctors become cynical, emotionally distanced and desensitised towards their patients
With the country’s schools often still divided along religious lines, its universities have helped bring people together, says academic
With nation’s top judicial body expected to outlaw efforts to consider race in admissions, student essays held out as alternative means of preserving equity
‘Entrenched’ workplace attitudes mean increase in female science and technology graduates is not transforming the field
Commercialising research is daunting. Academic founders can’t and shouldn’t be expected to do this alone, say Diarmuid O’Brien and Maina Bhaman
Disciplinary pay gaps prompt large protests by arts and humanities scholars
Oversupply of poorly trained workers in some fields contrasts with undersupply in others. Universities and students need better information, says Pushkar
University leaders are likely to be more concerned about the reputational risks of misconduct than state bureaucracies are, says Ararat Osipian
Outgoing MP takes on role during crucial period for UK science and research
Rectors’ conferences representing six European sectors have agreed to work on guidelines on university rankings, EUA conference hears
Digital learning experts tell THE event sector is experiencing only the first wave of innovation, with much more to come
Governance strategy by Trump-backing Republican governor held up by national group of university trustees as model to be emulated
Academics who act as court experts in return for up to £20,000 are under a ‘corrupting influence’ claims one Russia analyst, while another expert says fees help pay his mortgage
Even when speech is legally protected, the harm that it can cause must be addressed, say Neijma Celestine-Donnor and Lara Schwartz