‘National interest’ funding tests ‘bad for science’
Conference hears that nationalist politics could hamper efforts to tackle pandemics
Conference hears that nationalist politics could hamper efforts to tackle pandemics
Research for the public good being subverted by geopolitical ‘zero-sum competition’, says former LSE professor
The difficulties even of obtaining a scholarship to study in the West amount to systemic exclusion, says Rudrani Dasgupta
Institutions’ philanthropy heads lift their sights as campaigns exceed expectations
How can universities and industry improve the talent pipeline to meet 21st-century economic and social needs?
Publicly funded research brings social and economic benefits for all. It’s critical that the global academic community continues to champion this work, says Ian Jacobs
Sir Fraser Stoddart says the most rewarding element of his work has been supervising research students, who supported him personally after his wife’s death
While China’s intensification puts regional rivals in the shade, it casts a spotlight on progress in the special administrative region
The government’s new ‘national interest’ test for research proposals is another damaging symptom of short-termism, says Margaret Sheil
Foreign faculty’s dissatisfaction adds to the lure of Chinese recruitment push
If popular books trump scholarly monographs, what’s the point of academic publishers? asks John Ross
Tributes paid to Chicago authority on Buddhism
Paul James Cardwell considers the alternatives to staying outside the Erasmus+ programme if the UK has no national student mobility strategy
Springer Nature says highly selective titles need special treatment under European-led open access initiative
Don’t fixate on funding cuts and market challenges, UK-born star scientist Michelle Simmons tells Australian peers