Are you Google or Microsoft? WhatsApp or Signal? The incompatibility driven by Big Tech obstructs research and teaching, so Europe’s mooted Digital Markets Act may be good news | Continue reading
Teaching students to hack is necessary to show them how to defend against it – but we need to do more to instil ethics, says Andy Farnell | Continue reading
Researchers must be prepared to share their raw data if their work is to be considered scientifically sound, says geneticist | Continue reading
Gender quotas have improved female representation on internal panels, but researchers have highlighted that the loss of research time slows career progression | Continue reading
Medical advances have coincided with a decline in healthcare for all, finds Dita Wickins-Drazilova | Continue reading
Dutch figures show just how little time professors get for their own research. It may be easier to pursue your intellectual interests outside the university system, says THE reporter David Matthews | Continue reading
Institutions across the region have soared up a Times Higher Education ranking focused on the discipline | Continue reading
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date. The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an instit … | Continue reading
Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli says falling short demonstrates the testing and unknowable nature of research | Continue reading
Kathryn M. Rudy considers the huge expenses of doing scholarly work in her field of art history | Continue reading
Populism scholar Matthew Goodwin discusses political side-effects of higher education expansion and academic debate about ‘grievances’ fuelling movements | Continue reading
A Twitter storm over a remark he made on diversity policy reminds Jeffrey Flier why he was so wary of speaking out while a Harvard dean | Continue reading
A Twitter storm over a remark he made on diversity policy reminds Jeffrey Flier why he was so wary of speaking out while a Harvard dean | Continue reading
Martin Stratmann warns Britain against utilitarian approach to future EU research programmes | Continue reading
Sector’s move follows similar rows in France and Germany | Continue reading