China targets ‘world-class’ status for 42 universities Long-awaited list of institutions eligible for excellence initiative funding in China is published Jack Grove 10月 3日
How to be happy: a neuroscientist's view of #HEhappiness What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions Morten Kringelbach 10月 2日
Want to be a successful academic? It’s all about getting published Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it Mike Smith 9月 28日
Indian academic under fire for calling Hindu goddess ‘prostitute’ Police complaint is filed against Delhi University lecturer after he posted comment on Facebook Jack Grove 9月 27日
Chinese universities urge academics to ‘promote socialist values’ Move follows government accusation that ideological and political work at some top institutions was weak Ellie Bothwell 9月 27日
Academics face ‘continuing global crisis' of attacks Scholars at Risk counts 257 assaults and persecutions on 中国A片 communities over past year Ellie Bothwell 9月 26日
UK must compete with US and Asia on research translation, v-c warns Challenge for UK as Asian research diaspora returns home, says China-born member of PM's science council Holly Else 9月 26日
Stanford professor wins inaugural $4 million Yidan Prize Carol S. Dweck is named as first laureate of education research prize for her work on the ‘growth mindset’ Ellie Bothwell 9月 20日
South Korea threatens to punish universities over admissions tests Ministry says 11 universities breached regulations by asking questions not covered in school curriculum Ellie Bothwell 9月 19日
New Zealand ‘top in world’ for preparing students for future Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies Ellie Bothwell 9月 19日
National Postdoc Appreciation Week: 10 must-read articles for postdocs For National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we take a look through our archive of advice and information for early career researchers Holly Else 9月 18日
North Korea’s only ‘Western’ university reopens for new term Pyongyang University of Science and Technology feared closure when US travel ban took effect this month Jack Grove 9月 8日