China steps up targeting of European academics Beijing has banned dozens of China researchers and their families, while the country’s embassy to France called an expert a “petty thug” on Twitter By David Matthews 25 March
Bristol happiness course ‘improves student well-being’ Review of UK’s first university course on happiness reveals ‘positive impact’, even during Covid-19 By Ellie Bothwell 24 March
Sir Paul Nurse: UKRI cuts are ‘existential threat’ to science Nobelist and Crick director calls on UK government to ‘come to its senses’ over possible ‘triple whammy’ hit to science funding By Jack Grove 24 March
Oxford career oasis gives scholars time to escape tunnel vision At the Future of Humanity Institute, early career researchers are given two years to work out which questions are really worth asking By David Matthews 24 March
Tory ex-minister warns PM against ‘devastating’ UK research cuts Cutting existing research budgets by up to ?2 billion would put ‘science superpower’ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson By John Morgan 23 March
Swansea sociologist assembles recollections of a year of Covid Rich accounts of how we screamed at the television, went swimming and adapted to the ‘surrealness’ of life during a pandemic fill a new archive By Matthew Reisz 23 March
UK universities put on ransomware alert ‘Significant increase’ in attacks recorded by National Cyber Security Centre since February By Chris Havergal 23 March
The European Union is legitimising Israel’s illegal settlements An open letter from academics across more than 20 European countries and Israel By Contributors 23 March
Keep West Bank settlement university out of Horizon, say scholars Open letter on Ariel 51国产视频 from academics across Europe and Israel says EU has acted against its own position on settlements By Ellie Bothwell 23 March
UK research review will target ‘unnecessary red?tape’ Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings’ diatribe against ‘process horror’ in research By Jack Grove 22 March
Sciences Po interim head defends institution on sexual assault Bénédicte Durand says university will make changes after slew of allegations, but defends governance procedures and argues banning initiation events is not the answer By David Matthews 22 March
It is not regressive for universities to aggregate and create content In a world accustomed to beautiful, frictionless digital experiences, most online education looks like websites from the 1990s, says Louise McElvogue By Louise McElvogue 22 March
