Humanities scholars warn over UKRI¡¯s plan for open-access books Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor Jack Grove 2Ô 17ÈÕ
Plan S does the wrong things to the wrong people UKRI and other funders must prevent good intentions on open access from undermining good science, says Lee Cronin Lee Cronin 2ÔÂ 17ÈÕ
Imperial¡¯s Simone Buitendijk named as next Leeds v-c Vice-provost for education will replace Alan Langlands at Yorkshire university Anna McKie 2Ô 14ÈÕ
Researchers ¡®unaware¡¯ of extent of assessment influence Danish-Australian paper finds researchers unconsciously adjust to accommodate assessment exercise John Ross 2Ô 14ÈÕ
Higher education researchers ¡®stuck on their own islands¡¯ Analysis of 17,000 articles in the field finds lack of integration between different areas of study Simon Baker 2Ô 14ÈÕ
Michelle Donelan named universities minister as science split off Chippenham MP appointed following sacking of Chris Skidmore Chris Havergal 2ÔÂ 13ÈÕ
Skidmore sacked from universities and science post in reshuffle Boris Johnson¡¯s shake-up ends second of two spells in post for Kingswood MP, with Andrea Leadsom also sacked as business secretary John Morgan 2Ô 13ÈÕ
Lack of teaching help for students linked to well-being problems Analysis of responses to major experience survey suggests teaching factors have bigger influence on mental health than student background Simon Baker 2ÔÂ 13ÈÕ
Polish academics fear Catholic group¡¯s role in ¡®free speech¡¯ law Changes will give platform in universities to anti-abortionists and climate change deniers, claim opponents John Morgan 2Ô 13ÈÕ
UKRI wants monographs to be open access by?2024 Proposals are likely to raise concerns over the future of longer-form academic publishing Jack Grove 2ÔÂ 13ÈÕ
Scientists offered €1,000 to publish null results German research institute aims to reshape academic incentives with cash bonuses Jack Grove 2ÔÂ 12ÈÕ
Questions over overseas bids as UK grant success rates revealed Overall success rate for applications to six research councils stood at 27.4 per cent Jack Grove 2ÔÂ 12ÈÕ