There is a difference between being invited into a university and feeling wanted there.

George Saunders won the Man Booker prize in 2017 with his novel Lincoln in the Bardo. Earlier that year he wrote about his revising process. My method is: I imagine a meter mounted in my forehead, …

The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye

This study examines the relationship between research integrity and open access (OA) publishing models using data from Retraction Watch and OpenAlex. Analysing 60,608 retracted publications from...

Bethan Evans draws from the experiences of academics with energy limiting conditions to explore how the marketisation of UK universities impacts staff.

Author surveys show researchers regularly turn to generic “off the shelf” AI tools Akhilesh Ayer argues for a more careful research-centric approach.

Unclear standards combined with power dynamics can create problems for women researchers.

by Elizabet Kaitell On slowing down, noticing, and visual reflective journaling in the accelerated university There are mornings when I arrive at my workstation, and my mind is foggy, my shoulders …

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Several studies have suggested that vegetarian and vegan vs. non-vegetarian diets are associated with lower cancer risk overall, however, results for specific cancer sites have been less consistent. W...

Use AI as a brainstorming partner and organizer, but don’t outsource your judgment

This article addresses the critical need for effective teaching strategies in research integrity (RI), acknowledging widespread uncertainty among educators on the best approach. Building on existing l...

Even when both sides occupy the same area, men’s facilities can serve more users.

Andrew Routledge explores why universities still let students opt out of speaking, and what a better model looks like Andrew Routledge explores why universities still let students opt out of speaking,...

Madeleine Pownall and Sebastian Cordoba make the case for reflexivity and positionality statements as important in all kinds of research Madeleine Pownall and Sebastian Cordoba make the case for reflexivity...

Documents that lay out a research group’s ethos and practical guidelines are becoming increasingly popular in the academic community.

Formal complaints have shot up in recent years, albeit from a low base. But where some see the inevitable effects of redundancies, hybrid working and an overdue crackdown on poor conduct, others perce...

The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.

I have been blogging my reading of research papers on Research Integrity training since 2020. I would file this area of research under “Education”, a social science, so it is important …

Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

Career coaches and leaders share practical advice for managing anxiety and overload after the break.

Understanding how employees rationalize questionable decisions can help leaders create more ethical workplace cultures.

For Alison Purvis, the use of artificial intelligence in higher education should take transparency as its starting point For Alison Purvis, the use of artificial intelligence in higher education shoul...

Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

Click to enlarge A brief detour from chemistry, branching out into science in general today. This graphic looks at the different factors that can contribute towards 'bad' science - it was inspired ...

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