Rachael Pells was a reporter whose work covered research and research policy, including funding, academic publishing, ethics and misconduct. Separately, she covered higher education across Latin America.
Rachael completed?her MA in journalism at Goldsmiths University, London, and?holds a?BA in English from Oxford Brookes University. She joined Times Higher Education in September 2017, and was previously education correspondent and student editor at The Independent.
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Articles by Rachael Pells
The author and black history researcher speaks on the importance of passing historical knowledge on to the next generation, and reveals her competitive sporting nature
Andrew Thompson warns suitable plug for UK research funding gaps post-Brexit could take years to deliver
Long-running investigation into David Latchman¡¯s UCL laboratory finds evidence of deliberate research misconduct, but concludes he was unaware of it
Sharing every stage of scholarship on Octopus platform will allow funders to offer smaller, more regular grants, according to founder
Task force affirms support for green open access and says that poorer researchers should not miss out
Analysis of impact of doctoral training centres funded by Economic and Social Research Council prompts further questions over approach to postgraduate learning
Matthew Hedges, a PhD student specialising in Middle Eastern politics, was detained at Dubai airport on 5 May and held in solitary confinement
Fewer than half of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council¡¯s Centres for Doctoral Training rated ¡®good¡¯
¡®Aspiration is not enough¡¯, says Sir Paul Nurse of goal to spend 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D
Robert-Jan Smits attempts to allay concerns of junior academics considering moving country because of planned publishing shift
Scholars subject to ¡®threats¡¯ and arrests in the wake of Jair Bolsonaro¡¯s presidential victory
Universities say they must be able to supplement metrics with contextual or narrative information
Imperial and UCL secure far more grants by value as Oxford slips back
Rising value of grants suggests that winning funding is likely to remain highly competitive
Data company beats rival Elsevier, which provided indicators for 2014 assessment
Andrei Volkov says rankings are only part of the initiative, alongside improved culture and diversity
Emergence of lingua franca in science should not lead to other languages being neglected in teaching, conference hears
Which is the better option when it comes to running academic journals ¨C the professional editor or the academic one? Rachael Pells analyses the pros and cons of each
Deputy chair of Russia¡¯s academic excellence programme encourages institutions to adopt innovative approaches to learning
Hearing that an editor does not want to publish your work can be crushing, but learning from the experience can make you stronger
Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff
Organisation joins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in signing up to the Plan S open-access initiative
Military initiative to connect Amazon communities to the internet will allow students to enrol on distance-learning degree courses through the Open University of Brazil
Plan S task force leader suggests developed nations could contribute towards article processing charges in poorer sectors
