David Matthews is a reporter covering Europe, based in Berlin.?
Before joining THE in June 2011, David was a reporter at Building magazine. He holds a BA in History from the University of Oxford and an MA in magazine journalism from City University, London. In 2014-15 he spent a year at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai studying Mandarin Chinese. ?
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Articles by David Matthews
Survey of German professors finds US-based doctoral candidates favoured over counterparts in Singapore or Vietnam
New research challenges narrative that in recent political battles, university leavers have tilted to the left
Universities pay only for direct teaching time, making effective hourly pay derisory, union claims
Union fears changes will increase selectivity in university system
Desire to climb global tables is bringing many institutions together ¨C but there are risks, expert warns
Although Finland and South Korea have agreed deals with the publisher, European sectors are looking to take a harder line
As Brexit nears, charitable research funder is the latest UK institution to establish a German presence
Groningen pulls out after concerns about academic freedom, costs and staffing
Technology behind Bitcoin is not just hype, say advocates, but could prevent data tampering and improve reproducibility
Working with pen and paper and cut off from the outside world, Ali Kaya wrote three papers, re-deriving physical formulas from scratch
¡®Trained observers¡¯ can help selection committees stamp out implicit bias against women, Europe¡¯s biggest highest education institutions say
President¡¯s broadside against Bo?azi?i University raises questions over Islamisation of institutions and international links
Companies blame a ¡®social shift¡¯ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom
Incident seen as symptomatic of increasingly anti-intellectual turn encouraged by the government
As Brexit threatens funding shortfall, European Commission appears convinced research is better done continent-wide
Governments could ¡®abandon¡¯ support for sector unless countries that attract graduates recompense those that taught them, academic warns
Scholars argue swelling targets for teaching and research are making it harder for universities to have a regional impact
Some of the biggest universities in Germany are now without contracts with the publisher
Most finished integration courses, but few ended up with advanced German skills ¨C and the vast majority were male
Partnerships should allow access to a wider pool of research grants, institutions hope
Concerns raised over moves to ¡®mute¡¯ students¡¯ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards
Echoing the UK, government will also seek to measure the impact of research on society and business
Offer of free study appears to have attracted many undergraduates, particularly from Russia
Fears that uncertainty over UK¡¯s future in EU research framework has led to drop of half a billion euros in coordinated projects
