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
European Innovation Council mission to create ¡®unicorns¡¯ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn
Investigative journalist Emilia Sercan defied threats to uncover high-level ring of fraudulent PhDs
Low grant success rates, a shrinking budget and concerns over evaluations preceded departure
Digital humanities pioneer Gregory Crane argues academics are failing to fully utilise the new tools of scholarship
Exams this coming autumn semester to be affected
Analysis reveals extent of reward system for international publications, which could be distorting scientific incentives
Some of Germany's most prestigious institutions are increasing pressure on the publisher to strike a new deal
CDU wants country to invest 3.5 per cent of GDP in research and development ¨C more than twice that of UK
Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don¡¯t adopt innovative methods
Major study on successor to Horizon 2020 also suggests including Canada and Australia in European programmes
German analysis finds that undergraduates with the highest ability put in the fewest hours
Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation
Over-expansion of higher education, ¡®useless¡¯ compulsory modules and wider culture of graft blamed
After incidents on US campuses where students have called for scholars¡¯ dismissal, professor sees need to update concept of academic freedom
Peter Cherry knew something was wrong when other applicants arrived in Madrid with several suitcases of documents
Country is latest European state to take action against the garment
After a German university scrapped an intermediate diploma and exam deadlines, results worsened and procrastination increased
Interim evaluation highlights challenges facing researchers in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states
Attempt at overseas recruitment part of wider bid to internationalise universities
Fears over youth unemployment and excessive university expansion could be behind weak support as some countries mull shift
The Deutschlandstipendium, which sponsors students with a mixture of public and private funding, has disappointed some critics
Budapest institution says it will take in students for 2017-18, but its future is still not secure
New institute will receive €10 million a year for interdisciplinary research
Rotterdam School of Management contract with oil company ¡®promised influence over curriculum and admissions¡¯
