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Articles by David Matthews
Beijing said to be making ‘concerted campaign’ to extend soft power, neutralise opposition to South China Sea territorial claims
Students viewed by government as welcome immigrants, but questions over capacity and provincial policies remain
Krzysztof Rybiński on changing Narxoz University’s culture and the lure of ‘the best meat in the world’
With truly immersive headsets now on the market, academics are beginning to explore how to use the technology for teaching
While the UK is a net contributor to the European Union overall, it does get back more research money than it puts in, figures suggest
Jean Monnet chairs say they encourage full debate on the union, although one has written that when the EU is criticised, ‘our instinct is to defend it’
Only a tiny fraction of the group enter university in the UK and across Europe, but attempts are being made to change the situation
David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems
David Matthews reports from Canada on a model that gives students up to two years in work placements
Data show deep dependence on EU funds by some institutions and subjects
Governments overall are spending more of GDP on tertiary education but less on research
Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing
Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body that will also distribute new money for interdisciplinary research
Data on international collaborations hint at importance of place, politics and history
New book explores the anxieties of Peking and Tsinghua students caught between their parents, the Communist Party and new Western ideas about education
Start-up firm Spires plans rapid expansion across UK universities, and says it could help social mobility – but others see private tutoring as harming access
University revises policy after backlash from academics
Research council chiefs to be grilled by select committee after poll to name polar research vessel is overruled
Research Integrity and Peer Review will look at every stage of the scientific process, and could even change its own review system depending on what it finds
Schools and universities are increasingly looking at how improving personalities can boost social mobility. But in doing so, they may be forced to choose between teaching what is helpful, and what is true, says David Matthews
‘Character education’, a concept that has taken off among schoolteachers, could be coming to higher education
Weiming Education Group, the largest provider of private schools in China, is branching out into the US
Both the government and resurgent left-wing groups are promoting ‘red education’ in the country’s universities
Those judging creative scientific ideas fail to fully understand them, potentially hampering breakthroughs, research indicates
