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Articles by David Matthews
Appointment of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party political candidate, has triggered days of protests from staff and students at Bo?azi?i University in Istanbul
If the UK wins more money from the EU¡¯s flagship research programme it will have to pay it back ¨C but only if the imbalance is structural
Turing scheme will not cover tuition fees, travel costs to the UK or staff exchanges, leaving UK universities to negotiate fee waivers
Trying to steer a sustainable middle course, Dutch universities have been at 20 per cent capacity this semester
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More than 50 rectors with no international publications continuously tweet pro-government messages, reflecting country¡¯s waning academic freedom
Fearful of lagging behind the US and China, the continent now has multiple Darpa-like agencies. But they face challenges securing political independence, funding, and turning prototypes into reality
MPs say institutions are wasting money on things like car parking spaces and meditation rooms
The case of Linn¨¦a Taylor, who was fired by Lund University but fought back through courts, raises questions over misconduct investigations
Struggling financially, the private Jacobs University is seeking new backers, but academics have been left shocked by plans for it to be turned into an AI institute by software giants
The government points to a decade of funding guarantees, but critics have taken aim at draconian punishments for campus protests and the rushed scrapping of a PhD vetting body
French scholars, accused of fostering terrorism, fear escalating rhetoric could curtail freedom of research
Picking winners at random helps back risky research, boosts niche subjects and curbs nepotism, recipients say
Despite a pandemic-induced pause in March, research funders have concluded that submissions are ¡®broadly on track¡¯ and will not push deadline back again
Half of regional governors¡¯ dissertations contained copied text, and these plagiarists went on to perform worse in government, research suggests
After cutbacks to the programme in July, lawmakers have managed to pad out the budget slightly, but universities remain disappointed
With digital devices generating data from the world at an unprecedented rate, what it means to be a scientist has changed, conference hears
Publishers warn that the pirate repository carries security risks, but critics say the threat is over-hyped to justify greater surveillance of researchers
Nation opts for strength in depth across the country instead of topping global rankings, argues sector head
But president Alexander Lukashenko has been forced to replace rectors, and some university managers have refused to expel students ¨C suggesting regime control is not complete
But unlike in the spring, not all countries are taking a blanket approach, and there are louder concerns about the mental impact on students
The epigeneticist and new Max Planck vice-president on a global childhood, the pleasures of buses running on time, and why young researchers are more stressed than ever
Academics are well aware that jetting off to international conferences damages the climate, but for some, there is a much bigger source of emissions
Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners
