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
Thailand’s institutions want to develop joint degrees with the UK, but hurdles remain in visa red tape and political instability
Partnership of five universities has so far helped new businesses raise more than ?1bn
Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought
Some universities have already overturned a ban on marriage and children among undergraduates, but it is still upheld in places
Drug company hopes to provide a new home for studies that try to replicate previous experimental results
A focus on basic cell biology and statistical population health studies means that understanding how living systems operate has been neglected, they claim
China, fostering links with future leaders through its universities, is now playing the same game as Western nations, researcher says
Fears that the changes could favour applicants from wealthy backgrounds who can afford to be coached
White students are over-represented compared with young UK population, but there is huge variation for other groups
Subra Suresh fears that business short-termism, increasing research costs and worries over cybersecurity are undermining the incentives to invest
Oxford college says it has received an ‘overwhelming message’ in favour of keeping the statue standing
Analysis suggests higher selectivity fails to increase journals’ impact factors
How can institutions hire and hold top scholars when homes in their cities are out of reach to academics?
Comments by universities minister could signal a split in opinion in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Comments by Sir Keith Burnett follows criticisms from business minister than some universities held a 'snobbish' attitude to the courses
Center for Open Science hopes initiative will make results more reproducible
Allegations of mistreatment by university raises questions of discrimination against 'untouchable' caste
Committee of MPs hears that effort to conduct vaccine and treatment trials during outbreak in West Africa was ‘耻苍肠辞辞谤诲颈苍补迟别诲’
Researchers cite high levels of independence and the need for social perceptiveness as factors
A paper argues that China’s one-child policy helped women to break into higher education. With the demise of the policy, could female progress go into reverse?
Warning comes after stories about Coca-Cola’s spending on science hit the headlines last year
This graph shows an explosion in the number of so-called predatory publishers and journals in the past five years
Critics fear proposals for high-level body could risk politicising scientific decisions.
Authors argue this means universities should spend less on senior academics and give promising younger scholars more of a chance
