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
Tsinghua University web page was changed to feature terrorist group fighters on horseback
Comments come amid debate over whether to permit for-profit institutions to operate in the country
Scholars say they feel overwhelmed by demands, but there is scandalously little evidence on whether long hours make any sense for knowledge workers, finds David Matthews
Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine
This graphic shows the extra earnings of workers aged 25-64 holding a bachelor’s, or master’s or doctoral degree, in 10 countries
Peer Reviewers’ Openness Initiative billed as a ‘grassroots’ response to concerns over reproducibility
Analysis of seven prominent medical journals finds randomised controlled trials are far less likely to receive a press release than weaker observational studies
Oxford's first female v-c also criticises bureaucracy in higher education and censorious students
Despite mission statements proclaiming importance of ‘third stream’ activity, scholars do not see it as a priority
Plos Biology launches new section looking at how experiments are run and incentive systems for scientists
The proportion of male and female students varies widely across different subjects in UK universities
Older white voters more hostile to state university funding if younger population is ethnically diverse, Californian study finds
Narrow science base could hurt ability to meet new challenges, report says
City University London vice-chancellor among academics recognised
Chair of review into research excellence framework also defends decision to have steering committee dominated by Russell Group
But the fate of Rhodes statue remains uncertain as anti-racism campaigners call for it be taken down
President Tony Chan puts rise to world stage down to money, research-active staff and the lure of Hong Kong
Baron Stern of Brentford has previously raised concerns that the research excellence framework forces academics to focus too much on publishing articles
Author of report into reshaping of research council system defends proposal to create a new ministerial committee
Prosecutors accuse academics of colluding with publishers to boost their standing and sell more books
BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit hears that countries such as India should stop trying to play the West's game
I had assumed stories about campus political correctness might be overblown. But the experience of my friend is an example of how deeply it permeates universities
Senior figures in UK science fear that culture leading to research misconduct has not been changed
New publishing model aims to make research accessible to all without charging authors
