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Articles by David Matthews
Universities and colleges offering hands-on training have found it harder to shift online, hurting their students, who are more likely to be from less-advantaged families
Insistence on ¡®excellent¡¯ research is commonplace, but Europe¡¯s biggest funders warn that it can damage integrity and foster ruthless competition when poorly defined
Plan S shift backed by European Commission will be ¡®detrimental¡¯ to researchers, says commission-created ERC
Too-high targets overburden female academics with administrative work and hold back their careers, research foundation concludes
Horizon Europe will receive only a tiny fraction of an unprecedented €750 billion pandemic recovery package
Some scholars who have fled to Europe worry others see them more as refugees than as experts
African researchers say meeting digitally overcomes cost, distance, social discomfort and environmental damage ¨C but even online, inequalities remain
Prizewinners argue that researchers have ¡®stuck to a line¡¯ about the pandemic¡¯s danger in order to get politicians to listen ¨C risking open debate
Thinktank says lecturers on short-term contracts could lead to worse outcomes for students, as report concludes there are no easy ways to cut university costs
Law professor who sits on Germany's constitutional court warns that far-right attacks on ¡®weaker¡¯ subjects would be followed by criticism of more mainstream disciplines
Unequal childcare burden blamed for fall in share of published research by women since schools shut, but funding bodies look to alleviate career impact
The prizewinning economist discusses how economics must focus on beliefs and identity, along with the influence of TV on our choices
With the key selling point of university ¨C meeting people and having a ¡®great experience¡¯ ¨C now gone, Andreas Schleicher sees high fees as unjustified and calls for more government investment
Five key recruiting nations¡¯ crisis measures on international student recruitment compared and analysed
Taboo-breaking Parcoursup reforms in 2018 are seen to have reduced failure rates, but there are fears Parisian universities will now hoover up the best students nationwide
Despite a government loan scheme, unions say students have no choice but to drop out in order to claim unemployment benefit
More than a third of the public now believe scientists are hiding information ¨C confusion over masks and broadsides from a ¡®populist¡¯ microbiologist are blamed
Universities warn research allocation is insufficient to brace against potential future pandemic shocks
Using critical comments about a preprint, Bild launched a front-page attack on Christian Drosten. Scientists fear this will chill academic discussion of preliminary results
Prospective overseas students are worried about travel restrictions, scholarship complications and finances, Dutch survey shows
Despite greater focus on students¡¯ learning outcomes, in Europe institutions are still largely assessed on the basis of ¡®input¡¯ measures, such as staff-to-student ratios, rather than trickier ¡®output¡® measures
German universities report no redundancies, while Dutch staff enjoy a pay rise. Some think the pandemic has vindicated Europe¡¯s low-fee model
Without face-to-face interaction, new students could struggle to make friends and adapt to university study, leading to dropouts later, institutions fear
As after the 2008 financial crisis, Swedes have responded to the coronavirus-induced downturn by making plans to return to university
