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Articles by Ben Upton
ByteDance¡¯s pre-regulation ¡®strategic¡¯ move will allow academics to pull more data from the platform, but critical work may still have to use workarounds if the company extends its veto on publications
Ola Borten Moe admits ¡®serious misjudgement of my own impartiality¡¯ over multibillion-krone contract meeting about a weapons manufacturer he had indirectly bought shares in
European governments are beginning to take an interest in techniques to link scant evidence, as the euphoria about the benefits of mega datasets wanes
Patrick Zaki earned gender studies master¡¯s remotely after serving 22 months in pre-trial detention for writing about the experiences of Egypt¡¯s Coptic Christians during studies in Italy
Learned societies question quality of data, mismatch to EU goals, choice of indicators and ignorance of social and political contexts used by planned monitoring tool
Over 1,000 professors will get €30,000 a year to spend as they please as a remedy to the low success rates of national and international competitions
Recent drops of up to 15 per cent in enrolments blamed on tougher security screening, stingy stipends and a hybrid system creating a crowded market for top-level qualifications
More than 20 public agencies could be turned into just three, but sector leaders are wary of the government¡¯s intentions
Editorial board of Design Studies quits alongside long-standing editor-in-chief, who blamed publisher¡¯s ¡®deeply exploitative¡¯ approach to running the title
A long-awaited law might face further delay after Mark Rutte's government collapses in a ¡®polarised¡¯ political landscape, while some universities are already capping places for non-Europeans without waiting for the legislation to arrive
US funder wants overseas partners to share all data and lab notebooks every three months
All 44 members of Critical Public Health board resign over Taylor & Francis¡¯ article processing charges and alleged push for minimum paper counts
Professors in global North should come south as temporary solution to immigration headaches, Rwandan ambassador tells event
Publisher¡¯s replacement of editor-in-chief comes as it pushes for seven-fold increase in acceptances
Oxford¡¯s vaccine success shows what universities can do in a crisis, but following up with climate solutions means being proactive with funders, Irene Tracey tells THE summit
Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears
Private university founder calls for governance overhaul as the rector of one of Poland¡¯s leading public universities says it is considering an endowment to secure a more stable financial foundation
Suspicion at all levels of France¡¯s hybrid research system means resources and national influence are closely guarded. Fresh proposals to raise quality and stem brain drain face an uphill struggle as players try to hold hard-won positions
Calls for EU politicians to trim fat from next framework programme, better protect its budget from raiding for pet projects and create a new category for Switzerland and the UK
Three-year time limit to gain competence branded ¡®unrealistic¡¯ given high workloads
Designers say pre-application lottery is the best way to reduce costs without compromising on the quality of projects or the diversity of grantees
Groups of leading African and European universities will jointly fund at least a decade of priority research through clusters agreed in the first half of this year, although the delicate details of who gives what are yet to be decided
Underfunding and an authoritarian government combine to create existential threat for Poland¡¯s basic research agency, scholars fear
Some universities have already begun collecting dues while others ¡®wait and see¡¯ for amendment to pass parliament and details of government scholarships to be finalised
