Plus: union officer's 'unnecessary' seven-month suspension lifted MONDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2019
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To what degree should in-house university publishers produce general interest literature? Contentious changes at the University of Melbourne press suggest that your answer could cost you your job. In the UK, a professor is back at work after a seven-month suspension over charges relating to his trade union casework. And across the pond, US campus police up their game in response to protests, extremist speakers and hate crimes.
- Ellie Bothwell, reporter
ellie.bothwell@timeshighereducation.com | | | Should university presses publish mainstream books or focus on academic monographs? This publishing dilemma has been exposed by a row at the University of Melbourne after the institution decided to neglect a compromise deal that would have allowed Melbourne University Publishing to continue producing popular non-academic works while using the profits to cross-subsidise academic monographs. MUP's chief executive and five directors resigned over the decision, with critics accusing the university of censoring academic freedom and killing off one of its most effective arms of community engagement. But some scholars lauded the decision. Australian National University anthropologist James Fox, who co-founded ANU Press in 2002 and now chairs its advisory committee, said that the notion that trade presses could be used to cross-subsidise academic publishing was a myth. | | | Salesforce.org student success survey is out now What is student success? What student success initiatives do you prioritise in your institution? And how can technology support student success? Take our survey and join us for a free event to discuss the future of student success. | | Suspension of disbelief: A professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, who was suspended for seven months over what colleagues describe as 'farcical' and 'non-specific' charges related to union activity, has been reinstated.
On guard: One US state considered recruiting a 'mobile force platoon' of 40 specially trained police officers to respond to emergencies at its 17 public universities. The plan was turned down but it's a sign of growing concerns about safety and security on US campuses.
Moral support: Ethical grey areas – and a lack of readily available guidance on how to navigate them – are hampering improvements to the way academics recruit human research subjects, according to a study.
Stung to the quick: Opinion has been split in the US over a sting operation in which federal officials created a fake university to arrest 130 students on visa charges. | | There are more than 7,000 jobs on THEunijobs | | | |
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