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This report examines which students in European higher education get to study abroad and what factors influence their opportunities. Drawing from data across 23 European countries, we found that: • Older students (30+ years) are less likely to study abroad • Students from wealthier families have more opportunities to study abroad • Students whose parents went to university are more likely to study abroad • Research universities (those that can award PhDs) send more students abroad • Research universities tend to have fewer older students and more students from privileged backgrounds.

Since citation context information has entered the Web of Science (Clarivate) in recent years, one wonders whether the legitimacy and soundness of citation analyses for measuring research quality of publications can be improved by considering this information. The legitimacy and soundness of citation analysis can be established by assessing their construct validity. This can be done by studying how citation impact variables relate to generally accepted external validation data, like human expert assessments of research quality.[...]

Das BVerfG erklärt die Regelung des Berliner Hochschulgesetzes, die die verpflichtende Entfristung von Postdoktorand*innen vorsah, für formell verfassungswidrig. Die von der HU Berlin bemühte Verfassungsbeschwerde war erfolgreich. Das landespolitische Projekt einer Transformation wissenschaftlicher Qualifikationsstellen hin zu einem flächendeckenden Angebot entfristeter Stellen für Postdocs war bereits politisch tot, nun hat das BVerfG die Regelung verfassungsrechtlich beerdigt. Die Entscheidung hinterlässt den schalen Nachgeschmack, dass damit einem „Weiter-so“ der Qualifikations-Befristung von Postdoktorand*innen der Weg bereitet wurde.

In this study we investigate the relative contributions of co-authors to publications in mathematics. Mathematics is an interesting case for such research because it is one of only a few scientific disciplines in which alphabetical order of names of co-authors on publications is still the prevailing convention rather than contribution-based order. The study is based on unique data of publicly available author-provided quantitative contribution statements for co-authored papers from applications for habilitation degrees in Poland. [...]