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Nick Hillman offers academics advice on managing expectations and ensuring that their research has a big impact

Data show deep dependence on EU funds by some institutions and subjects

Governments overall are spending more of GDP on tertiary education but less on research

Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing

Academics and policy advisers have given their verdict in a study exploring how the REF affects the day-to-day lives of scholars

Universities should take responsibility for the betterment of society, says Michael Crow

Academics do not always publicise their work, says senior academic administrator at Moroccan university 

Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body that will also distribute new money for interdisciplinary research

Pressure to publish can lead to unethical behaviour, writes Athene Donald

Data on international collaborations hint at importance of place, politics and history

An academic who takes students from the UK to Mumbai to lead a community theatre programme tells Chris Parr how the project affects all who take part

Lord Stern should devise a research excellence framework that looks beyond past performance, says Giosu¨¨ Baggio

A recent paper claims that the quality of researchers declines with age. Five senior scientists consider the data and how they¡¯ve contributed through the years

Specialist language in scientific literature can put people off. Doctoral candidate Michelle Reeve asks: is it really necessary?

University revises policy after backlash from academics

Institutions need to establish ¡®nuanced¡¯ notions of excellence, expert on African development tells THE Africa Universities Summit

Universities in two countries will co-host three research chairs

Research council chiefs to be grilled by select committee after poll to name polar research vessel is overruled

Barcelona¡¯s own version of the Crick Institute has helped the city¡¯s academic ecosystem to thrive in spite of Spanish bureaucracy, reports Jack Grove from the Catalan capital

In chasing REF points, academics may risk their public standing and undermine work with potentially profound effects, argues Mark Reed

However, director of the Oxford Martin School says 'disciplinary silos' were one factor contributing to 2008 financial crisis

Johannes Haushofer lists failures in attempt to 'balance the record' on how he climbed the greasy pole of academia

Research Integrity and Peer Review will look at every stage of the scientific process, and could even change its own review system depending on what it finds

Gearing research too far towards industry goals can lead to short-termist approach, warns Brian MacCraith

Literature on leadership development needs much improvement considering the sector¡¯s importance to the UK economy, says report

Academics will continue to have negligible impact on social policy unless they forge new collaborative relationships with service users, says Peter Beresford

It¡¯s time to use technology to detect potential threats and worry less about outdated ideas of privacy, says Ron Iphofen

The junior doctor contract not only deters the lab work that leads to breakthroughs, it threatens quality of care, argues Amitava Banerjee

Durham, Edinburgh and Queen¡¯s University Belfast pick up inaugural awards for arts, humanities and social science departments

But the vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana says academics must still 'push' for recognition

There¡¯s a tension between Germany¡¯s desire to be in the global elite of higher education while remaining egalitarian. John Morgan reports

Those judging creative scientific ideas fail to fully understand them, potentially hampering breakthroughs, research indicates

Lobbying intensifies ahead of Lord Stern's review of crucial assessment into university research performance

University issues public statement of support for UK being part of the EU, citing research and mobility benefits

Amid all the events to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare¡¯s death, Peter J. Smith contemplates our appetite for everything ¨C and anything ¨C to do with the Bard

Producing ¡®real¡¯ books builds academics¡¯ collective public presence, and it is also the most irresistible scholarly challenge, says ?d¨¹l Bozkurt

Many Italians have refused to take part in the country¡¯s research assessment exercise. Alberto Baccini and Giuseppe De Nicolao consider the protest¡¯s impact

China¡¯s motives, like the West¡¯s, are mixed, but it clearly has a role to play in building capacity in African higher education

Ellie Bothwell reports on what both regions gain ¨C and lose ¨C from the Sino-African partnership

Researchers must learn to think like marketers if they want policymakers to listen, suggests discussion paper

Negative stories including collapse of Kids Company appear to be making the public more wary of major research funders

Although the UK does well in competitive grant funding, it loses out on EU structural funds

Li Keqiang also demands institutions stop duplicating research

After months of criticism over potential chilling effect of new rules, campaigners say clarification is ¡®good news¡¯

Tim Softley, Peter Schiffer and Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela explain the benefits of a transatlantic partnership

Paper explores the emotional costs for women of working in ultra-competitive environments

Wellcome Trust Monitor Report finds more certainty about the benefits of breakthroughs, but a mixed picture of general scientific knowledge

Take it as a compliment if other people are doing similar studies to you, says Sam Schwarzkopf

Lack of independent working blamed for difficulties making the leap from undergraduate to doctoral work

Academic casts doubt on universities¡¯ spin-off success and impact on SMEs

Russell Group and University Alliance at loggerheads over whether next research excellence framework should assess more at university level

David Matthews examines the approach of ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Mendeley to profit, user data and open access publishing

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

We know too little about the impact of a research council that funds work with big policy implications, says David Walker

How should universities handle breakdowns in PhD student-supervisor relationships?

The UK has the most institutions in the Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016

Outdated view that modern universities exert only local influence should be challenged, Hefce¡¯s David Sweeney tells Barcelona event

Work on University of Chester archive earns researchers rebuke for laughing in library

Scientific misconduct increasingly studied as example of ¡®occupational crime¡¯, researcher says

Katherine Firth on why you should approach texts less like a Victorian maiden and more like a pirate hero