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Online platform boasting 11,500 academic experts answering public questions seeks backing for global expansion

Recruiting a five-year, full-time president could transform the umbrella body¡¯s ability to defend the sector, says Sir Anthony Seldon

The Palestinian law professor talks about the overlap with his other job: as a stand-up comedian travelling the world talking about the Arab American experience

Duncan Ross explains why submitting data on global partnerships is mandatory for inclusion in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings

The UK¡¯s new knowledge exchange framework, whose proposed metrics were unveiled last month, has raised more questions over relationships between universities and business. David Secher and Surya Raghu cast their eye over 40 years of policy evolution on either side of the Atlantic

¡®Why is being incredibly successful a problem?¡¯ asks Universities Australia chair Margaret Gardner

Researchers must ¡®put on the gloves¡¯ and bring the fight to their critics, says Arizona State professor

The government¡¯s new ¡®national interest¡¯ test for research proposals is another damaging symptom of short-termism, says Margaret Sheil

Research benefits often unforeseeable but must be communicated

Duncan Ross explains how universities¡¯ evidence is being verified and measured in the THE University Impact Rankings

American Association for the Advancement of Science accompanied by global efforts to better inform policymaking

Turning to dance may help scientists communicate their findings to those who distrust experts, claims competition winner

Evidence suggests citations boost from working with industry

Two researchers who study rainforest resilience tell Jack Grove of their alarm at seeing the devastation wrought by wildfires

Rebekah Tromble and Patricia Rossini feared for their safety when the conservative online world turned against them last summer

Whatever you think of the likes of Jordan Peterson, their use of alternative media to reach huge audiences offers many lessons, says Michael Marinetto 

Dozens of universities are already interested in striking ¡®civic university agreements¡¯ proposed by commission

Japan leads on number of submissions but institutions across 75 countries have taken part

While China¡¯s intensification puts regional rivals in the shade, it casts a spotlight on progress in the special administrative region

Academics who want their findings to be used but not abused should bear eight things in mind, says Nick Hillman

The advent of Plan S promises to turbocharge the open access movement, but amid pushback from researchers and publishers, Rachael Pells examines whether the demand for published research truly merits the disruption

The Pacific nation¡¯s ambitions to harness its universities to drive economic growth face many challenges, says Roger Smyth

Don¡¯t fixate on funding cuts and market challenges, UK-born star scientist Michelle Simmons tells Australian peers

Pledges of huge investments in higher education to secure the tech giant¡¯s second headquarters could strain academic autonomy, says Michelle Dimino

Even in tourism studies, reality often belies the bold, sunny pictures painted in the impact case study brochure, says Rhodri Thomas 

Those who fail to articulate the issues their communities feel strongly about do the academy and society a disservice, says Sandro Galea

Research England says that institutions will be assigned a decile rank in seven broad areas of knowledge exchange

Universities should use federal budget boost to help companies keep innovating, not to do it themselves, top science policy expert says

Patent citation data suggest that economies such as South Korea, where firms have capacity to drive research, are making most progress 

After the Solstice Attack, the University of Rural England has become a bastion of hope and survival, writes John Gilbey. But how far can it push its role as the ultimate post-apocalyptic anchor institution?

Tokenistic and irrelevant assessments of research¡¯s social value are holding back progress, say Clarence Tam and three others

Academics should not sneer at Simon Birmingham¡¯s appeal to what ¡®most Australians¡¯ would think about projects, says Hannah Forsyth

Paper calls for scientific organisations to monitor platforms ¡®known to spread false and misleading¡¯ information about research and ¡®respond quickly¡¯

Both the rationale and the mechanism for redistributing research activity around the regions are far from clear cut, say Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid   

More than 60 US institutions to work with 800 others worldwide in tackling global strategy on environment, education and equality

Take-up of research by business is difficult to catalyse and record. Far better to focus on the impact central to universities¡¯ missions, say Vince Mitchell and William Harvey

A Twitter storm over a remark he made on diversity policy reminds Jeffrey Flier why he was so wary of speaking out while a Harvard dean

Universities say they must be able to supplement metrics with contextual or narrative information

Call for university funding to be tied to institutions¡¯ role in their local communities

Survey respondents question value of degree-level education, but most would encourage their children to enrol

Academics staging events on everything from ¡®pseudo-death¡¯ to convict ballads claim that public events can often drive future scholarship

Russell Group university¡¯s return to the local highlights higher education¡¯s role in the wake of the Brexit vote in addressing post-industrial decline, and supporting austerity-hit councils

If women in particular must watch what they say for fear of a social media mauling, public scholarly fora will be the poorer, warns Charlotte Galpin

Universities around the world can participate in new ranking based on UN Sustainable Development Goals 

Case may show that Canada needs a broader strategy to become an innovation powerhouse

Seeking a greater share of imagined profits from commercialisation would undermine technology transfer, says David Secher

In an unpredictable, increasingly digital age, Singapore¡¯s universities are rethinking how to equip alumni with relevant skills throughout their lives

Fresh facilities at new Waterside campus will transform fortunes of town, says vice-chancellor

President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ¡®production, preservation and communication of knowledge¡¯

Report sets outs recommendations for healthier collaborations

The Teesside pro vice-chancellor discusses promoting gender balance and being diagnosed with ovarian cancer

As universities have turned to partisan lobbying and self-promotion, new head of Allea thinks ancient organisations now fill a crucial space in public debate

Asking social scientists to demonstrate academic impact ignores the messy reality of political lobbying, says Matthew Flinders

European funders¡¯ beefed-up open access mandate sounds the death knell for subscription publishing, but academic Armageddon is no closer, says Lenny Teytelman

¡®Imprudent¡¯ to attach too much weight to first iteration of knowledge exchange framework, conference hears

New league table will be first to measure global universities¡¯ success in delivering on UN targets

Universities must look beyond a narrow conception of impact to communicate the true value of higher education to society, say Ulrike Felt, Maximilian Fochler, Andreas Richter, Ren¨¦e Schroeder and Lisa Sigl

Australia¡¯s top universities deliver greater economic benefits than their UK equivalents, study finds

Academic Jack Davis tells John Morgan of his surprise at learning that his history of the Gulf of Mexico had won a Pulitzer prize and his hope that it will help to deliver a pro-environmental message

Researchers jointly employed by commercial organisations less likely to partner outside academia