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It may be the only bit of your thesis that most people will read, but do not waste your best title on your PhD, says Zachary Foster

Announcement follows concerns raised that Britain¡¯s economy will not grow as quickly as previously expected

Report from Elsevier suggests more collaboration with poorer nations is needed

As research funding becomes increasingly linked with impact assessment, academics will need help seeking out business partners, sector leaders say

Hypermasculine men may be more likely to take part in trials, misrepresenting the male population, scientists warn

UKCGE head warns of potential consequences for research students from sector shake-up

Largest amount of cash handed out by research councils overall since 2014-15 brings an end to negative trend

Getting innovations to market can be a conundrum, but help and support is available for those limbering up for the knowledge exchange framework, says Siraj Ahmed Shaikh 

Traditions, success and lack of self-reflection limit higher education's role in thought revolutions, says Geoff Mulgan

Ahead of his Vincent Briscoe Lecture, Bill Durodi¨¦ calls on researchers to engage with issues of great social and technological ambition

China now third behind US and UK on Clarivate list of most impactful researchers worldwide

Six out of 10 among 278 anonymous respondents admit to at least one incident of misconduct

Scientific endeavour has for centuries been driven on by both competitive and collaborative spirit, and the rankings can boost both, says Phil Baty

Observers hope scrapping financial audits could lead other funders to cut down on research grant bureaucracy

Several top researchers exit Teesside after professors given individual ratings out of 32, senior academic claims

University of Hertfordshire job cuts add to fears staff could be forced out ahead of REF 2021

Hepi¡¯s exposure of the degree to which teaching subsidises research should provoke a new approach to funding, says Phil Ward

Stark figures in new Hepi report prompt calls for chancellor to tackle research underfunding in budget

Institutions are working to increase participation by native peoples and awareness of their scholarly contributions. Ellie Bothwell reports

Research is paid for by legerdemain, and we should be honest about it if we want to correct funding imbalances and treat students fairly

Advancing capabilities of stem cells could mean researchers run into legal difficulties once more, European academies warn

Institutions left ¡®bemused¡¯ by ratings delivered by pilot

Researchers blame ¡®old boy¡¯ networks and evolutionary history for male tendency to stick together

University of Maryland student claims top prize for explaining thesis on parasites affecting bee decline

Hate studies grows in importance as a discipline as more universities open research centres

Remaining three years of funding programme to focus on carbon reduction, climate change resilience, digitisation and cybersecurity

Hannelore Vanhaverbeke on what publishers can do to help reduce the number of scholars infringing copyright agreements

Junior researchers being ¡®held back¡¯ by the ordering of names on joint papers, study finds

Accreditation of research methods should be a mandatory requirement for publication in journals, says Peter Thompson

In a pair of books exploring aspects of Jewish identity, Devorah Baum reflects on Jewishness and the human condition. She talks about turning uncomfortable ¡®Jewish feelings¡¯ such as guilt into something positive, and how humour is a way of coping with life¡¯s trials

David Matthews learns how archivists deal with enquiries about material collected by the former East Germany¡¯s secret police that can still destroy reputations

Charts also illustrate how developing nations concentrate their research on a narrower set of fields

Researchers from across the globe gather in Buenos Aires to discuss medicinal uses of drug

Canada and Germany also boast high levels of cross-border collaboration, Elsevier data show

Data suggest that more universities ¨C and subject areas ¨C will need to succeed on the world stage to sustain the country¡¯s rise 

In-depth examination of researchers¡¯ career paths suggests few adhere to long-held stereotype that the young publish more

Bibliometric data suggest there should be more scholarship on the topic, but academics still make key contributions to debate

A ¡®European Campus¡¯ has already been created by French, Swiss and German universities

Attempt to measure knowledge exchange could also be step to showing university ¡®relevance¡¯, metrics experts suggest

Figures from Elsevier's Scopus database also reveal which scholarship on the topic has been the most cited

Aberdeen v-c warns that universities cannot wait until 2019 for clarity on EU research access

Framework to measure university-business links would follow TEF and REF

Squeamishness about advocacy is out of date. Evidence and freedom of enquiry must be defended, says Aymen Idris

Newer prizes that reward scientific teams are fairer and more representative, says Martin Rees

After this year¡¯s laureates were announced, 50 winners share the secrets of their success

Billy Hunter responds as publishers seek the removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate

Panel debate from the 2017 THE World Academic Summit

Having caused a scandal over research assessment back in the 1990s, Lincoln Allison is well placed to give an overview of its impact, and still finds it wanting

Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest

Three scientists, based in UK, US and Switzerland, share prize for making it possible to see biological material at atomic level

New facility should provide crucial information for detecting crimes

Figures from Elsevier's Scopus database suggest study into topic has unusually low rate of collaboration

Viewed by many academics as an impostor subject, media studies is more critical than ever, says Louise Byrne

Breaking free from Madrid may reduce bureaucracy for universities, but could endanger funding

How one Nobel winner instilled belief in Erika Mancini

Sir Peter Gluckman, who advises New Zealand¡¯s prime minister, cautions scientists against overreach

Ministers are foolish to abandon the conclusions of the 1971 review that has informed UK research policy for 45 years, say Donald Braben and John Dainton 

Is your resolution for the new academic year to publish more? Here, 16 scholars give advice on pitching, editing and writing ¨C and dealing with negative peer reviews

Universities must support those responsible for the impact case studies that will carry so much weight in the next research excellence framework, says Jonathan Grant