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Digital humanities pioneer Gregory Crane argues academics are failing to fully utilise the new tools of scholarship

Scholar returning to homeland from US to lead university speaks of his concerns

New report calls for Athena SWAN awards to be rolled out in India

Tony Hey charts the progress of the US and UK Open Science movement 

Shadow science minister acknowledges challenge of combining excellence with ¡®place¡¯ in supporting R&D

Scholars and senior sector figures reveal the books they¡¯ll be reading over the summer break ¨C for work or pleasure or both ¨C in part two of our annual round-up of holiday reads

University attacked by 750 academics for forcing entire professoriate to reapply for jobs

Scholars are ignorant of many aspects of peer review, and part of the problem is that researching it is a bit like kicking the hornet¡¯s nest, says Martin Eve

UK government ¡®negligent¡¯ to begin negotiations to leave EU without key role being filled, campaigners say

When it comes to openness, biggest hurdle is human factor, says David Doherty

Major evaluation of country¡¯s research landscape also found that internationalisation was a key area for improvement

Academics base conclusions on a decade of MIT publications and patents

Analysis reveals extent of reward system for international publications, which could be distorting scientific incentives

The pressure of producing high-quality research publications spoils the long vacation for many academics, says Rachel Moss

For those vacationing in Peer Review Land, Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto offers some help with the local lingo

First Israeli university in China welcomes students this summer

Does the UK have the best structures in place to fund data-driven research? asks Steven Hill

Top academic claims universities have created 'factories' for junk science papers because of misguided funding system

Task force established by government to explore UK open-data landscape calls for greater efforts to ensure data quality 

CDU wants country to invest 3.5 per cent of GDP in research and development ¨C more than twice that of UK

Twenty-one countries attend annual meeting to showcase progress of multimillion-pound Deltas initiative

King¡¯s College London and TU Dresden ¡®Transcampus¡¯ aims to strengthen ties between UK and Germany 

Call for rankings to give more weight to societal impact

Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ¡®go-to country¡¯ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit

Emily Van Duyne on why she missed graduation despite being passionately committed to her students

Paul Feldman explains why the UK must be ready to embrace research collaborations on an increasingly international scale

University reform urgently needed to capitalise on fourth industrial revolution, says KAIST head

Ahead of the 2017 THE Research Excellence Summit, taking place in Taiwan from tomorrow, we hear from Partha S. Mallick on the importance of valuing talent

¡®Shocking¡¯ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report

Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation

Universities UK and the French University Presidents¡¯ Conference aim to increase mobility and develop more joint degrees

President offers disaffected climate scientists a ¡®second homeland¡¯ to conduct their work

The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities

Bibliometric data suggest link to performance of nations' education systems, although academic warns against drawing simple conclusions

Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region¡¯s woes

Director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission says university research funding would not be affected

Institutions say Commission should divert structural funds into modernising academic systems

The vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong speaks to Times Higher Education at the 2017 THE Innovation and Impact Summit

Virtual research institute aims to overcome geography by providing grants and funding a joint PhD programme

His experiences on a panel reviewing Canadian grant allocation has convinced Jonathan Grant that the evidence base for current practice needs serious reinforcement

Government taking reports ¡®extremely seriously¡¯ and seeking ¡®additional briefing¡¯

Changing academic environment prompts rethink of globally influential employment support guidelines 

Americans produce nearly twice as many highly cited papers in key fields, with China also catching up on EU

Attempt at overseas recruitment part of wider bid to internationalise universities

Royal Irish Academy survey respondents warn against hard border between North and South

European Commission interim evaluation highlights ¡®oversubscription¡¯ in funding bids

Conference hears conflicting views on how to stamp out fraud in research

Greg Simon, former executive director of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, claims universities are resistant to change

Vice-president says universities must convince researchers that journal articles are not the only way to disseminate knowledge

South African minister says many collaborations amount to little more than ¡®visits¡¯

Ellie Bothwell talks with the KAUST president about effective leadership, securing funding and the importance of keeping the local public onside

New institute will receive €10 million a year for interdisciplinary research

Report urges academy to ¡®embrace¡¯ opportunities for wider research dissemination

We examine citation data to get an idea of the most exciting and potentially ground-breaking research topics

Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe

But research organisations say proposed directive does not go far enough and could hinder links with companies

Elsevier data show that China produces vast quantities of papers in field but lags on quality

US scholar argues that academics punch above their weight in key discoveries