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Senior academic from the university embroiled in the ¡®Climategate¡¯ scandal warns how open data can be used irresponsibly to damage science

Secretary general of the Guild of European Research Intensive Universities says shortfalls of Horizon 2020 must be addressed

Hundreds of students at Europe¡¯s largest postgraduate dental school may have been awarded the wrong marks thanks to form-filling blunders

We need quick agreements to mitigate the damage that UK exit will have on the European academy, argues Bernd Huber

Researchers in the liberal arts seem to have made it their mission to communicate in the most obscure fashion, says Zachary Foster

UK alone could not match ERC prestige, senior Swiss research figure tells MPs

Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust will be able to publish their findings ahead of peer review on a new digital platform from this autumn

Steven Vaughan has been experimenting with a new way of writing, and despite the odd bit of cheating, it¡¯s going very well

Survey also finds cases of foreign scientists opting against taking up UK jobs

The leader of the German Rectors¡¯ Conference questions ¡®how easy it would be¡¯ for academics to work across borders after the UK leaves the EU

But research leaders in the UK say their European counterparts are already freezing them out when it comes to applying for EU money

Sites like Patreon and Kickstarter allow backers to fund independent scholars, but for now, the sums are small

A review at the University of Nottingham found many doctoral students were unsure where to turn for help

Iain Gillespie, former research and innovation director at Nerc, explains why the University of Leicester is setting up four new institutes

Academy of Social Sciences joins former Royal Society president in raising questions about UK Research and Innovation

A survey suggests research misconduct in the UK is higher than previously feared. Joanna Williams and five other academics ponder the results

Brexit vote leads some European researchers to conclude joint bids with UK academics are now too risky

Jisc/RLUK study charts sector¡¯s shift towards making research freely available online

But rector of Denmark¡¯s top university rejected the exercise owing to ¡®workload and expense¡¯

Leave vote triggers warnings of recruitment problems and of UK academics seeking better opportunities elsewhere

Academics and activists to explore how the History Workshop movement can still inspire new historical research and political thinking

Data reveal that countries such as China and Saudi Arabia produce only a tiny fraction of the history and political science papers of democracies

Max Lu, the first Chinese academic to lead a UK university, says that increasing the institution's links with major firms from his homeland will be a priority

President Thomas Rosenbaum also defines his role as maintaining a culture ¡®where people dream¡¯

Shanghai Jiao Tong University a model of how China¡¯s universities can transform and put innovation first, says president

Dutch push to tackle fraud and ¡®reproducibility crisis¡¯ follows high-profile misconduct cases in the country

But transferring to an institution in another country generally has less of a ¡®positive impact¡¯, finds paper

Danish academic says that building a knowledge economy is no longer a ¡®dominant wish¡¯ for country leaders

Centre for the GeoHumanities at Royal Holloway will use interdisciplinary tools to explore everything from Elizabethan England to climate change and migration

New fiction explores the parallels between the 14th century and the environmental disaster that may lie ahead

The winner of the Copley Medal talks structural biology, fixing cars and sleeping soundly

John Morgan reports on the differences between the countries in terms of the provision of education, governance and the quality of research

Universities must embrace entrepreneurship and work with industry ¨C but with their eyes open, says Nancy Rothwell

Instead, researchers should aim for methodological ¡®soundness¡¯ rather than ¡®flashy claims of superiority¡¯

Paper predicts that the number of funded researchers at small institutions will decline by two-thirds in the next decade if ¡®skews are left uncorrected¡¯

Committee of MPs comes to no firm conclusion on whether common framework for research and commercialisation is good for the UK

We talk migration, being an academic outsider and Brexit with the RGS award winner

Elena Tobolkina got the job opportunity of a lifetime at Oxford, but the cost of childcare and housing took it away

First Regius posts for Wales and Northern Ireland in expansion marking Queen's 90th birthday

Sense about Science study highlights examples of political convenience governing publication dates

UK Higher Education International Unit analysis highlights EU contribution on research

Blog: James Tooley believes the UK academy would be better off outside the European Union

With PhD students now presenting doctoral findings in the form of a cabaret or video documentary, is it time to ditch the thesis and viva? asks Jack Grove

While the UK is a net contributor to the European Union overall, it does get back more research money than it puts in, figures suggest

John Kingman, chair of the newly created UKRI, explains the governing philosophy of the research and innovation funding organisation

More use of data would mean better treatments and fewer tears, says Dimitris Bertsimas, who learned the lesson at first hand

Guild of European Research Intensive Universities aims to ¡®complement¡¯ existing alliances

Jean Monnet chairs say they encourage full debate on the union, although one has written that when the EU is criticised, ¡®our instinct is to defend it¡¯

Dominic Glynn urges academics who are just starting out to shout their research from the rooftops 

Brazil dominates the list of Latin America¡¯s best universities as judged by Times Higher Education¡¯s Academic Reputation Survey

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