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Tim Birkhead warns of the ¡®end of science¡¯ unless academics push back against threats to creativity and integrity

Wiley and Elsevier attacked over failures to deposit papers as research funder warns it could withdraw funding for hybrid journals

People contemplating a criminal career might do well to stay in and do their homework

Aaron Huertas offers advice on how to overcome perceptions of being cold but competent 

A work that straddles subject boundaries is an unattractive prospect for publishers, finds Martin Parker

In giving short shrift to the production of modern interpretations, classicists consign their work to narrow academic circles, says Emma Gee

As the number of papers needing review increases, journals are thinking of replacing a voluntary system with cash rewards

Academic is awarded Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for solving Fermat¡¯s Last Theorem

Interviews paint a bleak picture of morale at Yonsei University, raising further concerns about country¡¯s attempt to internationalise

Several research-intensive universities are on list, but many institutions dispute the findings

As the social media platform celebrates its 10th anniversary, Jack Grove examines how it has changed doctoral study

Jeffrey Lehman says American universities have the resources and autonomy to be innovative

Researchers set out how academic insights can build trust between different groups

Joint PhD programmes that split doctoral studies between different universities may help to improve low outward mobility

Ellie Bothwell examines strengths and weaknesses in different higher education systems across the Continent

Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests

Might mass polls by live audiences actually be a better way to choose the right applicant?

But authors of original paper hit back, saying latest assessment is ¡®very optimistic¡¯

Although overall resource funding will rise, most of this extra money will go to multidisciplinary research

A new joint PhD programme is part of a ¡®new era of close collaboration¡¯ between the UK and Australian universities, say v-cs

German academic looking at UK system raises concerns over incentives created by research excellence framework

Study explores challenges of carrying out qualitative work

UK universities¡¯ research links would be harmed and their ¡®philosophy¡¯ lost to Continent, John Morgan is told in Berlin and Munich

Female researchers now account for 37 per cent of first authors in medicine¡¯s top journals, says US study

Nanyang Technological University president Bertil Andersson says Singapore has been much better at improving universities

Like the Scottish independence referendum, the uncertainty of a post-Brexit negotiation makes fact-checking very difficult

Collaboration with Europe has grown dramatically since 2000, according to analysis

Sharing knowledge and information widely is no waste of time, says Philip Moriarty

Researchers hail separatism as a way for region to escape Spanish bureaucracy 

Future research excellence framework could incorporate information on the ¡®future plans of institutions¡¯

Consultant downplays fears that leaving the EU could see overseas sources of funding dry up

Hopes that coordination across universities and better career paths can renew technician workforce

Times Higher Education hears how Wu's career encompassed filming Tiananmen protests and sending China¡¯s first email

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

Universities need a new funding model, say Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Mark E. Smith and Nicola C. Owen, who want academics to take the lead in tackling the problem

As globalisation takes a firm grip on higher education, is the French government¡¯s new strategy working?

Students asked to sniff smelly shirts bearing different university logos showed a preference for those sporting their institution¡¯s brand

We talk to the glaciologist about how it feels to have a glacier named after him and the chances of a catastrophic sea-level rise resulting from climate change

BMJ editor in chief raises alarm over drug trial research funded and often controlled by manufacturers themselves

Being part of a 'Big Science' collaboration was challenging but exhilarating, says Martin Hendry

From the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to special needs education in the UK, more mid-career professionals are taking professional doctorates

UWE researcher says academic specialists in management need to connect far more effectively with industry

Techniques used by scientists led by Ruth Gates and backed by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen are coming under the microscope. Jon Marcus reports from Hawaii

Thailand¡¯s institutions want to develop joint degrees with the UK, but hurdles remain in visa red tape and political instability

New models of scientific discovery eschew the principle of basic research first, says Ben Shneiderman

Drug company hopes to provide a new home for studies that try to replicate previous experimental results

Two famous experiments have reached the silver screen. Antonio Melechi on the relationship between the academic discipline and Hollywood

Times Higher Education's poll shows that the bulk of staff find their work rewarding but there is a deep gulf between academics and professional and support staff

A focus on basic cell biology and statistical population health studies means that understanding how living systems operate has been neglected, they claim

The three institutions aim to tackle sustainability and educational attainment in new partnership

Subra Suresh fears that business short-termism, increasing research costs and worries over cybersecurity are undermining the incentives to invest

Matthew Reisz meets the researcher challenging universities on their tendency to try and fit square pegs into round holes

Analysis suggests higher selectivity fails to increase journals¡¯ impact factors

The world is impatient for the academy¡¯s social benefits, writes Lisa Anderson, but its core mission remains a slow-flowering one

Institutions from eight countries feature in a snapshot university ranking for the region

Center for Open Science hopes initiative will make results more reproducible

Committee of MPs hears that effort to conduct vaccine and treatment trials during outbreak in West Africa was ¡®³Ü²Ô³¦´Ç´Ç°ù»å¾±²Ô²¹³Ù±ð»å¡¯

Warning comes after stories about Coca-Cola¡¯s spending on science hit the headlines last year

Neil Reid is fulfilling a childhood dream and working in a cloud forest in Honduras, where the natural wonders and the need to defend them can push the region¡¯s dangers out of mind