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University of Manchester physicist hits out at critics who claim Nobel-winning discovery has not yet delivered

Newcastle vice-chancellor says shared approach needed to prevent ¡®bad practices¡¯

¡®SWAT team¡¯ of finance experts and science writers helps university secure more federal research funds than any other US institution, says its vice-provost for research

Abandoning ¡®bureaucratic¡¯ exercise now would save universities ?430 million, according to UK Day One

Experts fear ¡®high-risk strategy¡¯ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas

New immigration policies introduced to attract foreign scientists as country struggles to compete in talent race

Papyrologist Roberta Mazza faced intimidation and legal threats when she blew the whistle on the multimillion-pound trade in illicit papyri

But radical thinking is needed to make its collaborative instruments more effective and convince sceptical governments of their value, says Jan Palmowski

Body proposed by former government was seen as a way of upskilling workforce and growing the economy

With the audiobook industry booming, university publishers are turning everything from hot new scholarly titles to Karl Marx¡¯s catalogue into engrossing listening. Matthew Reisz speaks to academics, producers and publishers about what makes a great audiobook and where the industry goes next

Code-of-silence mentality encourages blunt measures that hamper benign activities while overlooking legitimate threats, says expert

The Fulbright Commission¡¯s insistence that fellows return home is senseless in a country dismantling its science base, says Nicolas Mongiardino Koch

Science minister says he took job in DSIT because he ¡®didn¡¯t feel like shutting up¡¯

Sector leaders fear ¡®catastrophic¡¯ damage to scholarship as overseas academics and students leave

The president of McMaster University discusses the importance of nuclear power, dealing with a sexual misconduct scandal and limits on student recruitment

University umbrella groups welcome report¡¯s emphasis on research while critiquing some proposals

Recent figures suggesting growing Russian isolation doesn¡¯t tell the full story, say Lin Zhang, Zhe Cao, Gunnar Sivertsen and Dmitrii Kochetkov 

Cross-border authorship may be stalling in part because domestic output is growing so rapidly, analysts suggest

Forcing UKRI-backed researchers to publish their papers as preprints would save ?40 million annually and ¡®accelerate scientific progress¡¯, says thinktank

Commission needs standalone portfolio for research and innovation or Europe could lose ¡®competitive edge¡¯, prize winners warn

Money awarded under Horizon Europe Guarantee helped scholars remain competitive as Britain returns to Europe¡¯s research programme, says UKRI¡¯s international champion

New role backed by cement company at Trinity College Dublin has prompted protests, but can institutions ¨C and the planet ¨C realistically afford to spurn such funding?

Working-class undergraduates who juggle paid work with their studies are finding it difficult to devote long hours to their course, says Randall Whittaker

Italian biologist makes the case for slower and smaller research

Security expert questions the approach, amid reports of Australia¡¯s first ¡®nationality ban¡¯

New Labour government believes decade-long budgets will lead to more industry investment in science and fewer precariously employed researchers, but not everyone is so convinced

As tech giants spend staggering sums on artificial intelligence, the head of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council explains why it¡¯s vital for academia to engage in this ¡®hot¡¯ area of research

As a loss-maker, research is under pressure as fears of insolvency rise. But universities must do all they can to shore up a key element of their impact 

At a time of increasing financial constraint, jobs are being shed even in UK departments that ride high in the Research Excellence Framework, while time allocations for research are being cut. Can a loss-making activity like research survive outside traditional institutions, asks Jack Grove 

Success of those mentored by highly regarded scholars suggests ¡®chaperone effect¡¯ is increasingly important, finds study

We need a mechanism whereby academics can build a public reputation as referees and receive career benefits for doing so, says Randy Robertson

The exascale computer¡¯s cancellation underlines the need for a long-term vision that transcends political whim, say Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield

Crucial personnel who don¡¯t fit the academic or professional services mould need more support to keep them from leaving sector, report warns

The 2029 Research Excellence Framework aims to assess ¡®how institutions and disciplines contribute to healthy, dynamic and inclusive research environments¡¯. But will panellists and university managers really move away from a focus on prestigious journal papers, asks Matthew Flinders

Academic who claims she was forced out of university for exposing silencing of gender-critical feminists says she is ¡®extremely pleased¡¯ by settlement

More scientists only producing domestic work after collapse in collaborations with US and Europe and Chinese links remaining static

Museums have enormous amounts of material to study and they are wide open to collaboration with university researchers, says Mark Walport

Government bans researchers from participating in government-funded projects after accusing them of plagiarising content for research proposals

Government criticised for planned reforms but says it will close rival body widely seen as favourable to former populist regime

Scholars express concern as the University Grants Commission has its budget slashed by 61 per cent

Nobel prizewinner reflects on the early hype over graphene, why Brexit damaged British science, and how geopolitics is harming research

Sports scientists are working with athletes to enhance performance and safeguarding ahead of this year¡¯s Paris games, but on-the-ground research is a hotly debated subject

Extra financial assistance would support wider unseen benefits of university-led research, says science advocacy group

The government must recognise that lower international revenues will make research costs unsustainable, says John Carroll

University of Arkansas¡¯ decades-old gift traced to raft of disputed research now playing key political role

The pioneering French physicist explains why she still lectures and how she kept her Nobel prize news under wraps at the lectern

Former city MP suggests Nuclear AMRC should be removed from university control as job cuts loom

Without increased support, many RAs may choose to leave for other opportunities that provide more job security and benefits, says Bre-Anne Fifield

Academics tell Elsevier that they recognise the potential of generative AI but want to see their concerns addressed

Planetary warming shown to attract very few of the subject¡¯s scholarly articles, conference sessions and course listings

Ministry support will be vital, but a lack of political imperative could limit motivation, say Hyejin Kim, Erik Mobrand and Sylvia Schwaag Serger 

Head of UK¡¯s biggest PhD school says promoting impact in doctoral studies would make students more employable and research more visible

It makes zero difference to reviewers if someone else gets a paper in a high-impact journal, so why are they so pernickety, asks Stephen Cochrane 

US academics unwilling to share ¡®socially costly¡¯ views because they fear abuse, ostracisation and disciplinary action

All eyes are on Tohoku University and its grandiose future plans as excellence initiative gets under way, but critics question whether goals are achievable

Lawmakers promise ¡®robust conversation¡¯ on future of top science agency, but accompanying limits on funding and research freedom raise suspicions about ultimate intention

Altmetric 500 list analyses attention paid to scholarly articles across 11 different sources, including news articles, citations, Wikipedia pages and X/Twitter posts

While idea of shifting from bibliometrics to peer review welcomed, questions over trust and funding loom large

Ever-expanding numbers of doctoral students may suit universities, but one¡¯s twenties should be a time for broad learning and professional development, not for burying oneself in detailed research, says Lincoln Allison

Edinburgh Napier University researcher spends 10 months studying bathroom scribblings and concludes the often supportive messages are valued by learners