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Inadequate funding and lack of interregional collaboration hindering much-needed scholarship, report says

Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise

In an age of vast team-science projects, it is more important than ever that leaders be properly prepared, says Matthew Flinders

The biocultural archaeologist talks about the lessons to be learned from Neolithic catastrophes and the ethical responsibilities of being ‘doctor to the dead’

Performance art is inherently ephemeral and can be highly controversial. But Matthew Reisz hears why the blood-soaked relics from one performer’s challenging shows are worth preserving and studying

Marking down fellowship applicants for being unwilling to move institutions can be deeply unfair, say Trisha Greenhalgh and Ed Hawkins

Tropical breakthrough represents the latest research application for the tiny aircraft

Scientists still stymied by federal restrictions as legalisation in states increases demand for answers on risk and benefits

The ‘best’ scientists lack time for peer review, and academics should be rated for ‘worthy’ papers, argues Dan Shechtman

Institute of Cancer Research and Imperial College London join forces to bring insights from physics, AI and data into cancer science

New analysis charts 40-fold increase in quantity of co-authored papers and 100-fold surge in quality

Study pinpoints ‘disconnect’ between what academics value when submitting work for publication, and what they think others value

A 51³Ô¹Ï survey bears out the growing difficulty of finding time for research

Summer is upon northern hemisphere academics. But its cherished traditional identity as a time for intensive research is being challenged by the increasing obligations around teaching and administration that often crowd out research entirely during term time. So is the 40/40/20 workload model still sustainable? Respondents to a THE survey suggest not. Nick Mayo hears why

Landmark development ‘blurs boundaries between education and research’ and aims to deliver work experience for students

Leiden University acted unlawfully, a court has ruled, in using anonymous letter to discredit an applicant for a professorship

UUK and Russell Group issue appeals after former shadow HE minister’s victory in Tory leadership race

Michael Kosterlitz tells THE how colour blindness shaped his career and why Nobel winners shouldn’t be taken too seriously

The long overdue top-up to England’s quality-related funding stream is a reminder that project grants are not the only show on the beach

Even in disciplines in which research is inherently inexpensive, ‘grant capture’ is increasingly being adopted as a metric to judge academics and universities. But with success rates typically little better than one in five, rejection is the fate of most applications. Six academics give their tips on how to improve the odds

Nesta finds proportion of female AI researchers was higher in the mid-1990s – although universities fare better than tech firms

The next EU commissioner for research and innovation must fight for the Horizon Europe budget but resist timetables for scientific delivery, says Jan Palmowski

UCL centre, about to welcome new director, shows how slavery shaped UK – with implications for universities

US’ top producer of research papers hopes stance will force major gains in open access

Getting stuck for words is not just a plight felt by tortured novelists – here, academics share their top tips for productivity

All modern academics know that it’s publish or perish, but is regular publication a gateway or a barrier to groundbreaking scholarship? Simon Baker assesses the data on the relationship between research volume and quality and asks which, if either, should be prioritised

FBI views academic collaboration with Chinese institutions as ‘sharing with the enemy’, says attorney for sacked geneticists

Uclan joins University of Cape Town in adopting rules to stamp out export of unethical research practices to poorer countries

Recent confusion over The Lancet’s stance on green open access highlights the difficulty for support staff in preparing researchers for the new rules, says Alice Gibson

‘Pockets of excellence’ in non-Russell Group institutions could be emptied, some fear

Daughter of academic immigrants has plenty of history on higher education policies

‘Bad science’ could gain traction in the country as academics seek not to provoke regime

Matthew Reisz considers the fascinating, painful and plain bizarre topics addressed by researchers exploring one of the last taboos

Founder of Ligo project reveals some researchers have left over a lack of recognition, exposing wider attribution difficulties for large teams

Colleagues may look askance at ‘the death squad’, but while teaching and research into one of life’s only two certainties may be taxing, it is also vital, Matthew Reisz hears

Data suggest that single authorship is continuing to decline across the world, but will it always have a place?

In Russia and Indonesia, more than a third of research produced without international collaboration fails to gain single citation

Budget restrictions, a focus on teaching and a paucity of internationalisation all hold back Turkish research, says Hakan Ergin

With such wide disagreements in grading, the research excellence framework’s gravity for careers is unjustifiable, says Philip Moriarty

New centre vows to tackle ‘loss of trust’ driven by technological change

New scorecards demonstrate the payoffs from international collaboration

Analysis of more than 120 million academic publications since the beginning of the 19th century shows more is more as academics compete for attention

Promotion criteria requiring top researchers to also be good teachers and managers undermine the nature of universities, says Andrew Oswald

Large universities drop down list looking at high quality research once overall natural science output is taken into account

Raising UK outlay to international levels will reap rich technological, social and political rewards for the next Conservative Party leader, says Sarah Main 

Embedded integrity practices sustained knowledge systems that have evolved for millennia, says RMIT leader

Treating the sciences and the humanities as separate worlds does employers and students no favours, says award-winning interdisciplinarian

‘Reviewer 2’ is blamed by many academics for much of the stress and anxiety of publication – but the fightback is under way

Last year’s scandal over the ministerial vetoing of Australian research grants coincided with the centenary of the fabled principle that politicians should keep out of such decisions. But with governments becoming increasingly ideological and desperate for innovation-fuelled growth, does scientific autonomy have a future? Rachael Pells investigates 

Brexit or no Brexit, scientists across the continent have an obligation to keep standing up for ideals such as integrity, trust and cooperation, writes the European Union’s former director-general of research, Robert-Jan Smits

There is nothing devilish about government oversight of research, but the Haldane Principle checks more sulphurous instincts, says Paul Jump

Increasing lead over US and Europe may raise questions over who controls future of green technology

Study of grant funding in Australia suggests that collaboration across STEM and non-STEM divide is not the norm

Researcher hopes showing at United Nations will spur further action to help the most disadvantaged artisans

Western ‘settler’ nations such as Canada and Australia are wrestling with how to redress historical injustices visited on their native populations. One proposal is for universities to embrace Indigenous knowledge. But what does that mean in practice? Will it achieve its aims? And where does it leave science? Matthew Reisz considers the arguments

‘Science diplomacy’ is seen as a crucial way to build international trust, but the idea is undergoing a radical rethink

Revive your interest in universities, businesses told, as interest rate hits historic low

Institutions Down Under do not have the resources to lead the world across the board, says former vice-chancellor

After crackdowns on campus, members of Congress move to coordinate policy for universities

Leap in proportion of ‘above world standard’ research may reflect decline in average citation rates around the globe