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Accountability review finds cost of assessment equates to 2.4 per cent of funding bodies¡¯ expected spend over next six years

Creating doctoral colleges and distance PhDs. What are universities doing to better support doctoral students? Holly Else writes

Hefce head of research policy suggests the way research is conducted should be measured too

Shahidha Bari on a supposedly fun thing that makes her apprehensive

Strong research result in the REF ¡®triggered¡¯ exit from the mission group

Perception that time should be spent improving research prowess

Goals set for most academic posts across the institutions¡¯ three faculties

Head says changes that could lead to 60 redundancies will allow medical school to focus on strengths without harming Welsh healthcare

Amid concerns about the growing use ¨C and abuse ¨C of quantitative measures in universities, a major new review examines the role of metrics in the assessment of research, from the REF to performance management

A study of European research output reveals the prolificacy of an elite group of scholars. Chris Havergal discovers their characteristics

New research grant data show Britain continuing to lead the league

Abandoning peer review could lead to never-ending assessment, micromanagement of staff and ¨¹bergaming, warns Howard Hotson

You might not think it, but students in the 14th and 15th century could teach today¡¯s cohort a thing or two about tearing up the town, writes Matthew Reisz

Labour leadership candidate calls for 'revolution in science' and increased research and development spend

Complexity of government initiatives to help commercialise university research under scrutiny 

Kiwi historians claim the concept is incoherent and moralistic

Haldane unbound would be as dangerous as unchecked utilitarianism, argues the astronomer royal

Information Commissioner orders university to share information with animal rights groups following FoI request

Oxford Brookes¡¯ submission on Duckworth-Lewis details formula¡¯s influence

Disagreement among social scientists means that policies to tackle climate change remain contentious, write Mark Freeman and Ben Groom

Nobel prizewinners tell Phil Baty about their tips for success

SUSTAIN programme includes year-long training programme

Southampton scholar seeks collaborators for her project on the former Cuban leader

It might be wiser for research funders to make more smaller grants than to pursue policy of giving out fewer but larger awards

Peer review is often thought of as ancient and unchanging, but it is neither ¨C and it shouldn¡¯t be treated as a sacred cow, argues Aileen Fyfe

UCL-led centre aims to clarify complexity ¨C and dispel a few myths, too

For 50 years, the Society for Research into Higher Education has explored vital questions about higher education practice and policy, and it intends to continue

Early issues of the journal Studies in Higher Education show how greatly academics¡¯ view of what they do has changed, says Bruce Macfarlane

Prize-winning physicist appointed as vice-chancellor of ANU

Lack of safeguards raises ¡®fundamental issue of academic freedom¡¯

A team at the Uppsala University Library is working to crack the code for digitising handwritten text

Study led by Angela Dobele of RMIT finds there is no consensus on the value of a paper in 32 per cent of cases

An Elsevier analysis explores the viability of a ¡®smarter and cheaper¡¯ model

The pressure to publish high-profile papers may not be linked to research misconduct, a new study has found.

More than half of female students reading science subjects at the University of Bristol said that they have felt uncomfortable at the institution because of their gender

A number of vice-chancellors, prominent academics and other higher education figures have been recognised in the Queen¡¯s Birthday Honours

Sir Tim Hunt complains of ¡°trouble with girls¡± in labs, but male egos can be far more obstructive to science, says Ottoline Leyser

Female scientists have joined others in responding to Nobel laureate¡¯s comments about the ¡°trouble with girls¡± in labs.

University of Leicester head tells ARMA conference that the start of research careers and early work needs support

FoI request reveals which institutions have targets of some sort after the suicide last year of a professor at Imperial College London

Research can have unpredictable results, but some advance planning will make proving its value much easier

When grant managers provide specialised input, approval rates rise, study finds

A Nobel Prize-winning fellow of the Royal Society has apologised after saying he was in favour of single sex laboratories.

Former postdoctoral researchers will now be counted as alumni at the University of Cambridge

A conference will explore the role of ¡°Universities in Revolution and State Formation¡± all the way from 19th-century Sicily to the Arab Spring.

Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework

A report examines how collaborative research infrastructure could be the way forward for these storehouses of knowledge

Researchers face pressure to hype and report selectively, says Dorothy Bishop

Naomi Booth¡¯s book The Lost Art of Sinking developed out of her study on literary swooning

Planned cuts to the European Union's research budget have been reduced by €500 million (?357 million) following pressure from scientists, university leaders and MEPs.

European study reveals stress suffered by doctoral holders over insecurity of academic careers

Informatics expertise and tech entrepreneurship required for future research, say Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust

Ideas Roadshow aims to improve non-experts¡¯ understanding of research fields from maths to philosophy and subjects including brain science

A process at the heart of science is based on faith rather than evidence, says Richard Smith, and vested interests keep it in place

The British Library has received earmarked funds of more than ?9.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to put the nation¡¯s sounds online. ???

Researchers are advised to learn how to manage their own expectations and to be synergistic. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Researcher finds reactions to Shakespeare performance vary wildly across continent

Black scholar at UCL claims that he lost out on a permanent job after his proposed course ¡®scared¡¯ the academy

The head of a research council is leaving to take up a position at a London university

The British Academy on a new project exploring the nature and challenges of interdisciplinary research.