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New professors in digital history and digital humanities are examples of institution performing its ‘national role’

Jonathan Shepherd, Cardiff medical scholar and ‘What Works’ pioneer, urges researchers to keep it brief and abandon obfuscation

The comedy of Borat and Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to be the subject of an in-depth study by university scholars

The exercise was robust and positive, says Willy Maley, who found work on the English subpanel to be like ‘a well-run exam board’

Uplift in research quality in main panel A raises fears that funding could be concentrated at a handful of universities

How do rankings shift when institutions are compared on research intensity, which takes into account percentage of staff submitted, rather than on standard GPA alone?

Paper from Science Europe says not enough done at EU level for fundamental interdisciplinary research

The results of the research excellence framework have triggered claims that London universities are challenging the longstanding dominance of Oxbridge

Rising quality leads to questions about future QR formula

A London university has created a website to give the public information about its research on animals

The budget of the European Union’s flagship research and innovation programme should be ring fenced, an association of research funders has said.

Shunmay Yeung of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine describes her part in fighting the viral outbreak in Sierra Leone

As the results of the research excellence framework approach, Emma Rees’ sleep-deprived imagination runs riot

David Willetts calls for academics to work together during a debate on the REF and the state of higher education

The flawed research excellence framework is not a process of peer review in any meaningful sense, argues Derek Sayer, who appealed against his inclusion in the exercise

A research council is laying the groundwork that would enable it to give two of its research centres charitable status

Academics’ engagement activities are valuable, says Alison Phipps. But a public profile comes at a price, especially for women who study gender

Controversial capabilities policy retained as one of three strands in research council’s new plan

Survey finds that many academics who develop their own software have had no formal training

Mark Israel’s book Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Science looks at need for nuance in applying guidelines and protocols

Work by Nuffield Council on Bioethics reveals pressure on researchers to compromise on integrity and mistrust of the REF

Former government adviser deplores missed chance to gather valuable data

Richard Black on data manipulation and the problems with multidisciplinary subpanels

Trust director Jeremy Farrar says more fellowships and seed grants will address pinch points

Research team hopes that predictions will help to clarify the value of metrics in assessment

An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery

More football, less theory, says heroin scholar at the head of new hub

Energy engineering professor Paul Younger says that the accusations of a conflict of interests are ‘beyond risible’

Senior lecturer William Brown awaits professional conduct verdict as an earlier inquiry on a retracted paper is queried

The London university, which was awarded £114 million, heads the list of grant winners in a ‘difficult funding climate’

Fewer applications prompt concerns over drop in funding and inflationary pressures

Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support

Classicists and archaeologists are benefiting from technology remarkably similar to that used on the module that landed on Comet 67P

Overhaul of NHS regulation may fail to prevent another Northwick Park incident

The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?

Hefce submissions call for less onerous approach to research assessment

Move follows dip in success rates to 11 per cent in most recent grant call

A controversial film by an academic about inter-racial love has been unexpectedly well received in Zimbabwe.

Nobel laureates warn that the UK’s position in the wider scientific community could be undermined if EMBO’s request is refused

Policy draft stated that all publications be reviewed by pair as part of ‘quality assurance’

Ansgar Allen questions the motives of a growing band of champions

A Brexit would reduce the UK’s relationship to the EU to that of Botswana’s or Chile’s, research expert claims

There is widespread ‘scepticism’ about the use of metrics to assess research, according to evidence submitted to an independent review

Early results of 2014 vulnerable skills survey by BBSRC and MRC highlight concerns and importance of multidisciplinarity

The man who helped to identify the virus has encouraged staff and students to volunteer

As giving grows in importance, universities need to engage seriously with the topic, says Charles Keidan

Iran shaped the career of Annabelle Sreberny, professor of global media and communications at Soas, but doing research there remains difficult

Swiss-French scientist says he just wants to have fun

Scholarship can be a fearsome activity, as Chris Walsh discovered when he set out to investigate the figure of the coward

University of Leeds musicologist heads a team in receipt of a £1.5 million grant to recover pre-war artworks

World Bank report says countries of sub-Saharan Africa need more and better postgraduate qualifications

Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the long shadow cast by Francis Galton’s theory

Amanda Goodall and Andrew Oswald examine the state of the disciplines

The 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been shared by three scientists for their work on the development of nanoscale microscopy.

US-based scientists and economists dominate a list of Nobel Prize predictions derived from their high citation counts

Eight people at Imperial College London were sanctioned by the 51³Ô¹Ï Office for failings in animal welfare standards, it has emerged

ÃœberResearch unveils Dimensions for Funders, a digital tool detailing grant awards from 66 major funders

British Library and Qatar Foundation digitisation project to unlock a treasure trove of source materials for researchers

The academic discipline is invaluable in detecting and debunking myths about the past and future, say Jo Guldi and David Armitage

1:AM forum on altmetrics weighs pros and cons of tracking research impact via blogs, ‘likes’ and social media traffic