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London South Bank students will offer information on reducing consumption, cutting bills and improving efficiency

Quitting Twitter lost Christopher Schaberg some connections. But the pleasures of in-person interaction far outweigh the regrets

Sector-wide guidelines on sharing and discussing research online would also be very useful, says Laura Hassink 

But institutions will contribute much more to both their localities and their planet if they collaborate more, says Simone Buitendijk

Social science papers employ more rigour than policy documents do but need to be more reader-friendly, says Tim Blackman

Saying that you stand with Ukraine while glossing over the situation in Hong Kong is untenable, says Phil Chan

NCUB report finds patent registrations and spinouts trended positive in 2020-21, but knowledge exchange income slumped

Leaders should model thoughtful, respectful disagreement and bridge divisions in ideologies, say Teresa Valerio Parrot and Ali Lincoln

Central reporting depersonalises attacks and helps police spot patterns, according to prominent vaccine scholar who has faced threats

Sector should use review to break free from internal preoccupation and ¡®utilitarian¡¯ focus on private domestic benefit, conference hears

Move seen as a way of strengthening links between academia and policymakers to ensure parliamentarians have access to latest scholarship

Difficult decisions require uncomfortable truths, epidemiologist tells Pacific Rim universities

If government sets clear ambitions, innovation follows from the private sector and charities ¨C not the other way round, says Ian Walker

Science and technology investment fund created by universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield injects first capital to fuel innovation shift

The mature student specialist¡¯s renowned politics department could become part of the solution rather than the problem, says Matthew Flinders

Twitter trolls and polarised debate on Covid have caused almost one in four academics to scale back public engagement, says Elsevier study

Suella Braverman¡¯s threats to ¡®significantly reduce¡¯ international student numbers are a direct threat to growth, says Keith Burnett 

Academics must work closely with students to foster innovation, says KAUST president

After spikes in participation in recent polls, students¡¯ role as a key voting bloc is under increased scrutiny in upcoming elections

New skills priority list shows efforts to plan for future workforces should focus on professional roles, as well as those in trades and technical areas, sector leaders say

Quality, ethics, good governance and impact monitoring must all be safeguarded from the outset, says Zeblon Vilakazi

Land of the free market outpaces UK¡¯s muted ¡®levelling up¡¯ with funding to leverage power of universities in struggling regions

Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ¡®an active collaborator¡¯ with government, rather than going on the defensive

Northumbria University¡¯s transformation, reflected in its QR allocation, will allow it to do more for its students and its region, says Louise Bracken

Backed by state government, an ambitious university-led initiative is aiming to restore the Ruhr Valley¡¯s former industrial glory. John Morgan meets academics behind the experiment in driving regional renewal by building a reputation for world-class science

While funding streams appear safe for now, academics debate whether they should continue to engage with an increasingly sceptical government

Creative partnerships between institutions can contribute to NHS training needs, research excellence and regional levelling up, say Brian Webster-Henderson and Martin Lupton

Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings

We need a sector-wide commitment to reforming career structures, funding strategies and publication outlets, says Ryan Truby

Unless research culture fundamentally changes, academics will continue to be fixated with journal rankings, says Carl Rhodes

Survey findings reflect escalating scepticism of media in all its forms

There will always be a political temptation to charge universities with improving a school system that leaves some students underprepared

The Western Sydney University vice-chancellor says sustainability is a hallmark of his institution, including its high-rise campuses

University managers¡¯ role in industry collaboration should be that of cheerleader and facilitator ¨C not auditor, says Chani Imbulgoda

We need a vision of how to foster the knowledge base and creative mindsets on which new thinking depends, says Jan Palmowski

Case of Australia¡¯s ¡®most hated woman¡¯ highlights tensions between justice, science and courts¡¯ need to distinguish between world experts and ¡®proven performers¡¯

While the results may be difficult to hear, they might provide some pointers on how universities can improve their image, says Zachary Michael Jack

There is always more to a research question than the underpinning science. So work with the people you are studying, says Nicola Ray

Twitter has allowed war scholars and the public to hear from a diverse range of experts and created star academics but some are wary about where the tidal wave of commentary may lead

Salim Abdool Karim welcomes increased transparency of research brought about by pandemic but says it has also brought its challenges

The passions roused by the culture wars show that people care deeply about history and culture right now, says Edward Harcourt

While the benefits of impact accrue to institutions, any backlash is focused on individuals, says Erin Pritchard

More systematic work is required to learn the lessons of efforts to generate policy impact, says Matthew Flinders

THE research highlights that over-representation of women in some STEM fields and under-representation of men in care-oriented disciplines are often overlooked in gender equality debates

Northumbria¡¯s REF 2021 results emphasise that growing research capability can benefit teaching, business and employment, says Andrew Wathey

Linking impact to funding is breeding mistrust, apathy and unrest. Researchers must be free to do the work they find most meaningful, says Mark Reed

Politicians¡¯ false claims to be implementing evidence-based policy risk undermining academia¡¯s reputation, says Gary Thomas

Academic who has become a lightning rod for criticism over her pandemic advice reflects on two years in the eye of the Covid storm

Pursuing research relevance is important, but the risk is that it becomes a form of deference, co-option and control, says Matthew Flinders

The complexity of tackling major social challenges makes universities a natural launchpad for firms aimed at doing so, says Tanya Filer

Covid vaccine successes notwithstanding, researchers should remain wary of corporate capture, says Tahir Shah 

Building a sustainable society has been a mission of the Japanese institution for almost 150 years, but the task is not yet done. Atsushi Yokota explores its progress to date

Institutions from over 100 countries offer dedicated courses on the United Nations¡¯ Sustainable Development Goals, THE data show

University data expertise essential to ¡®capacity building¡¯ for city government on issues ranging from air quality to localising UN sustainability goals, THE summit hears

Swedish welfare system, political model of consensus and universities committed to industry collaboration key to innovation success, THE summit hears

Journalists and fact-checkers must be reminded that scientific concepts can be hard to render in language that is both simple and true, says David Sanders

A core principle of the SDGs is to ¡®leave no one behind¡¯. Joseph Wong explains how a global alliance based at Toronto is empowering students to lead the charge

Universities¡¯ intellectual property is seen as key to successful knowledge economies. But what is the best way to turn ideas into marketable products? Is it realistic to expect major commercial success? And how much of a stake should universities take in the process ¨C and the proceeds? Jack Grove reports

Growth in competitiveness, employment, incomes and regional attractiveness occurs only when policy is aligned with local need, says Simon Collinson

Mobile phones may distract students, but apps can bring the past alive for students and the public alike, says Fabrizio Nevola