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Shoppers wait outside Selfridges as the store opens it doors on the first day of its winter sale on Boxing Day. To illustrate that some universities are enrolling hundreds of research students despite warnings.

Universities enrol hundreds of research students despite warnings

Some institutions respond to ‘explosive’ demand for MRes courses by expanding programmes, exacerbating concerns about potential government crackdown

By Helen Packer

23 January

A reviewer in a corporate office ponders a manuscript

Journals should make more use of practitioners for peer review

By Jianyang Geng

23 January

Men struggling to lift a giant book. To illustrate that three major research universities have opted out of new Elsevier deal amid concerns over the cost.

Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal

22 January

New IDS chief: ‘Whole idea of development studies under question’

21 January

Papers by female scientists spend ‘weeks longer in peer review’

20 January

UK to reimburse visa fees for AI and quantum researchers

By Helen Packer

20 January

Public losing trust in scientists, finds major UK poll

20 January

Guest editors use special issues to ‘publish in support of self’

17 January

‘Bizarre’ linguistics paper on water retracted by Springer Nature

16 January

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Detecting Parkinson’s Disease using Deep Learning Techniques from Smart Phone Data

Promoted by Khalifa University

Using hydrogen to power the green-energy revolution

Promoted by Samara State Technical University