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Observers hope scrapping financial audits could lead other funders to cut down on research grant bureaucracy

Hepi’s exposure of the degree to which teaching subsidises research should provoke a new approach to funding, says Phil Ward

University of Hertfordshire job cuts add to fears staff could be forced out ahead of REF 2021

A ‘European Campus’ has already been created by French, Swiss and German universities

Billy Hunter responds as publishers seek the removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate

Panel debate from the 2017 THE World Academic Summit

Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ‘basis for an agreement’

Multinational research teams can now bid for money in any scientific area, although funders do not expect security-sensitive projects

Social scientists are innovating to ensure their research is relevant, but more must be done, says Rick Delbridge

University leaders frustrated by lack of clarity on higher education in party manifestos

Two UK institutions lead our ranking of the best universities for the first time in its history, with Oxford holding on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while Cambridge has risen to second place

Spreading the word on social media about research can help academics get ahead, but is it too much of a distraction, asks Brooke Erin Duffy

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

German institutions and the publishing giant have still failed to agree a new deal. Could this become permanent?

There is no ‘hard divide between academics and administrators’, writes Charles Knight in response to criticisms of academic university staff

Investigative journalist Emilia Sercan defied threats to uncover high-level ring of fraudulent PhDs

It is not Luddism to be cautious about destroying an academic publishing industry that has served us well, says Marilyn Deegan

Major study on successor to Horizon 2020 also suggests including Canada and Australia in European programmes

But research organisations say proposed directive does not go far enough and could hinder links with companies

New president keen to support Paris institution’s ‘agility’, according to its leader

British universities would be ‘most affected’ by failure to increase Horizon 2020 funding, MEP warns

Increased scrutiny of US sector and distrust of academics puts traditional quality assurance models in question

Duke University’s Valerie Ashby says institutions must be more ‘intentional’ about finding ethnic minority PhD candidates

Universities cannot wash their hands of responsibility for who is booked to speak on their premises, says Michael Marshall

Charity says Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford is ‘naive’ to hire out its premises for event

Game-playing, ‘spurious precision’ of league tables and heavy workloads also highlighted by insiders from 2014 audit

Researchers on large-scale projects would receive less credit under proposed scheme

Stern Review steering group member says unclear whether assessment still drives up quality

Existing model of outreach that seeks to inform an ‘ignorant’ public is broken, say experts

Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network 

Thousands of France’s most educated minds are now based abroad – luring them back could be a boon for its ambitious plans for higher education, Jack Grove writes

New journal sets out ideas on how to involve non-academics in research – but warns area is still a ‘work in progress’

Publisher takes decision despite still having no deal agreed with German universities

Editors of journals should face ‘negligence’ investigations over extensive delays, suggests a new paper

Poor monitoring in ‘second-tier’ institutions is also part of the problem, research indicates

New approach calls research crucial to raising productivity, but there is a shift in focus to industrial challenges

First transnational study of how university dropouts fare in the labour market suggests any exposure to higher education is better than none

Bid to test key cancer findings uses a strict method to avoid bias, but this means some outcomes have proved inconclusive

Theresa May has hinted she wants to continue research links, but it is unclear why the EU would agree to maintain the UK’s current deal

Scholars are ‘doing as much as they can’ to promote critical thinking among students despite suppression of liberal thought, study claims

New analysis reveals importance of old university networks for advancement

As talks with the publisher stall, researchers in the country weigh whether they can cope without a deal

David Latchman’s work to be subject of new inquiry after he was cleared in 2015

Analysis casts doubt on fears that ‘publish or perish’ culture undermines quality

Concerns China's researchers are driven too much by external motivations, like funding or publications, than desire for new knowledge

Veruscript, which publishes a journal on intelligence and security, says that allegations are ‘wholly unfounded’

Lords report urges government to step up efforts to attract academics in wake of Brexit vote

Despite the pressure to retreat behind national borders, international academic ties should prove resilient

Biochemist named in analysis of US highly cited papers claims it is not his main contribution to science

New university chairs are part of a broader package of ties

Landmark exhibition explained the significance of university research to the public

Study looks at how gender preconceptions are formed at primary school level

US study finds biomedical PhDs from certain ethnic minorities are less likely to understand the ‘hidden’ rules of succeeding in science

Five top European academics offer advice on how to mentor, manage and expand a research team

Lengthy titles of journal papers are a turn-off for fellow academics and lead to fewer citations, claims new analysis 

Chancellor's Autumn Statement confirms extra £2 billion a year for R&D will be distributed by research funding agencies

Students and lecturers join forces for a national demonstration over cuts, fee rises and the plight of EU staff and students post-Brexit

The next US president’s scorn for American research bodies and his anti-climate change stance has worried many scientists