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Pakistani journals lack the professionalism and expertise to support a thriving knowledge economy, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

Criticism of academic sisterhood survey gets to the crux of the matter that the resulting article will explore, says Holly Else

Bias in assessing submissions is inevitable and damaging. Anonymisation is the least bad solution, says Graham Farrell

There is no evidence that the REF process encourages academics to rush out more research of a lower quality, says Steven Hill

Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder

Minimum compliance with publication requirements is the best recipe for job satisfaction, says Mike Marinetto

Got some last minute scholarly Christmas shopping to do? Glen Wright has got your back

Universities hoping to submit staff who have already left are going to have to work hard on maintaining goodwill, says Robert Dingwall

Controversy in Canada over support for blue-skies research would diminish if more researchers took Pasteur’s approach, says Creso Sá

Without action, the UK might end up in the situation of funding both subscriptions and article-processing charges on an ongoing basis, writes Helen Blanchett

Alternative metrics find that research on dieting, PhD mental health and female doctors attracted the most online attention this year

There are many hidden costs associated with PhD study, writes Alfredo Cumerma, particularly if you want to land that dream job on graduation

Prize money of €100,000 (£88,000) handed out on basis of scholars’ three-minute spiels

The 2021 research excellence framework could be more representative and humane than ever, but the devil will be in the implementation, says James Wilsdon

Pushed to break away from the established Turkish academy by increasing government control, Bilim Akademisi has now been accepted into the European fold

It may be the only bit of your thesis that most people will read, but do not waste your best title on your PhD, says Zachary Foster

Academia often treats leavers as failures, but some of our smartest scholars are starting to see walking away as liberation, writes Inger Mewburn

Traditions, success and lack of self-reflection limit higher education's role in thought revolutions, says Geoff Mulgan

Ex-Edinburgh chemist highlights emotional cost of doctoral study, but work is not a ‘revenge book’

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

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

University of Maryland student claims top prize for explaining thesis on parasites affecting bee decline

Hannelore Vanhaverbeke on what publishers can do to help reduce the number of scholars infringing copyright agreements

Scholars are increasingly willing to use other people’s data in their research, writes Mark Hahnel 

Penn teaching assistant claims she is 'under attack' for calling on historically marginalised groups first

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

Pragya Agarwal considers what aspiring doctoral students can do to make their application stand out from the rest

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

Viewed by many academics as an impostor subject, media studies is more critical than ever, says Louise Byrne

Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it 

Adam Szetela has been speaking to some high profile scholars about how to write well, and this is what he found out

Intense polarisation of Turkish diaspora, plus online harassment, means refugee scholars feel they are being watched

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

Firm steps up collaboration with university as world’s biggest tech companies race to harness quantum physics

Chris Parr picks through some of the highlights from the tuition fees debate between David Willetts and Andrew Adonis

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

The solutions to the predatory publishing problem are known, we just need to implement them, say Larissa Shamseer and David Moher

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

University of Debrecen bestows honour following involvement in Russian-funded nuclear plant

More work is needed to understand the mental health needs of researchers, say Susan Guthrie and Catie Lichten

Mike Smith reveals six of the most useful pieces of advice he has been able to give his PhD students over the years

Researchers reveal huge differences in charges levied by Russell Group universities 

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

Staff covering for academics on leave are often given no time to conduct research themselves

Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study

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

‘Network science’ may help to predict the plot twists in iconic television series, researcher claims

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

Monash-Warwick Alliance graduate researched chemistry PhD in England and Australia

Exams this coming autumn semester to be affected

Tony Hey charts the progress of the US and UK Open Science movement 

Scholars are ignorant of many aspects of peer review, and part of the problem is that researching it is a bit like kicking the hornet’s nest, says Martin Eve

Changing academic environment prompts rethink of globally influential employment support guidelines 

Steven Franklin lays bare the questions and doubts that go through his mind as he sits down to work on his thesis

Glen Wright on the lighter side of scholarly collaboration