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Jeremy Berg warns scientists are straying into policy commentator roles

Supervisors explain how to help students keep their research on track

Andy Miah, chair in science communication and future media at the University of Salford, on why academics should maintain their online presence

Some see changes as making it more attractive to hire younger researchers – but there could be new opportunities to game the system

Government plans rise in research spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, far above UK

Further 50 per cent of EU-backed schemes result in ‘major scientific advance’

Investing more in research ‘must be central to our nation’s strategy’, writes Lord Stern on the day his review of the REF is published

Lord Stern's review of the research excellence framework was published today. This is how UK higher education is responding...

The D-PLACE tool means anthropologists and historians can finally statistically test theories about what shapes human culture and society

The grouping of subjects such as neuroscience and psychiatry with cheaper disciplines will lead to what critics say is a failure to fairly fund mental health research

There is no shortage of ways for universities to make it easier for those with children to attend scholarly conferences, says Rachel Moss

Researchers have used an art competition to model what happens during peer review, and their work raises further questions over its effectiveness

Presidents' associations issue statement in wake of Brexit vote

The Home Office has also released data showing experiments on animals across the country have broadly flatlined since 2013

Unlike the rest of the EU budget, research funding disproportionately flows to rich members. But there are pressures for this to change

Lord Stern's warning adds to concerns about a brain drain from British universities in the wake of the referendum result

Some believe the momentous referendum result may harm the UK’s ability to compete for the world’s best PhD students

Shift may be evidence that researchers feel they are increasingly judged on citations and journal impact factors

Lack of progression may help to explain BME under-representation in academic workforce

Plans to allow graduates of France’s most elite higher education institutions to claim the title of PhD without taking a viva have enraged some Gallic scholars

Minister invites researchers to send ‘concrete’ examples that UK academics are being stopped from bidding for EU grants 

Government and universities must find ways to remove obstacles to cross-cutting research, says report

Kent study says intense pressure on undergraduates to succeed may be damaging

An often anti-intellectual Leave campaign has triumphed, leaving scholars wondering why so many appear to distrust them

But research leaders in the UK say their European counterparts are already freezing them out when it comes to applying for EU money

Sites like Patreon and Kickstarter allow backers to fund independent scholars, but for now, the sums are small

A review at the University of Nottingham found many doctoral students were unsure where to turn for help

Iain Gillespie, former research and innovation director at Nerc, explains why the University of Leicester is setting up four new institutes

Brexit vote leads some European researchers to conclude joint bids with UK academics are now too risky

There was huge support for Remain from university staff – but the public begged to differ

Leave vote triggers warnings of recruitment problems and of UK academics seeking better opportunities elsewhere

But universities are not entirely blameless for leave supporters' distrust - academics' liberal and left-wing tendencies verge on conformity, says David Matthews

Dutch push to tackle fraud and ‘reproducibility crisis’ follows high-profile misconduct cases in the country

Instead, researchers should aim for methodological ‘soundness’ rather than ‘flashy claims of superiority’

Committee of MPs comes to no firm conclusion on whether common framework for research and commercialisation is good for the UK

Krzysztof Rybiński on changing Narxoz University’s culture and the lure of ‘the best meat in the world’

With truly immersive headsets now on the market, academics are beginning to explore how to use the technology for teaching

While the UK is a net contributor to the European Union overall, it does get back more research money than it puts in, figures suggest

Jean Monnet chairs say they encourage full debate on the union, although one has written that when the EU is criticised, ‘our instinct is to defend it’

Dominic Glynn urges academics who are just starting out to shout their research from the rooftops 

Sally Tomlinson has seen much during her many doctoral examinations, from supervisors left literally holding the baby to the first Bedouin woman in Jordan to gain a PhD

Data show deep dependence on EU funds by some institutions and subjects

Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing

Tanja Jovanovic has overcome prejudice and harassment to realise her educational ambitions

Academics and policy advisers have given their verdict in a study exploring how the REF affects the day-to-day lives of scholars

Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body that will also distribute new money for interdisciplinary research

Pressure to publish can lead to unethical behaviour, writes Athene Donald

Data on international collaborations hint at importance of place, politics and history

University revises policy after backlash from academics

Universities in two countries will co-host three research chairs

Research council chiefs to be grilled by select committee after poll to name polar research vessel is overruled

Barcelona’s own version of the Crick Institute has helped the city’s academic ecosystem to thrive in spite of Spanish bureaucracy, reports Jack Grove from the Catalan capital

Research Integrity and Peer Review will look at every stage of the scientific process, and could even change its own review system depending on what it finds

How can it be that experienced, full-time lecturers teaching huge classes at Canadian universities can be on such low salaries that they officially qualify as “poor”?, asks Andrew W. Robinson

Those judging creative scientific ideas fail to fully understand them, potentially hampering breakthroughs, research indicates

Both the government and resurgent left-wing groups are promoting ‘red education’ in the country’s universities

Lobbying intensifies ahead of Lord Stern's review of crucial assessment into university research performance

University issues public statement of support for UK being part of the EU, citing research and mobility benefits

Negative stories including collapse of Kids Company appear to be making the public more wary of major research funders

Although the UK does well in competitive grant funding, it loses out on EU structural funds