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Public scrutiny may force up quality of peer review, suggests study

Women with partners who have full-time jobs find it more difficult to get over ‘glass fence’ and move abroad, study suggests

Reports question whether scientists are removing sources of bias in experiments involving animals

In his second blog, John Tregoning offers some more advice on coping with scholarly stress

Sheer number of online profiles to be filled out a ‘disservice’ to scholars, Amsterdam conference hears

Views of early career social scientists will be collected with a view to improve support for those starting out in academia

Articles that are free to view are also more frequently shared on Facebook, new research finds

Despite the ironic slips, article sheds light on how journals can tackle flawed science

Study finds ‘super ties’ with another academic can lead to higher citation rates

Money to be set aside for ‘blue skies’ fundamental research

Scientists from Japan, China and Ireland awarded for their work tackling parasitic diseases

Paper claims that medical impact case studies focused on policy impact, not improvement in patient mortality or quality of life

Nobel laureate tells THE World Academic Summit that institutions provide funding and job security too late

Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes

Theses in open-access repository at Dublin City University have been downloaded almost 1.4 million times

Nobel prizewinner makes comments in run-up to November spending review

Inspired by previous movement in 1960s, PhD students say that ‘science is not neutral’ and urge scientists to confront their assumptions

It seems unlikely that charity donors will want to pay for university research overheads – but someone will have to eventually

Charities blame widening gap between their grants and full costs of research 

Peer review system ‘lacks capacity’ to deal with ‘flood’ of new papers, meaning some could be unjustly dismissed

Failing is part of being an academic, says John Tregoning, so we should be ready for it

Australian advocates of alternative treatments lobby Canberra for more state funding for research

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago

Just one in 10 researchers has completed an internship away from the academy, a new survey says

Academics need to become ‘good gatekeepers’ to students from minority backgrounds, a study from New Zealand suggests

Scholar says departments that did well in the research excellence framework may not have the right to ‘strut around campus’ if their field is not competitive 

Norwegian study argues ‘walking for thinking’ is exercise that all researchers can benefit from

10 must-dos for postdocs identified by Catherine L Drennan, professor of chemistry and biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor identifies the top academic ‘habits’ postdocs need to reach the next level

Discipline may fund women fairly because of a better awareness of the ‘ingrained, institutionalized male culture of universities’

Financial boost follows better than average performance in the 2014 REF

Scholars in countries with a permissive approach are three times more likely to use the technique

Region’s universities must build a type of institution distinctive from those in the West, scholar argues

Deluge of submitted papers leads journals to fall back on alma mater prestige, research suggests

Global analysis shows hospital studies increasingly important but industry publications dip

Systematic searching and a clear focus are the keys to a successful literature review

Postponement of responsive mode grants partly aimed at preserving success rates while research council makes ‘additional large investments’

But master of Birkbeck has accepted that there were ‘procedural matters’ in his lab that ‘required attention’

The merger of seven subpanels into a single one for modern languages and linguistics has skewed results, claim scholars

Names, addresses and sensitive information discovered in unlocked filing cabinet at University of Bedfordshire

The rise in ‘kilo-authors’ and ‘gift authorship’ is causing the academy to rethink how it assesses the worth of academic publications

Technology could be used to encourage undergraduates at risk of spreading virus to stay at home

Hefce study finds large differences in submission rates by ethnicity and gender

Fears over quality decline, but many academics still unclear over open access requirements

Twelve universities across the continent are offering course aimed at next generation of development professionals

Crick and Watson's landmark papers on the structure of DNA would have been rejected by modern editors for lack of data, researcher argues

The ‘first women’s museum in the UK’ turned out to be dedicated to Jack the Ripper. ‘Activist academic’ Lisa Mckenzie wants scholars to protest

THE Africa Universities Summit hears that scholars may be tempted back by improved standards, better facilities and a welcoming atmosphere

Dalmeet Singh Chawla rounds up the recent discussion about single figure publications

Online encyclopaedia is currently dominated by male editors

Twitter discussion addresses issue of class in the academy

Dalmeet Singh Chawla considers whether unsuspecting academics should be helped by having legitimate papers republished elsewhere

Proposals amount to 41 per cent increase in minimum salary threshold for new researchers to gain visa, Universities UK and Russell Group warn

The life of an early career researcher is a challenging one, finds Catherine Fletcher, as she heads to city number six

Complexity of government initiatives to help commercialise university research under scrutiny 

SUSTAIN programme includes year-long training programme

More than half of female students reading science subjects at the University of Bristol said that they have felt uncomfortable at the institution because of their gender

Former postdoctoral researchers will now be counted as alumni at the University of Cambridge

A new series of short films reveals the often unexpected books that have inspired scientists at Cambridge.