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Boost in research funding is only a first step in fostering innovation, experts say

Local and international collaboration will allow institutions to tackle the challenges of sustainable development, says Tawana Kupe

The crackdown on ‘Islamo-leftism’ is a purely political move to court right-wing votes in the coming election, says William Barylo

Worries about Islamo-leftism in France and free speech in England reflect disciplines’ straddling of science and activism, says Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière

Catherine Rottenberg applauds a bold attempt to forge a politics of solidarity in response to humanitarian crisis

New funding should be used to lure researchers from industry and overseas, experts say

Knock-backs are frequent and unavoidable. But treating referees’ comments with a hard-headed pragmatism lessens the sting, says Adrian Furnham

With more candidates than ever applying for research roles, some scholars are reassessing how they engage with unsuccessful applicants

Evidence shows that universities outside the golden triangle are among the best at creating successful companies, says Brian McCaul

As Netflix’s film on Sutton Hoo illustrates, collaboration between academic and commercial research enriches understanding of history, says Susan Greaney

Budget also aims to cut bureaucracy and open up internationalisation avenues 

The ‘feel’ for a person that comes from encountering them in their home is difficult to replicate in depth online, says Graham Crow

Major scholarly publishers warn that some titles will become unviable unless open access scheme changes tack on compliance

Experts call on global community to support Burmese scholars

Shocking lapses in scientific standards show why renewed scrutiny of existing literature and new anti-fraud measures are needed, says David A. Sanders

Researchers should campaign with the public to build back better, say Stephen Bradley, Jessica Butler and Chris Chambers

More ‘coherent’ mechanism is needed to develop regional ties, expert says

Researcher uses role-play techniques to demonstrate both the technical and interpersonal challenges of decision-making during a pandemic

Expert sees opportunities for ‘soft power’ in Global South

Universities may think they have more pressing priorities than the UN’s SDGs. But they don’t, say Martha McPherson and Kate Roll

The country’s universities have shot up global rankings on the back of huge investment and a ruthless focus on publication. But as the country gears up for its next five-year plan, Joyce Lau asks whether stratospheric ambitions for a ‘Chinese Harvard’ can be met

Manuscripts by female authors enjoy more favourable treatment in many disciplines, according to analysis of 350,000 journal submissions

Praise for Covid vaccine creators is deserved, but the extraordinary work of other scientists must not be overlooked, says Nicholas Dirks

Robert Peckham’s faith in the value of his medical humanities training was gravely tested as his father lay in intensive care

Research scheme advocated by Dominic Cummings may provide template for streamlined grants process in future

While eLife is planning to publish only preprints, even it concedes that journal brand still counts for a lot, notes Michael Marinetto

Evidence suggests that different personality types are drawn to – and excel at – teaching and research, says John Dreijmanis

Academics remain wedded to prestige indicators, but peer reviewers may conclude that the journal is profiteering, says Dorothy Bishop

The government points to a decade of funding guarantees, but critics have taken aim at draconian punishments for campus protests and the rushed scrapping of a PhD vetting body

The ‘Tasmania Model’ of addressing social need offers lessons for the wider sector, say Rufus Black and Nick Fowler

With global warming a priority for the next US president, the International Universities Climate Alliance can lead the academic response, says Ian Jacobs

French scholars, accused of fostering terrorism, fear escalating rhetoric could curtail freedom of research

‘New versions of old pressures’ have emerged amid campus closures and budget cuts

Half of regional governors’ dissertations contained copied text, and these plagiarists went on to perform worse in government, research suggests

For a successful transition to open access, we must respect the needs and requirements for different types of output and disciplines, says Rhodri Jackson

Astrophysicists in Hong Kong and France say that public perceptions of gender should change and that more should be done to support women in science

Tributes paid to ‘an extremely significant figure’ in the assessment of academic English

As the pandemic reshapes both conferencing and publishing, melding talks and papers makes a lot of sense, says Richard Oliver

The potential involvement of the UK, Australia and Canada requires a fair payments mechanism between the EU and associate countries, says Jan Palmowski

THE’s new Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question

Until we stop glorifying self-achievement, collaboration will remain transactional, say Maru Mormina, Romina Istratii and Alex Lewis

Female academics, especially mothers, face the double challenge of patriarchy and neoliberal management

The pandemic has brought the power and consolations of scholarship to the fore. But with a particularly grim Halloween upon us, M. R. James’ ghost stories warn us that the pursuit of knowledge does not always end well, writes Shane McCorristine

Those who make the loudest noises about equality can be among the most myopic about the evils of academic inbreeding, says Bruce Macfarlane

UK minister Kemi Badenoch’s disavowal of the theory plays into a misleading right-wing narrative, says Hannah Robbins

The establishment of online learning and the routine use of email were long overdue, argues Ali Adnan Mohammed

Supporting pure open access publishers can save money and help cement the transition to full open access, says Helen Dobson

Urgent action is needed to help doctoral candidates whose research has been halted by Covid-related travel bans, says Lorena Gazzotti

If governments commit extra funding and researchers accept the growing industrial emphasis, the European Research Area can fly, says Jan Palmowski

‘I cannot express how incredibly uncontroversial it is to ask for money to perform skilled work,’ says James Heathers

Publications must always permit debate on the quality and relevance of research – plus the efficacy and costs of derived policy, says Robert Dingwall

Humanities scholars play a crucial role in communicating with the public during Covid

LSHTM director thinks communications failures explain why US and UK trail Vietnam and Senegal on pandemic responses 

Largely symbolic move comes amid worsening diplomatic ties and after Australia revoked Chinese scholars’ visas

Jean-Eric Paquet warns that on open data, research collaboration and academic mobility, EU-China links are not always reciprocal

Head of UK Research & Innovation will urge scientists to help shed public view that research is an ‘elite and alien world inhabited by boffins’

Education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says too much research funding is now competitive, leading to intense work stress

The focus on conducting research in independent institutes is holding the country back, say four academics

Blindness gave the late politics professor Roger Williams a unique ability to focus on the structure and coherence of what was being said to him. And though his interrogations could be exacting, Lincoln Allison wishes more sighted academics shared his talent

Set up by young researchers, new publication will highlight where studies went wrong – but it may struggle to attract submissions