Research

Industry-led approach to doctoral education may ‘marginalise’ mentoring

Dame Julia Goodfellow, Universities UK president-elect, calls for higher education to ‘stand up and be counted’ in EU referendum debate

Glen Wright, from Academia Obscura, explores the more bizarre parts of the academic world

Budget document says the relief was never intended for higher education institutions

Will Institute of Economic Affairs report put the idea of cuts to QR funding on the political agenda? asks John Morgan

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

About 80 per cent of UCU members prepared to take industrial action over expectations on external income and other issues

Move follows controversy over comment pieces and cover page for Science

Ex-European Commission president speaks to THE for feature that also looks at the fist fight UK universities can expect in return for pro-EU campaign

Regional audits of science activity will identify areas of emerging scientific strength, says minister

Business-focused City will join the University of London next year

Leeds Beckett researchers aim to maximise the impact of their knowledge

We talk to the latest Sêr Cymru research chair

After Tory victory in the general election, an EU exit could become reality. We hear from both sides of the debate

Partnerships between institutions and wider world now worth almost £4 billion

Alison Hayman says that she is ‘not incapable’ and her treatment was ‘unjust’

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

REF case studies used to create a map of knowledge connections between fields

Research suggests that UK academics are rarely rewarded for public engagement. Is the same true in the US, asks Andrew Maynard?

Just 13 per cent of open call applications to social science funder were successful in 2014-15

University and College Union says proposals could mean a third of Wolverhampton's research professors lose their jobs

Accountability review finds cost of assessment equates to 2.4 per cent of funding bodies’ expected spend over next six years

Creating doctoral colleges and distance PhDs. What are universities doing to better support doctoral students? Holly Else writes

Hefce head of research policy suggests the way research is conducted should be measured too

Abandoning peer review could lead to never-ending assessment, micromanagement of staff and übergaming, warns Howard Hotson

Shahidha Bari on a supposedly fun thing that makes her apprehensive

Strong research result in the REF ‘triggered’ exit from the mission group

Perception that time should be spent improving research prowess

Goals set for most academic posts across the institutions’ three faculties

Head says changes that could lead to 60 redundancies will allow medical school to focus on strengths without harming Welsh healthcare

Amid concerns about the growing use – and abuse – of quantitative measures in universities, a major new review examines the role of metrics in the assessment of research, from the REF to performance management

A study of European research output reveals the prolificacy of an elite group of scholars. Chris Havergal discovers their characteristics

New research grant data show Britain continuing to lead the league

You might not think it, but students in the 14th and 15th century could teach today’s cohort a thing or two about tearing up the town, writes Matthew Reisz

Labour leadership candidate calls for 'revolution in science' and increased research and development spend

Complexity of government initiatives to help commercialise university research under scrutiny 

Kiwi historians claim the concept is incoherent and moralistic

Haldane unbound would be as dangerous as unchecked utilitarianism, argues the astronomer royal

Information Commissioner orders university to share information with animal rights groups following FoI request

Oxford Brookes’ submission on Duckworth-Lewis details formula’s influence

Disagreement among social scientists means that policies to tackle climate change remain contentious, write Mark Freeman and Ben Groom

Nobel prizewinners tell Phil Baty about their tips for success

SUSTAIN programme includes year-long training programme

Early issues of the journal Studies in Higher Education show how greatly academics’ view of what they do has changed, says Bruce Macfarlane

Southampton scholar seeks collaborators for her project on the former Cuban leader

It might be wiser for research funders to make more smaller grants than to pursue policy of giving out fewer but larger awards

Peer review is often thought of as ancient and unchanging, but it is neither – and it shouldn’t be treated as a sacred cow, argues Aileen Fyfe

UCL-led centre aims to clarify complexity – and dispel a few myths, too

For 50 years, the Society for Research into Higher Education has explored vital questions about higher education practice and policy, and it intends to continue

Prize-winning physicist appointed as vice-chancellor of ANU

Lack of safeguards raises ‘fundamental issue of academic freedom’

A team at the Uppsala University Library is working to crack the code for digitising handwritten text

Study led by Angela Dobele of RMIT finds there is no consensus on the value of a paper in 32 per cent of cases

An Elsevier analysis explores the viability of a ‘smarter and cheaper’ model

The pressure to publish high-profile papers may not be linked to research misconduct, a new study has found.

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

A number of vice-chancellors, prominent academics and other higher education figures have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Sir Tim Hunt complains of “trouble with girls” in labs, but male egos can be far more obstructive to science, says Ottoline Leyser

Female scientists have joined others in responding to Nobel laureate’s comments about the “trouble with girls” in labs.

When grant managers provide specialised input, approval rates rise, study finds