Academic recognition for public policy work is slowly gathering pace
To tackle the challenge of implementing evidence-based policy, change is also needed in the university sector, says Gavin Costigan
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Europeans back funding vocational training over higher education
Fears over youth unemployment and excessive university expansion could be behind weak support as some countries mull shift
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As it happened: THE Innovation & Impact Summit 2017
All the news from the 2017 Times Higher Education Innovation & Impact Summit in Hong Kong
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International perspective: a Filipino student in Hungary
Benjamin Jance, a Filipino student at the Central European University in Budapest, reflects on his time there
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New doctor contracts and Brexit deterring medical graduates from practising in the UK
The new junior doctor contract and the Brexit result may be pushing medical graduates to leave the UK, a survey has found
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10 ways to use social media to get your research noticed
Four experts offer their advice on getting the most out of social media as an academic
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Labour’s policy to scrap fees: memorable and popular (unless you’re the Daily Mail)
John Morgan looks at how Jeremy Corbyn's pledge has gone down with the public and the press
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Number of Indian students in Germany doubles
UK’s dramatic fall in recruitment from the subcontinent contrasts with success of European rival
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Cuba looks to strengthen research ties with Russia
Soviet-era links form a basis for extensive further initiatives
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EU lauds Horizon 2020 but warns underfunding ‘wastes resources’
European Commission interim evaluation highlights ‘oversubscription’ in funding bids
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Should scientific misconduct be a crime?
Conference hears conflicting views on how to stamp out fraud in research
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US research culture stuck in the past, says cancer expert
Greg Simon, former executive director of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, claims universities are resistant to change
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Calls for open data adjudicator to combat ‘disinformation’
Stephan Lewandowsky warns that academics can ‘lose control’ of their data and see it used as ‘political propaganda’
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Newer universities lead on graduate start-ups
But the highest value UK spin-off companies mainly come from research-intensive universities, latest figures show