Research

Appointment may reflect shift towards a ‘harder-edged, more hawkish’ attitude towards research collaboration, say experts

Compelling stories of how foreign-born founders drive economic prosperity are more likely to convince policymakers about the need to embrace overseas students, says Alice Gast, who recently stepped down as president of Imperial College London

Scholars warn that Tokyo’s cash injection will reward the few over the many, pushing top institutions closer to industry at the expense of basic research, social sciences and humanities

Entrepreneurs are the new kings, but academics doing basic research are key to our future – and they need proper funding, says Brian Schmidt

Scholars from the Global South have vastly fewer international options than those from the Global North, says Srila Roy

At an institution already known for inclusivity, Valerie Sheares Ashby plans to apply those values to her ambitions to grow UMBC’s infrastructure and research activity

As global talent shifts, National Academies experts warn nation increasingly has more to gain than lose in a less restrictive atmosphere

Founder of China’s New Education Initiative will use award money to expand programme’s reach to rural areas

The Italian physicist known for making complex science intelligible explains how radical student politics, hallucinogenic drugs and hitch-hiking around America helped him become one of science’s foremost thinkers

New wave of funding schemes aims to counter ‘parachute research’ and brain drain

Bigger focus flagged on Indigenous knowledge, climate science and critical technologies

Spin-off companies from Russell Group universities boast largest annual turnovers, data reveal

The cost-of-living crisis is bringing to a head the inadequacy of current funding and support for doctoral students, says Ellie Munro

Westminster refers to alternatives rather than arbitration, after unproductive Brussels meeting triggered by legal action

Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ‘an active collaborator’ with government, rather than going on the defensive

Research support must be realistic, the cost of educating UK students must be properly met, and overseas students remain welcome, says Ian Walmsley

Northumbria University’s transformation, reflected in its QR allocation, will allow it to do more for its students and its region, says Louise Bracken

The toxic dispute over the rights of transgender people and how freely these matters should be discussed remains academia’s most divisive issue. Laura Favaro explains what she learned from speaking to both sides

Backed by state government, an ambitious university-led initiative is aiming to restore the Ruhr Valley’s former industrial glory. John Morgan meets academics behind the experiment in driving regional renewal by building a reputation for world-class science

World-first study highlights need for clear sexual harassment policies, suggesting that men became more wary of collaborating with female colleagues

Researchers concerned about increased bureaucracy attached to government proposals

Science powerhouse will sever research and financial links with firms linked to Chinese military ‘within months’

Supporting young researchers to peer-review and edit journal submissions will also accelerate their training, says Quan-Hoang Vuong

While funding streams appear safe for now, academics debate whether they should continue to engage with an increasingly sceptical government

Academics’ passion for research should feed into the ideal higher education experience, says Gill Evans

Retiring Research England executive chair reflects on REF, impact and open access

The new UK PM’s team needs to maintain access for the hardest-to-reach, fulfil research spending promises and continue levelling up, says Laura Brassington

Reliance on student reviews of university teaching has led to a warped understanding of quality, says Sally Patfield

Funder bows to pressure after postgraduate students said soaring inflation was making it ‘unfeasible’ to complete their studies

Visa delays costing us top overseas staff and PhD students, Australian universities warn

University report alleges students were charged extra fees in dentistry school, but faculty see racial politics and retaliation over whistleblowing

The humanities do not have uniquely transformational qualities or a monopoly on critical thinking and empathy. With departments under threat outside the UK’s elite institutions, better to insist on the importance of everyone’s being able to interrogate the stories we tell ourselves, writes Joe Moran

Changing world in research means substantial changes to UK assessment needed, says outgoing chair of Research England

The wider issues raised by the scandal can be particularly acute in the work of academic practitioners in cultural fields, says Ian Pace

National interest test for research grants to be simplified amid sweeping review of ARC

Enormous efforts to increase links between research fields have failed to consider how undergraduates can also benefit and contribute, says Stephanie Marshall

Beijing boosts early student participation in research as world becomes ‘less friendly’, but efforts could stall because of limited funding

Perennially underdone educational relationship ready to go to the next level, advocates say

Campaigners say academic publishers will have to ‘figure this out pretty darn fast’ as Biden sets 2025 deadline for switch to instant open access

Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings

The regulations can be ambiguous, but the masturbation paper furore is a result of supervisors’ and reviewers’ lack of vigilance, says Michelle Shipworth

In holdover from print-dominant era, top 330 academic science titles too often seen as banning or hindering published rebuttals of their articles

Karl Andersson’s ‘appallingly bad’ paper has exposed the insanity of ethnography’s turn towards introspection and other postmodern research methods that place little value on objectivity, says William Matthews

To sustain its world-leading universities and science, the next UK prime minister must listen to Tory heavyweights and move on from ‘sugar-rush’ policymaking

The University of Northampton’s outgoing vice-chancellor reflects on how lessons from punk rock led him to survive in academia and deliver one of UK higher education’s most ambitious campus projects. Jack Grove reports

Analysis of more than 50,000 behavioural and brain sciences articles also suggests their results are less likely to be replicated by others

Yes, in-person interaction has benefits, but ending online accessibility will close the door again on those unable to travel, says Alexandra Ridgway

Biggest beneficiaries from excellence-driven funds will leverage uplift to secure additional funding and win political arguments, say pro vice-chancellors

Outgoing prime minister’s pro-science messaging has been ever-present during his time in Downing Street but has he delivered for research? Jack Grove considers his legacy

Unbounded discussions develop the critical but playful thinking that allows people to safely challenge and be challenged, says Lee Cronin

In some countries, male researchers’ article output appears to have been more adversely affected, according to new study

DFG advisory group says opposition to animal use comes from ‘fundamental misjudgements’ and that falling usage figures ‘say nothing’ about welfare

Second postponement in as many years acknowledges Covid’s ‘major impact’ on research efforts

Next prime minister urged to appoint Cabinet-level minister for science and technology to show ambitious commitments are ‘more than just words’

Online has its advantages but it doesn’t match the complex social experience of face-to-face meetings, say four historians of science

Global poll of nearly 10,000 researchers reveals continued influence of bibliometrics in determining reputation and institutional ties

Whitehall advisor who devised alternative Horizon programme says stablisation funds should be released immediately while talks over UK membership continue

Britain’s first history professor of African heritage discusses Colston, the ‘myth’ of Windrush and surviving in academia without support

Narratives describing research in departments should be replaced by institution-level document, recommends funder-backed study

More innovative screening of grant applications that avoid full peer review could remove red tape burden on researchers, says Adam Tickell