Research

Investment pays off for the economy, finds groundbreaking US study

A long-running stand-off has been resolved as a three-year deal on subscriptions is agreed

Sheffield Engineering Leadership Academy aims to equip graduates with the ‘soft skills’ required for industry or academia

The PubPeer organisers and two other scholars debate the merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review

Dispute over British Journal of Educational Technology prompts resignations among editorial team

Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit, argues Bruce Macfarlane

Architecture lecturer Stephen Games feels ‘vindicated’ after agreement

Former Nuffield Foundation director Sharon Witherspoon says the disciplines face many challenges

Organisation hopes use of ORCID system will end confusion over authorship and researcher identity

Use the Force if you want, but to really destroy the Death Star, Heriot-Watt University may be the place to start

Politics lecturer Michael Buehler faces sustained attacks after raising questions about covert lobbying ahead of US visit by country’s president

Juggling multiple departmental roles on top of teaching and research can leave new lecturers feeling ‘punch-drunk’, explains new appointee Richard Budd

Senior figures in UK science fear that culture leading to research misconduct has not been changed

New publishing model aims to make research accessible to all without charging authors

We talk to the former coalition government minister about the Liberal Democrats’ tuition fees U-turn and how Westminster can be an isolating work environment

A qualified welcome for George Osborne’s real-terms protection of research, but uncertainty over how new overseas aid spending will operate

Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers

David Price, Graeme Reid and Andrew Clark applaud the wisdom of creating Research UK

The impact on one Roma man of Rainer Schulze’s research was worth far more than any amount of academic praise

Open letter calls for ministers to support academic research on sustainability during week of United Nations climate change conference in Paris

New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’

Global Challenges Fund could be enabler of world-class science tackling global issues, says Malcolm von Schantz

Unexpected creation of a ‘Global Challenges Research Fund’ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Clearly describing the inefficient and damaging situation might point the way to better alternatives, says Eric Silverman

Blurring the lines between supervisor and friend can cause difficulties for academics and students alike, says study by Finnish researchers

Is the biomedical research facility dubbed ‘Sir Paul’s cathedral’ built on sound foundations?

However, there is confusion over the final value of the settlement, which may include 'tucking in' of Global Challenges fund

New ministerial committee could wield power over research agenda, but support expressed for new pot of interdisciplinary funding

Investment in knowledge is one of Britain’s USPs, explains Mark Samuels

There’s a choice to be made on R&D investment, says Richard Jones, and we must get it right

Commitment not to merge the research councils appears to contradict plans for a bonfire of the quangos in BIS

Proposed Research UK would have similar powers to a v-c over university faculties

Merger ‘inappropriate’, but seven councils would be overseen by new chief executive

Researchers have employed a comedian to help them reach out to a wider public

Student opportunity cuts could worsen part-time crisis, warns Open University v-c, while research concerns focus on ring-fence and ‘tucking in’

With no time for proper peer review and with grade inflation inevitable, one academic felt compelled to resign

As a manuscript haunts her, Shahidha Bari muses on Apple and the Bard

John Elmes talks to Paul Jackson about the politics scholar’s central role during negotiations between the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels

Analysis of top-ranked groups also finds they have ‘accountable autonomy’ from the university

A ‘Kimposium’ will explore what the fascination with the Kardashians tells us

Green Paper recommends use of metrics, despite July report’s reservations

However, success of Indian academics in the UK may be under threat as a result of universities’ focus on teaching excellence

Science and Technology Committee raises fears that resource spending has not kept up with new infrastructure

Author of new book The Cunning of Uncertainty fears pressure for scientific certainty is leading researchers to make promises they cannot deliver

Much is to be decided on who will distribute research funding, but a metrics-based ‘mini-REF’ may raise eyebrows, says David Matthews

Some of the key points to take away from the government’s consultation on the future of universities

Universities and other sector bodies have given a cautious welcome to proposals contained in a new Green Paper on higher education

Iain Foulkes on how scientists can win part of huge grant to push forward the frontiers of cancer research

The measure of scholarly impact is now being manipulated so much that it has ceased to be meaningful, editorial claims

Matthew Reisz on the scientific benefits of leaving corpses out to rot

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

More exchange with the policymaking world will only further academia’s vital role in shaping ideas in society, says Nick Pearce

The work that we do as academics comes wrapped in a tangle of emotions from elation to guilt to disgust, says Aoife Monks

Emma Rees on language, taboos, and a word with an almost unparalleled power to shock

Matthew Reisz reflects that some jobs are really not for him – even on Halloween

It is as a fictional monster, rather than a real threat in the world, that the Devil today attracts most attention, writes Darren Oldridge

Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched

Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow and York enter top 10 after £120 million grant for quantum technology

The former Labour Cabinet minister talks about her foray into the world of university senior management

Institution’s School of Media, Arts and Design is 25 this year. Its current dean takes Times Higher Education through the reasons behind its success