Research

Researcher warns of ‘developing credibility crisis’ in reflection on retracted paper

REF and ‘impact agenda’ makes sector look at collaborations with extra interest, scholars say

Its study is not frivolous, and it deserves academic recognition, says Sally Feldman

New space at the LSE for The Women’s Library is the first chapter in exploiting a vast resource

Early career researchers to be represented on university committees

But critics warn of funding eligibility problems in plan to collaborate on projects

Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates

UK spending on research and development as a proportion of gross domestic product fell in 2012, according to new figures.

The UK is to commit £290 million to three international microscope and telescope projects.

SMEs need tools as well as content to pinpoint research ‘nuggets’, says Elsevier chief

Council to seek suggestions from industry and the public on grant award decisions

Research heads and other university staff on the burdens of submitting to the inaugural research excellence framework

Move follows referendum decision to restrict immigration

The British Academy is launching a major series of free public debates examining the crucial issues of our time

Catholic author and journalist John Cornwell discusses The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession and the ‘imaginative exercise’ of religion

Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head

Australian academic resigns as La Trobe signs deal with Swisse, a ‘global wellness company’, to fund centre

Image manipulation has forced retraction of Oxford unit’s Cell Metabolism paper

Fewer outputs in assessment exercise as analysis of submission data reveals impact of new criteria

More than 50 universities have received funding from the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear weapons since 2010, according to a new study.

The research councils will receive more than double the capital funding in 2015-16 than they were originally allocated for 2014-15, it has been revealed

The government aims to use the high status of UK science to put pressure on other countries to reduce their reliance on animal research.

David Willetts is set to unveil £72.6 million of new funding to help academics unlock the potential of “big data”.

Employers unaware of how doctorates have broadened to prepare postgraduates for work

How does a tiny institution create such outsized impact?

A commitment by government to consult over a long-term plan for science capital investment has been welcomed by the Lords Science and Technology Committee.

Cambridge v-c and former Archbishop among those examining the topic

Commissioner tells academics to ‘get cracking’ on proposals

Southampton pro v-c to take over from David Delpy

Quality of papers rises in units led by strong researchers, study claims

Loughborough academic alleges ‘process problem’ with journal’s trust-based system

Find out how academics and professional and support staff feel about working in UK higher education

Universities are now like Jeremy Bentham, hollow husks of their former selves, laments Christopher Bigsby

Cambridge to put plan to set up new chair to vote after $6 million donation from Avery-Tsui Foundation

Food, feminism and assumptions about asylum seekers among areas explored in eight AHRC-backed projects

A new interactive website has been launched to provide the definitive resource for studying the great 17^th-century poet and playwright Ben Jonson

Queen’s and Ulster can take part in Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigators Programme

Analysis critical of professor’s discovery claim is published on arXiv

Addressing global problems should be the academy’s raison d’être, argues Nicholas Maxwell

Roger Jeffery on the difficulties of achieving equity in authorship in multinational teams

The Natural Environment Research Council would not contemplate fully privatising its centres, its chief executive has pledged

The use of crowdfunding to finance research could be used by the government as an excuse to cut public spending, an expert has warned

Spending bill also contains open-access mandate for NIH research

Pelvis fragment ‘could belong to King Alfred’

Work is under way to ensure that big data do not mean big headaches for researchers in the physical sciences

Evidence is vital, but don’t reject intuition, Felipe Fernández-Armesto says

Scientists can speak more freely without fear of being sued, explains Síle Lane

Hefce launches review of digital publishing in the arts and humanities

UK-based researchers have claimed the lion’s share of the European Research Council’s new consolidator grants, announced today

At least 19 additional Centres for Doctoral Training will be announced by David Willetts at Imperial College London today.

LSE scholars call for ‘shorter, better, faster, free’ studies and bigger share of research funding

Research conduct, reporting and management needs overhaul, says Lancet study

Britain needs Fraunhofer centres as well as Catapults if the ‘invention revolution’ is to materialise, asserts Tim Holt

College of Policing pushes research agenda with grants for joint projects

Studies based on ‘misleading literature’ may have to be revised or retracted, claims Loughborough scientist

Ruth Barcan believes such feelings are a logical response to a broken academic system

Scientists stuck on a ship in Antarctica as part of a research project have finally seen an end to their 10-day ordeal

The neglected, inaccessible land beside arterial routes is the subject of an exhibition and book

Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses life and scholarly work at the heart of the Soviet system

Scientific share options flourish despite calls for boycott