Warning over EU research budget
Negotiations on the European budget could result in cuts to Horizon 2020, the European University Association has warned.
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Low publication output for female scientists
Analysis suggests that male physicists and mathematicians author nearly 50% more papers than female colleagues.
World universities 2014
Asian universities are catching up with the West on research strength, but only slowly.
EPSRC sets new strategy
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aims to accelerate both scientific breakthroughs and social and economic impact.
Publishers' copyright move 'could limit use of research'
Scientific publishers producing model copyright licences will make it harder for academic research to be a "first class citizen of the web".
Rejected work gets back in the line-up
Paper turned down for plagiarising surfaces in another of publisher’s journals.
In research, weird is wonderful
If everyone likes your research, you can be certain that you have not done anything important. That is the first thing to grasp. Conflict goes with the territory. Innovation comes when universities encourage risk-taking, says Andrew Oswald.
Asia university rankings update
Japan is still the number one nation but the balance of power is shifting as Beijing increases research funding
Cambridge centre for postdocs opens
Its opening represents a key step in the university’s plans to improve the experience for its 3,500 postdocs, who comprise the largest group of staff at Cambridge.
Farce, then tragedy?
Farce, then tragedy?
Racist government policies hurt the higher education sector, says Kevin Fong, but the harm doesn't stop there I seem to recall that "education, education, education" was Tony Blair's battle cry in the run-up to the 1996 general election. (With hindsight, the title of the Kaiser Chiefs' latest album, Education, Education, Education and War, might have been closer to the mark.)
EU launches U-Multirank
A European Union-sponsored university ranking system has gone live after around six years of development.
It would aid amateur scientific breakthroughs
Discoveries by laypeople are rare but free access to research results would increase the likelihood
The perils of REF 'irradiation'
Academics have internalised research assessment to such a degree that the effects may be irreversible.
No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy
Chief Executive of the ESPRC, has no regrets over the introduction of the council's exercise which prioritises funding according to UK strength and national importance.
Untie the mavericks
Felipe Fernández-Armesto bristles at the stifling effect of peer review.
Women trail men in securing research council grants
Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates
10 reasons why Caltech is the world's number one university
Times Higher Education rankings editor Phil Baty uncovers the secrets behind the California Institute of Technology's extraordinary global success
Researchers' 'unrealistic' hopes of academic careers
Fewer than half of those new to research can expect long-term academic careers There is a "significant credibility gap" between researchers' expectations and the likelihood of their forging long-term careers in higher education, a survey has found.
Hampered by 'lack of long-term plan'
Peers criticise 'ad hoc' spending announcements on infrastructure
Research needs more poetry, not more cash
Research needs more poetry, not more cash
'Big money' grants foster 'bookkeeping' work at the expense of small-scale but potentially groundbreaking efforts, says Gary Thomas
Research grant success rates rise with demand management
Research grant success rates rise with demand management
The research councils’ controversial demand management measures have been credited with driving the fourth successive annual rise in the overall success rate for grant applications, which now stands at 30 per cent.
US international student intake reaches record high
The number of international students in US higher education has reached an all-time high according to an authoritative report.
Obama's rankings won't solve crisis in US academy
More government cash is the only way to cut student costs, argue Rudy Fichtenbaum and Hank Reichman
Furedi criticises 'methodologically naive' education research
A leading sociologist has attacked the application of so-called "'evidence'-based policy" - and much of the research lying behind it - to education
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