Research

An independent Scotland would seek to continue to share research councils with the remainder of the UK, a new blueprint for independence has said.

Sir Ivor Crewe - master of University College, Oxford - has been appointed as the next president of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Twenty institutions have been announced as winners of the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

The Economics of Higher Education network aims to highlight neglected areas of economic research on the sector

Review rejects MPs’ criticisms of gaps in its data

Corruption in the academy is being challenged by a ‘clean universities’ ranking and the power of press coverage, says Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

Greater selectivity over future research excellence framework submissions urged under tougher funding regime

Geoffrey Alderman offers to supervise critic’s doctorate

The idea that universities are hotbeds of incivility is implausible, says Emrys Westacott

A formal body should be set up to coordinate efforts to implement open access, the Finch Group has recommended.

Symposium considers drawing’s role in refining and communicating knowledge, from geology to surgery to unicorns

‘Big money’ grants foster ‘bookkeeping’ work at the expense of small-scale but potentially groundbreaking efforts, says Gary Thomas

London research giant attributes success to interdisciplinary approach

Research councils show value of restraint

Scotland risks losing its thriving research base if it becomes independent, analysis by Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has claimed

The president of South Korea has visited Imperial College London to mark a series of agreements between the institution and Korean universities.

Academic denied permission to start new job until after REF deadline

‘Seriously flawed’ decision broke university regulations, QAA finds

But extant strategic decisions will not be revisited, Paul Golby says

Brownfield reclamation unites academics, artists and community

Major report on selective education used ‘inappropriate’ references

LSE research points to Whitehall ‘trying it on’

Reassurance and concerns stated over new framework’s requirements

Scholar hopes his ‘surreal’ action will show that excluded colleagues were ‘discriminated’ against

Manchester Met launches interdisciplinary Centre for Gothic Studies

Model is saving research from ‘scourge of irreproducibility’, says founder Moshe Pritsker

The death of his father prompts Nicholas Till to consider the interconnectedness of things

Students taking part in a huge nationwide debate have overwhelmingly disagreed with the notion of a full ban on animal testing in research

Students across the UK are this week taking part in what organisers believe will be the biggest public debate on animal research ever held.

Minutes suggest the pros and cons of strategies for submission

Vital academic work still missed by impact criteria and civil servants, forum hears

Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF

As the 2014 REF census date approaches, Paul Jump talks to the architects of previous rounds of assessment about how it all began and their views on the research excellence framework

The UK is the “biggest biosciences cluster in Europe” a report by the BioIndustry Association has said.

The UK has overtaken Japan to become China’s second most prolific research collaborator.

The last three universities to benefit from the current round of the government’s Research Partnership Investment Fund have been announced.

Scottish glossary breaks down communication barriers

Dedicated funding and support for UK scientists

Backing winners can lead to poor-quality research, warns Royal Society head

Perma CC consortium aims to host primary source material for ever

Academic project aims for truth and reconciliation after the bloodshed

Three scientists have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laying the foundations for the computer modelling of chemical processes.

Physicist Peter Higgs is prominent among this year’s list of Nobel Prize predictions by Thomson Reuters citation analyst David Pendlebury

University research is an astonishing force for good in the world, argues Leszek Borysiewicz

Academics still hidebound by national rules, Commission finds

Earthquake experts must communicate public risk more effectively to avoid a repetition of the Italian media fiasco that a year ago culminated in jail terms for the academics involved

Poll respondents threatened with redundancy for non-submission

Academics will join a host of well-known names for a festival this weekend encouraging each of us to cast our “mind forward 25 years to the 2030s”.

Matthew Reisz talks to academics who have devoted their lives to studying the Bard

Template for Orwell’s nightmare the subject of major AHRC-backed study

Universities urged to adopt Arrive guidelines

Critics of The Satanic Verses lost the battle but are winning the war, warns Dennis Hayes

THE investigation reveals 63 per cent increase in 0.2 deals since October 2011

A career in science is built on hope and naviety as well as intellect, argues Russell Foster

Barts Pathology Museum prepares the specimens for autumn lectures

Lecturer says profession should widen its global outlook

‘Stable’ figures raise question: where has the money gone?

Blog calls for state to give scholars opportunity to influence policy

A weighted approach is the best bet for assessment, say Andrew Oswald and Daniel Sgroi

A current lack of transparency in clinical trials is “unacceptable”, a cross-party group of MPs has said