Research

Incorporation of AMR in Global Burden of Disease study could be game changer in securing more government funding

Universities in the former East Germany are now on a par with those of western Europe while others in the former Soviet bloc still lag. David Matthews visits Poland to explore why

Speakers at THE summit worry that structural funds have become ‘part of the problem’ for new member states

While one group of publishers takes academic network to court over copyright, another strikes deal

NAS calls for US lawmakers to bring change also brings warning that crisis talk may ultimately ‘stifle frontier discoveries’

Politicians’ disparagement of historian’s research signals that alternative interpretations of the city state’s past will not be tolerated, says Linda Lim

Female researchers remain comparatively scarce in publishing, with some fields to remain male-dominated for centuries

From MI5 recruiting, to students spying on each other and intelligence agencies funding research, Matthew Reisz explores the long and often uneasy relationship between espionage and the academy

Ten years into the programme, German universities remain focused on traditional markers of success, say Andreas Knie and Dagmar Simon

Public health academic says studies must speak the same language as their subjects

Analysis from THE’s data team suggests big differences among disciplines in the amount of scholarship that fails to garner a citation 

US universities dominate list of institutions and researchers that are most likely to publish the most cited scholarship for the subject 

Faculties without borders are the key to turning multidisciplinarity into more than a buzzword, says Duncan Ivison

The Cambridge Analytica controversy flags up the ethical perils of research with Big Data – especially when it has commercial potential, says John Holmwood 

Academic gatherings may be fun, but they do little to advance knowledge. To justify the public spending that supports them, such events must do more to provide benefits to those who don’t attend, argues Nicholas Rowe

Stanford's Londa Schiebinger warns that failure to account for differing impact of interventions on men and women is costing lives

But male researchers with small children get a boost, study of academics at Italian university finds

Broad Institute and other US-based research centres lead in cutting-edge genomics topic

Universities will need to think hard about how they will respond to the growing popularity of the qualification, says Elizabeth Miller

A newcomer in the Oxford-Cambridge innovation corridor will reshape our understanding of what higher education is for, says Lynette Ryals

Expansion of US carrier associated with increase in partnerships of more than 30 per cent

The mere mention of fairies in academic circles can bring derision. Yet the field is a rich one that has much to offer open-minded, multidisciplinary scholars, writes Simon Young

If elements of society feel they have no stake in humanities and social science research, their support for it will evaporate, warns Musa al-Gharbi

Analysis of data on current research networks suggests that subjects where expensive kit is shared could be vulnerable

But observers warn that open data initiative is progressing too slowly and researchers lack incentives to join up

Following individuals’ paths in and out of different institutions shows that most students eventually graduate, say Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller and Arthur Sweetman

Scientists reject the ‘crisis narrative’ as an inflammatory distraction from bigger issues

Large worldwide survey suggests scholars in continental Europe more readily provide data alongside results

Professional doctorates offer a more useful, less stressful but no less rigorous alternative to the moribund PhD, says Richard Willis

Psychologist Michal Kosinski’s work shows how digital footprints can predict a person’s sexual orientation, political views and more. Is it a danger or a warning about threats to privacy? John Morgan reports from California

Will the current blockade on Qatar harm its higher education system? Simon Baker investigates whether the need to find common scientific ground among Gulf states could win out

University of Waterloo president says modern universities must combine research and creativity 

US-based ARTiFACTS system is claimed to be first ‘fully functional’ blockchain-based system for recording research process

Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Mark E. Smith and Nicola Owen argue that a new composite ranking offers a more nuanced view of institutional excellence

Social scientists’ scepticism about research oversight also relates to the curiously bad press it gets in Western literature, writes Katarzyna Kaczmarska 

The reawakening of political activism within academia sparked by the pensions strike will reinvigorate scholarship, says Jana Bacevic

Scholarship scheme set up from funds raised by the campaign aims to promote future generations of women in research

Introducing a ‘consumer-style ratings system’ for degrees has the potential to cause terrible damage to universities and society in general, argues Cathy Shrank

Female junior academics are also gaining research prestige, says study

Report from African Academy of Sciences also claims that scientific research in continent must better align with sustainable development goals

New schemes will provide grants to master’s and PhD students and postdoctoral researchers

Higher education institutions make a loss when they invest in international partnerships, but the wider community reaps a windfall, says New Zealand report

Mathematicians – and, indeed, other scholars – who cooperate with intelligence agencies face a moral dilemma knowing that their research could well be applied in unethical ways, says Michael Harris

Parochialism makes sense from a career point of view, but is disastrous for public discourse, say Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Mitchell L. Stevens

There are very few outlets for women to work together against unhelpful concepts that hold back female progression in academia, says Elisabeth Julie Vargo

Despite some progress, researchers are still reluctant to switch journals because of fears it could hinder their careers

Sam Gyimah has been criticised for failing to commit to associate membership of Framework Programme 9

Accusations are a ‘cruel and empty provocation against dedicated scientist’, say sector leaders

Toulouse and Cornell come out on top in analysis of second most trending science topic on SciVal

New university network will see institutions pool resources to cope with impact of hurricanes and tropical cyclones

The university strikes are a militant campaign that attacks the very heart of learning as the union propaganda makes clear, says John Marenbon

With state intervention back in vogue, and publishers’ profit margins still sky-high, journals could be the next monopoly to come under scrutiny

Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste

New centres mark new phase of collaboration between traditionally separate universities and research institutes

Academics celebrate major increase in basic research funding, but pledges fall short of recommendations in Naylor report

New generation of scientists powering country’s development, says head of science funding agency

Ahead of University Mental Health Day on 1 March, Robin Brinkworth argues that institutions must become far more open and accountable on how they are handling student problems

Minister says he will ‘fight’ to ensure scientists can move freely post-Brexit

European universities, despite public dismay about Brexit, also privately see it as an opportunity to poach UK-based academics

The prime minister’s review of higher education is an exercise in self-harm that will also inflict damage on universities, says Patrick McGhee