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

Leading rugby historian explains why he studies a game ‘vital in creation of a British sense of masculine identity’

Meghan Duffy thinks you can get on in academia without being chained to your desk

A new paper finds that more than half of economic studies are unreproducible. But there could be even deeper issues with the discipline, says David Matthews

Stephen Curry is campaigning against possible cuts to the UK research budget, and he needs your help

Cases underscore concerns about use of younger researchers’ work by senior colleagues without permission

Fears that discipline is particularly susceptible to statistical ‘hacking’ of data to gain a positive result

Director Jeremy Farrar argues that current research culture damages scientists’ ability ‘to dream’

Study finds that, while senior academics tend to have the most followers on social networking site, the most junior researchers are not far behind

The Chinese president is visiting several of the UK’s top universities. But would they thrive in China? 

Vast majority find position in STEM-related careers, although fewer stay in research over the longer term

Public scrutiny may force up quality of peer review, suggests study

Women with partners who have full-time jobs find it more difficult to get over ‘glass fence’ and move abroad, study suggests

Reports question whether scientists are removing sources of bias in experiments involving animals

In his second blog, John Tregoning offers some more advice on coping with scholarly stress

Sheer number of online profiles to be filled out a ‘disservice’ to scholars, Amsterdam conference hears

Articles that are free to view are also more frequently shared on Facebook, new research finds

Despite the ironic slips, article sheds light on how journals can tackle flawed science

Study finds ‘super ties’ with another academic can lead to higher citation rates

Money to be set aside for ‘blue skies’ fundamental research

Scientists from Japan, China and Ireland awarded for their work tackling parasitic diseases

Paper claims that medical impact case studies focused on policy impact, not improvement in patient mortality or quality of life

Nobel laureate tells THE World Academic Summit that institutions provide funding and job security too late

Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes

Nobel prizewinner makes comments in run-up to November spending review

Inspired by previous movement in 1960s, PhD students say that ‘science is not neutral’ and urge scientists to confront their assumptions

Seminar considers the achievements – and even greater potential – of academic partnerships between the countries

Multi-partner initiative launched by University Alliance institutions mirrors the doctoral training centre model

It seems unlikely that charity donors will want to pay for university research overheads – but someone will have to eventually

Charities blame widening gap between their grants and full costs of research 

Peer review system ‘lacks capacity’ to deal with ‘flood’ of new papers, meaning some could be unjustly dismissed

Australian advocates of alternative treatments lobby Canberra for more state funding for research

Matthew Reisz celebrates the joys of profiling scholars

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago

Transition to ‘make-or-break’ stage for female academics is a significant challenge, study explains

Scholar says departments that did well in the research excellence framework may not have the right to ‘strut around campus’ if their field is not competitive 

Norwegian study argues ‘walking for thinking’ is exercise that all researchers can benefit from

10 must-dos for postdocs identified by Catherine L Drennan, professor of chemistry and biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor identifies the top academic ‘habits’ postdocs need to reach the next level

Discipline may fund women fairly because of a better awareness of the ‘ingrained, institutionalized male culture of universities’

Financial boost follows better than average performance in the 2014 REF

Scholars in countries with a permissive approach are three times more likely to use the technique

Region’s universities must build a type of institution distinctive from those in the West, scholar argues

Deluge of submitted papers leads journals to fall back on alma mater prestige, research suggests

Global analysis shows hospital studies increasingly important but industry publications dip

But master of Birkbeck has accepted that there were ‘procedural matters’ in his lab that ‘required attention’

The merger of seven subpanels into a single one for modern languages and linguistics has skewed results, claim scholars

Names, addresses and sensitive information discovered in unlocked filing cabinet at University of Bedfordshire

Technology could be used to encourage undergraduates at risk of spreading virus to stay at home

Hefce study finds large differences in submission rates by ethnicity and gender

Fears over quality decline, but many academics still unclear over open access requirements

Crick and Watson's landmark papers on the structure of DNA would have been rejected by modern editors for lack of data, researcher argues

The ‘first women’s museum in the UK’ turned out to be dedicated to Jack the Ripper. ‘Activist academic’ Lisa Mckenzie wants scholars to protest

THE Africa Universities Summit hears that scholars may be tempted back by improved standards, better facilities and a welcoming atmosphere

Dalmeet Singh Chawla rounds up the recent discussion about single figure publications

Online encyclopaedia is currently dominated by male editors

Twitter discussion addresses issue of class in the academy

Dalmeet Singh Chawla considers whether unsuspecting academics should be helped by having legitimate papers republished elsewhere

Proposals amount to 41 per cent increase in minimum salary threshold for new researchers to gain visa, Universities UK and Russell Group warn