Research

Adelaide neighbours progress merger plan with new discussion paper on pros and cons

Australia’s top universities deliver greater economic benefits than their UK equivalents, study finds

European Research Council says move is to support open access and get round often lengthy publishing process

Cutting partner labs out of awarded grant budgets is a common but destructive phenomenon in modern academia, says Anne Carpenter

Experts are out of fashion with today’s political vanguard, but fraudulent research risks further undermining science, says THE’s Asia-Pacific editor John Ross

Outside the anglophone world, universities are under pressure to conduct research in English – but teach in their local language, says David Matthews

Maths prodigy just second Australian to claim discipline’s highest honour

Large-scale study raises questions about the usefulness of altmetrics for assessing research quality 

The entanglement of the university and tech worlds faces increased scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Could joint positions in industry and academia offer a workable and ethically defensible way forward? David Matthews reports

THE's Asia-Pacific editor John Ross ponders the pluses of a slow-cooked doctorate

Braving frozen horse liver, shamanic rituals and endless vodka-soaked toasts may not have resulted in the hoped-for discovery of a hitherto-unknown form of opera, but Nicholas Till has no regrets about his visit to Yakutsk

‘Productivity boom’ shows researchers are not the problem, universities say

Analysis of THE data finds high publication output and reputation negatively correlated with staff gender balance

Trends analysis shows end of ‘US hegemony’ in research may not be far off

The prospect of losing access to EU funding only strengthens the rationale for UK universities to develop deep, bilateral international partnerships, says Ed Byrne 

Extended PhDs would be money well spent in the quest for international competitiveness, says leading physicist

Study casts doubt on efficacy of increasing research productivity in some disciplines

Government rewards three public and three private institutions but fails to reach target of giving 20 universities elite status

Peter Doherty warns scientists about being ‘used’ by journalists with a predetermined story to tell

Initiative will allow UKRI to sponsor researchers from outside the EU, but key questions unanswered

New government body for research predicts cost of £15 million per year if tax problem not resolved

Basic research bears the brunt of a general decline in spending

When the alt-right made highly dubious claims about historical Irish slavery, Natalie Zacek realised that a rebuttal from an expert would make no difference

Social scientists’ inexplicable failure to conduct research on their own campuses is holding back quality in undergraduate education, says Richard Arum

Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports

‘Verbose’ language, bad English and unexplained abbreviations all figure highly in reasons for rejection

Professor drops research after ‘irresponsible’ media coverage and joke responses

Increasing research investment could see country lead the region in higher education, but experts say it needs to balance capacity with culture

Cambridge researcher dreams of returning home to war-stricken country

Government investment will address the underperforming sector but political interference needs to stop for Indian higher education to truly make its mark, argues Deepak Nayyar

Chemistry laureate Michael Levitt also warns younger scientists are now far less likely to be awarded grants

Study suggests pure science disciplines may have more of a problem with citations that are not actually giving the thumbs up to other studies

New guidance responds to concerns that much hyperbolic science reporting can be traced back to university communications teams

Up to 90 per cent of reviewers unable to guess authors of papers in experiment

National strategies also debate merits of basic versus applied research in rapidly expanding field

Academics complain of losing work on reference management tool

Latest tables showing high-quality scholarly output for countries and universities demonstrate UK in particular is losing ground

University representatives disappointed by lower than expected budget increase for European Research Council

The biologist on how a box of tulip bulbs encouraged her to research plants and why women must expand their comfort zone 

A home-grown alternative to the research assessment exercise would better reflect local practice and sit better with the special administrative region’s new political reality, says Michael O’Sullivan

A university career can be lonely, anxious and narrow. But those who learn from their regrets can avoid unnecessary stress, says Michael Marinetto

Parisian university to work with controversial cab company to develop ‘autonomous three-dimensional transport systems’

As the EU’s proposals for its Horizon Europe research funding framework near publication, the UK must commit to playing a full role, says Paul Boyle

Confirmation removes one of major barriers to country’s continued participation in framework programmes

A rediscovered fascination for space means blue-sky opportunities for universities

For insight into the ‘pervasive dislocation’ of people’s lives today, the sociologist Jeff Ferrell rode the rails across the US. He tells Matthew Reisz about life on the road and the limits of mainstream research

The #MeToo movement has cast historical behaviour and curricula in a new, shadowy light. Four writers give us their perspectives

Gathering intellectual antagonists under the same roof contains the incendiary electricity of controversy and redirects it to generate sparks of new knowledge, says Carel Stolker

Business academic Diane Holt recalls her experience aboard a ‘floating university’

Crackdown leaves professors needing to pay back almost €250,000 each on average

Matthew Reisz hears the case for in-depth immersive research among marginalised communities

Campaigners fear a huge increase in EU military research spending will lead to development of autonomous weapons

Analysis of academic boycott of Central Powers after WWI prompts warnings over Trump administration plans

Convincing universities to divest from fossil fuels and use only green energy is a better strategy, says Thomas Smith

Investigation discovers that three-quarters of advertised posts are filled by an internal candidate

Funding for organisation expected to be confirmed in federal budget

UK expertise pulls far ahead of Europe in terms of output, but collaboration will be vital if sectors are to remain competitive with US and Asia, experts say

Embracing immersive content would aid public engagement and bring research and teaching closer together, argue Vincent Tong, Sam Smidt and Matilda Katan 

Drug-related crime, rising unemployment and low salaries are all contributing to a postgraduate shortage that indicates an uncertain future for Mexico’s higher education system, finds Rachael Pells

Schemes asking us to transform our workplaces in the name of equality, diversity and inclusivity are failing. It’s time to hold our institutions to account, says Rebecca Harrison