Research

The academy’s greatest gift is in cultivating a critical citizenry who cannot be treated as fools, argues the former Archbishop of Canterbury

Former Archbishop of Canterbury says universities are in danger of neglecting their core mission

Researchers face ‘ethics’ scandal over security of records, warns computer scientist

Death and its contributions to our culture are the topic of a London event

Felipe Fernández-Armesto bristles at the stifling effect of peer review

Willetts sees potential in tie-ups with Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong

Research areas championed by government dismissed as poor investments by technology expert

Commercialising research can do ‘far more’ for humanity than Nobel Prizes, says Mayor of London

England’s funding council has been asked to look at whether overseas universities could take part in future research excellence frameworks.

Six publicly funded research institutes have won Athena SWAN awards for promoting good employment practices for women in science.

BP-funded oceanographers warn of the dangers of neglecting research

Chair of review into use of metrics suggests REF interval could be cut to once a decade

Universities won’t be sustainable or fulfil their missions if they manage academics using research metrics alone, says a senior manager

Sociologist claims high-quality scholarship does not depend on obedience to technical rules on referencing

Non-OA journals acceptable only when they are “the most appropriate publication”

Film draws on 1980 work to expose philosopher’s ideas to general audience

The academic who says riding the waves can boost cross-cultural communication and sustainable tourism

Researcher warns of ‘developing credibility crisis’ in reflection on retracted paper

REF and ‘impact agenda’ makes sector look at collaborations with extra interest, scholars say

Its study is not frivolous, and it deserves academic recognition, says Sally Feldman

Shut out of Horizon 2020, researchers ponder fallout of anti-immigration vote

Scepticism that proposal to encourage diversity could effectively regulate sector

Does research assessment discriminate against female academics? asks Barbara Graziosi

But critics warn of funding eligibility problems in plan to collaborate on projects

Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates

New space at the LSE for The Women’s Library is the first chapter in exploiting a vast resource

Early career researchers to be represented on university committees

UK spending on research and development as a proportion of gross domestic product fell in 2012, according to new figures.

The UK is to commit £290 million to three international microscope and telescope projects.

SMEs need tools as well as content to pinpoint research ‘nuggets’, says Elsevier chief

Council to seek suggestions from industry and the public on grant award decisions

Research heads and other university staff on the burdens of submitting to the inaugural research excellence framework

Move follows referendum decision to restrict immigration

The British Academy is launching a major series of free public debates examining the crucial issues of our time

Catholic author and journalist John Cornwell discusses The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession and the ‘imaginative exercise’ of religion

Australian academic resigns as La Trobe signs deal with Swisse, a ‘global wellness company’, to fund centre

Image manipulation has forced retraction of Oxford unit’s Cell Metabolism paper

Fewer outputs in assessment exercise as analysis of submission data reveals impact of new criteria

Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head

More than 50 universities have received funding from the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear weapons since 2010, according to a new study.

The research councils will receive more than double the capital funding in 2015-16 than they were originally allocated for 2014-15, it has been revealed

The government aims to use the high status of UK science to put pressure on other countries to reduce their reliance on animal research.

David Willetts is set to unveil £72.6 million of new funding to help academics unlock the potential of “big data”.

Employers unaware of how doctorates have broadened to prepare postgraduates for work

How does a tiny institution create such outsized impact?

A commitment by government to consult over a long-term plan for science capital investment has been welcomed by the Lords Science and Technology Committee.

Cambridge v-c and former Archbishop among those examining the topic

Commissioner tells academics to ‘get cracking’ on proposals

Southampton pro v-c to take over from David Delpy

Universities are now like Jeremy Bentham, hollow husks of their former selves, laments Christopher Bigsby

Cambridge to put plan to set up new chair to vote after $6 million donation from Avery-Tsui Foundation

Food, feminism and assumptions about asylum seekers among areas explored in eight AHRC-backed projects

Quality of papers rises in units led by strong researchers, study claims

Loughborough academic alleges ‘process problem’ with journal’s trust-based system

Find out how academics and professional and support staff feel about working in UK higher education

A new interactive website has been launched to provide the definitive resource for studying the great 17^th-century poet and playwright Ben Jonson

Queen’s and Ulster can take part in Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigators Programme

Analysis critical of professor’s discovery claim is published on arXiv

Addressing global problems should be the academy’s raison d’être, argues Nicholas Maxwell

Roger Jeffery on the difficulties of achieving equity in authorship in multinational teams