Research

The open access journal eLife has launched a new type of article that will allow authors to report significant additions to their original research.

Academic criticises ‘inadequate nature’ of free public open access service

Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aims to accelerate both scientific breakthroughs and social and economic impact.

Scientific publishers producing model copyright licences will make it harder for academic research to be a “first class citizen of the web”.

The Wikimedia Foundation has spoken out against “the right to be forgotten” enshrined in European law, likening it to removing an index from a book.

Dame Ann Dowling warns that universities that put too high a price on their intellectual property may hamper a spin-off’s success

Paper turned down for plagiarising surfaces in another of publisher’s journals

Anger as funding for scientific researchers fails to materialise

University libraries join project to extend UK Medical Heritage Library online resource

Survey of 400 academics reveals almost all admit involvement in at least one unacceptable research practice

We must change the way we educate students to counter rising scientific misconduct, say Tim Birkhead and Bob Montgomerie

John Allen, who wrote to The Lancet about the role of metrics in redundancies, has been dismissed for refusing to teach a course

An influential core of scientists are citation superstars

Cancer research could become impossible in Europe if a proposed data protection regulation is adopted, according to a medical research body.

Four research councils report lower success rates for curiosity-driven funding

John Green is the man behind a researcher-led effort to cook up sound institutional comparisons

Move follows critical report and ‘discussion’ with minister

Academic weekender in Brighton explores youth subcultures and theory

Crowdsourcing advocate Andy Hudson-Smith discusses the funding and social-media mining potential of mass appeals

Maintenance and upgrading should not be overlooked when budget allocations are made

150 years of the satirical magazine is now available to researchers

Imperial College London broke animal welfare rules “on an unacceptable scale”, creating an “unacceptable risk” of “appreciable” harm to animals.

Matthew Reisz talks to Annabel Tremlett, an academic whose work challenges common perceptions of Romani life

Academics have ultimate responsibility for the ethics of their project, says Ron Iphofen

What happens to scholars’ papers and unfinished works when they die? Matthew Reisz on the guardian’s dilemma

The Institute of Physics has announced the winners of its annual awards in the discipline

Accurate scientific translation is vital, say Meredith Root-Bernstein and Richard Ladle

Sovietised REF blocks progress. Innovation comes when universities encourage risk-taking, says Andrew Oswald

Cardiff University’s CAER Heritage Project announced as overall winner for engagement with the public

Dame Judith Rees, former LSE interim director, warns of problems as students’ awareness of value increases

Collection could be broken up in legal action over 1944 deed of trust

The power of immersive research, and what it is like to be an academic who spends months at sea

Thrill-seekers or pioneers? Scholars operating close to legal boundaries attract both labels

As researchers commit to greater openness, the media has an important role to play, says Adrian Deeny

Shield laws could help protect confidential sources, but most vital is university support, say Ted Palys and John Lowman

Universities and science minister David Willetts has announced a £48 million investment in biomedical research.

New UCL professor Graeme Reid, formerly BIS’ head of research funding, points to public support for science investment

Unesco report suggests that institutions’ research ‘does not yield large financial payoffs’

Bradley Garrett, whose fieldwork was seized and used in court against the urban explorers he studied, says researchers need clear support

While a legal fight led to the unravelling of promises of confidentiality, some researchers argue that there is a silver lining

British Academy event details potential in faster, better routes to statistical analysis

Why are undergraduates still kept at arm’s length from the world of research? asks Stuart Hampton-Reeves

The capital’s lure is irresistible, but with its unique attractions come unique challenges

Craig Brandist on the parallels between Stalin’s Russia and the operation of today’s universities

Imperial College London will build a new biomedical engineering centre on its White City campus thanks to a £40 million donation

‘Wider range of options’ to be explored by University of London

Oxford academic at centre of case says ‘clearly punitive investigation’ undermined ethnographic research   

First module of digital resource, covering 1920 to 1979, shines light on colonialism’s end, communism and Cold War

Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca

Some fear plan to streamline approvals from trusts will not end local roadblocks

University of London proposal will have negative impact on the discipline and postgraduates, academics warn

Open letter from UUK board members points to research funding and mobility as being ‘central’ to success

A climate scientist has distanced himself from newspaper suggestions that his paper on global warming was rejected by a journal for political reasons

Proposal prompts resignation of advisory board chair

Signatories commit to greater transparency to assuage public concerns

Senior scholar says his filmed 5-minute debates may expose the “tensions and contradictions’ in academics’ work

University’s 10-week project featured talk by Michael Berlin on First World War conscientious objectors

Behind the scenes at science plays: the writers, their intentions and what they achieve

Which countries are steaming ahead in scientific output and power? Simon Marginson analyses the worldwide data