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Twenty-one countries attend annual meeting to showcase progress of multimillion-pound Deltas initiative

King¡¯s College London and TU Dresden ¡®Transcampus¡¯ aims to strengthen ties between UK and Germany 

Call for rankings to give more weight to societal impact

Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ¡®go-to country¡¯ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit

Emily Van Duyne on why she missed graduation despite being passionately committed to her students

Paul Feldman explains why the UK must be ready to embrace research collaborations on an increasingly international scale

University reform urgently needed to capitalise on fourth industrial revolution, says KAIST head

Ahead of the 2017 THE Research Excellence Summit, taking place in Taiwan from tomorrow, we hear from Partha S. Mallick on the importance of valuing talent

¡®Shocking¡¯ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report

Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation

Universities UK and the French University Presidents¡¯ Conference aim to increase mobility and develop more joint degrees

President offers disaffected climate scientists a ¡®second homeland¡¯ to conduct their work

The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities

Bibliometric data suggest link to performance of nations' education systems, although academic warns against drawing simple conclusions

Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region¡¯s woes

Director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission says university research funding would not be affected

Institutions say Commission should divert structural funds into modernising academic systems

The vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong speaks to ̽»¨ÊÓƵ at the 2017 THE Innovation and Impact Summit

Virtual research institute aims to overcome geography by providing grants and funding a joint PhD programme

His experiences on a panel reviewing Canadian grant allocation has convinced Jonathan Grant that the evidence base for current practice needs serious reinforcement

Government taking reports ¡®extremely seriously¡¯ and seeking ¡®additional briefing¡¯

Changing academic environment prompts rethink of globally influential employment support guidelines 

Americans produce nearly twice as many highly cited papers in key fields, with China also catching up on EU

Attempt at overseas recruitment part of wider bid to internationalise universities

Royal Irish Academy survey respondents warn against hard border between North and South

European Commission interim evaluation highlights ¡®oversubscription¡¯ in funding bids

Conference hears conflicting views on how to stamp out fraud in research

Greg Simon, former executive director of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, claims universities are resistant to change

Vice-president says universities must convince researchers that journal articles are not the only way to disseminate knowledge

South African minister says many collaborations amount to little more than ¡®visits¡¯

Ellie Bothwell talks with the KAUST president about effective leadership, securing funding and the importance of keeping the local public onside

New institute will receive €10 million a year for interdisciplinary research

Report urges academy to ¡®embrace¡¯ opportunities for wider research dissemination

We examine citation data to get an idea of the most exciting and potentially ground-breaking research topics

Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe

But research organisations say proposed directive does not go far enough and could hinder links with companies

Elsevier data show that China produces vast quantities of papers in field but lags on quality

US scholar argues that academics punch above their weight in key discoveries

European Commissioner for research sees Jordan investment as contribution to peace and stability

Overseas members and evaluators excluded in what critics claim is a power grab

As talks begin on Horizon 2020 successor, advisory body says level of competition prevents open data sharing

One in three scholars in field ¡®deeply concerned¡¯ about future research career prospects

Group of top Asian institutions aims to boost research collaboration and increase mobility

Academics should get out of their bubbles and engage, not deride, says Rachel Carey

UK exit from EU research would boost success rates for other countries ¨C but at cost of quality, experts warn

British universities would be ¡®most affected¡¯ by failure to increase Horizon 2020 funding, MEP warns

Country¡¯s funding councils say institutions must offer research chairs positions to diverse pool of candidates

THE analysis shines a light on institutions that have thought outside the box on research collaboration and funding

UK universities rely on international researchers, say Susan Guthrie and Catie Lichten, but is the pressure on researchers to be mobile too great?

Witnessing the work of military surgical teams in Afghanistan caused conflicting emotions in an academic author and a sense of the futility of war and of his own profession

System rewards academics whose work is used in teaching ¨C but at potential bureaucracy cost

Scholars more likely to falsify or fabricate data if they 'can get away with it', researchers say

Critics call proposal for world-first professional recognition system ¡®demented¡¯

Peer review process punishes academics who ¡®challenge the dogma¡¯ of their field, scientists claim

The work of 500 scientists transformed the 20th century. Universities and funders must do more to make certain that the flow of groundbreaking discoveries continues, says Donald Braben 

With overcrowded lecture theatres the norm in undergraduate education today, online delivery has entirely replaced lectures and seminars in some institutions. So where to in the coming decade? Warren Bebbington outlines a survival strategy for the increasingly unaffordable traditional university

Serious novels promote the trust and people skills that societies need. They should be required reading for all degrees, says Peter Taylor-Gooby