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Universities and other sector bodies have given a cautious welcome to proposals contained in a new Green Paper on higher education

Some of the key points to take away from the government¡¯s consultation on the future of universities

Iain Foulkes on how scientists can win part of huge grant to push forward the frontiers of cancer research

The measure of scholarly impact is now being manipulated so much that it has ceased to be meaningful, editorial claims

Matthew Reisz on the scientific benefits of leaving corpses out to rot

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

More exchange with the policymaking world will only further academia¡¯s vital role in shaping ideas in society, says Nick Pearce

The work that we do as academics comes wrapped in a tangle of emotions from elation to guilt to disgust, says Aoife Monks

Emma Rees on language, taboos, and a word with an almost unparalleled power to shock

Matthew Reisz reflects that some jobs are really not for him ¨C even on Halloween

It is as a fictional monster, rather than a real threat in the world, that the Devil today attracts most attention, writes Darren Oldridge

Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ¡®more of a lottery¡¯ as reviewers are stretched

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

The former Labour Cabinet minister talks about her foray into the world of university senior management

Institution¡¯s School of Media, Arts and Design is 25 this year. Its current dean takes ÌÇÐÄVlog through the reasons behind its success

Leading rugby historian explains why he studies a game ¡®vital in creation of a British sense of masculine identity¡¯

How valid are fears that financial conflicts of interest are damaging confidence in academic research?

Fears that scrapping of non-National Eligibility Test grants could disadvantage poorer students

As Spectre hits the cinemas, what might it be like to be taught by James Bond ¨C or Daniel Craig, at least? His on-screen student and now THE reporter, Jack Grove, reveals how nobody did it better

Funding council extols virtues of ÌÇÐÄVlog Innovation Funding as spending review cuts loom

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

Acting director of new research centre set up with Lego Foundation money says aim will be to explore whether there really is evidence that play enhances education

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

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

From the battle against Ebola to climate change strategy, research insights from a wide range of disciplines are proving invaluable, says Mark Walport

Initially sceptical about the continental practice of examining a doctoral thesis before an audience, David Bogle has found much to commend it

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¡¯

Campuses are one of the ¡®strongest bits of the innovation system¡¯ and will be crucial to its ¡®rebuild¡¯, conference hears

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

Noted art historian David Freedberg is keen to shake up the Bloomsbury institute that has been described as the ¡®world¡¯s weirdest library¡¯

Are corporations profiting from philanthropy? Do mega-donors acquire too much influence? Linsey McGoey on ¡®saint¡¯ Bill Gates and the downsides of giving away $16 billion

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

High-profile visiting professors at King¡¯s Policy Institute include Margaret Hodge, David Willetts and Charles Clarke

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

¡®Scientists for EU¡¯ also issues warning on research funding

Sheer number of online profiles to be filled out a ¡®disservice¡¯ to scholars, Amsterdam conference hears

Ellie Bothwell reflects on the ÌÇÐÄVlog World Academic Summit

Even in the academy, your class background will always be a factor in how you are seen, says LSE¡¯s Lisa Mckenzie

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

Scholar urges delegates at conference in the Netherlands to use measures like Twitter to measure public engagement, rather than turning them into new metrics

Study finds ¡®super ties¡¯ with another academic can lead to higher citation rates

The University of Cambridge is the top UK institution for hosting both international and British students who go on to win Nobel prizes, finds British Council

Money to be set aside for ¡®blue skies¡¯ fundamental research

China¡¯s long wait for a home-grown Nobel prize in science is now over, but concerns over its university culture remain, says David Matthews

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

Most REF case studies related simple, short-term impacts, missing a host of wider, longer-term effects, argues Trisha Greenhalgh

Declassified after 50 years, the papers aren¡¯t always reliable sources of information, but they help historians fill in the blanks, says Geoff Andrews

The good, the bad and the offbeat ¨C the academy through the lens of the national press

An Italian dean has created an A to Z of interdisciplinarity

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 ¨C and even greater potential ¨C of academic partnerships between the countries

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

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says a lot of UK research would be reduced to ¡®irrelevance¡¯ in the event of Brexit

John Morgan looks at the latest spending review developments

Peer review system ¡®lacks capacity¡¯ to deal with ¡®flood¡¯ of new papers, meaning some could be unjustly dismissed