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Findings strengthen case that UK should agree early access to next framework programme as soon as possible, say v-cs

Innovative Research Universities becomes ‘2050 Alliance’, named after participation target outlined in ߣߣ��Ƶn accord

Dedicated stream from Medical Research Future Fund will ‘begin’ to solve problem, independent research institutes say

Public science sector at risk of disappearing in next decade without big injection of funds, politicians warned

Requirement that universities produce ‘world standard’ research in at least half of fields taught encouraged too many ‘broad-based’ institutions, critics say, but its demise could end up hurting some

Modern research culture’s encouragement of widespread sharing makes disclosure risks inevitable, say Elizabeth Green and Felix Ritchie

Academy of Management to move event in future years as regular attendees stay at home owing to visa fears and opposition to president’s research policies

Nursing professor who led overhaul of Research Excellence Framework will leave funding body in spring 2027

Ministers urged to intervene as proposed cuts to highly regarded chemistry departments threaten UK government’s skills and growth plans

Proposed ‘minimum standards’ for research careers argue scholars should expect the same living standards across the continent

Plans to cut staff numbers in department that has produced four Nobel prizewinners will harm university’s research reputation, warns UCU

Research integrity experts commend arXiv’s crackdown on bogus AI-written citations but warn it may be impossible to police at scale

Fears country is going ‘back to the old days’ as minister declines to explain why projects blocked, and researchers wait months longer for funding decisions

Universities still sending mixed messages, with survey finding even split between those who feel encouraged and discouraged to use new technologies

Famed journalist, biographer and Tulane professor says technology can help scholars think creatively but all writing must be done by human hand

Temporary work, squeezed research time and lack of institutional support all found to be factors in restricting scholars from civic participation

Intervention comes two years after law change to prevent political interference, amid resurgent delays in grant processing

Researchers fear wider changes to country’s immigration system will put off international talent

Loss for the publishing giant in its legal action over AI crawling will make it much harder for scholars to assert control on how their outputs are used, say experts

This week’s budget confirmed the government’s unwillingness to improve PhD students’ dismal pay, say Jesse Gardner-Russell and Maxim Jon-Buckley

Didier Queloz urges UK funding bodies to rethink funding changes, with scientists also fearing Nottingham’s ‘first-rate’ department is under threat

Research-intensive universities in associated countries say delays would risk collaboration in ‘strategically important’ science

Modern research infrastructure runs on specialist expertise, but ߣߣ��Ƶ’s job classification framework hasn’t caught up. The result is a major injustice – and a threat to recruitment and retention, say Pat Metharom and Sach Jayasinghe

They are not perfect, but they are less imperfect than the alternatives – including internal review systems, say Nicolai Foss and Michael Mol

Growing levels of questionable research practices have been overshadowed by a ‘moral panic’ over student use of AI, says education dean

New flagship university-based research centres may signal end of intentional sidelining of pedagogy academics

The European Research Council’s swiftly withdrawn proposal to limit resubmissions was decried as an own goal for the ‘Champions League’ of research. But how else can the pressure be eased on referees? And is excellence still tenable as the sole criterion of selections? Jack Grove reports 

New figures highlight contribution of international education – and danger of shutting it down

Time spent on events and free exhibitions drops as academics face ‘work intensification and time deprivations’

Withdrawal of education papers by British Education Research Association is long overdue, says integrity campaigner who argues more retractions are needed

Universities struggling to compete with the opportunities offered by the private sector as potential doctoral candidates question value of PhDs, summit hears

Institutions must articulate ‘clear narrative’ about what makes them different in competitive global environment, summit hears

Better understanding of state-sanctioned hostage-taking seen as being in academics’ personal as well as professional interests, amid increased targeting of researchers

Mandatory reporting of retractions to Indian science funding agency will force researchers to think harder about perpetrating fraud or working with serial offenders, says integrity champion

European universities struggling to meet demand for skilled graduates at critical point for region’s role in space exploration

The Oxford professor’s latest monograph, like her latest novel, focuses on the globe’s culturally neglected southern extremes. An ‘exploration of the condition of being secondary’, it is the realisation of a 40-year ambition, in a literary career with its own two very different poles. Matthew Reisz reports

Progress on research commercialisation stalls after pandemic peak, with 141 new spin-outs launched last year

Council exempts four grant schemes from controversial changes following concerns that plan would ‘discourage bold ideas’

But the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ decision to stop updating its journal ranking list is a hopeful sign, says Bruce Macfarlane 

Plans to limit reapplications to European Research Council will penalise bold and original proposals and early career researchers, senior researchers claim

Those who are frequently thanked in journals are much more likely to be successful themselves, says PNAS paper

A 142 per cent rise in bids for Marie Curie fellowships shows peer review must adapt to ChatGPT era, says Nature study

Informal applications of AI, such as academics using tools to grade student work, could potentially fall foul of wide-ranging legislation, policy expert warns

Platform hosting the world’s largest biomedical data set has apologised after health information of 500,000 people is listed for sale in China

With politicians and science funders becoming more vocal about publishers’ profits, experts predict shift in focus to different forms of free-to-read distribution

Universities accused of not fulfilling their role of being catalysts for change as political forces threaten to derail climate action

Renaissance historian to take over role at time of change for research-intensive grouping

Businesses charging up to $5,000 for lead author credit with textbooks and design patents also for sale

Scientific researchers urged to ‘reach beyond own circles’ after polling shows their views skew more to the left

After winning a spectacular legal claim against a Harvard University cancer centre, Eugenie Reich tells Jack Grove about the impact of the case, how universities ‘stonewall’ fraud allegations and why she quit journalism to help whistleblowers in science

Peer review panels will be overwhelmed unless longer restrictions on reapplying are introduced, according to Maria Leptin

We are witnessing the collapse of the idea that, as civilian institutions, universities should not be targeted in wartime, says Roohola Ramezani

While populists are known for their simplistic narratives, academics are assumed to embrace complexity. Yet a startling number of books claim to have found the key to understanding the movement’s rise in a single idea or study. In the week that Viktor Orbán’s fall has fuelled suggestions that history’s tide has turned again, Matthew Reisz leafs through various forthcoming tomes 

Early career publishing success is a reliable guide to whether scientists will succeed long term, concludes international study

Universities find ways to help scholars keep work going despite widespread destruction of universities and research facilities

Science and Technology Facilities Council chair Michelle Dougherty confirms ‘top-up’ funding will enable more postdoc recruitment than anticipated

Pretending research environments could be measured by metrics or policies ignored how scholarship actually relies on peer-to-peer relations unique to academic cultures, say Martin Holbraad, Dan Nightingale and Aeron O’Connor

Scientists celebrate impact of pioneering space flight, with data and samples gathered predicted to shape studies for decades to come

Professor who set up publisher four years ago to redirect revenue to those doing quality control says it has been an ‘uphill battle’

Lacking profile or career reward, higher doctorates are being mothballed by UK universities. That is a pity for a credential that helps scholars build on the research potential of their PhD, says Andrew Shenton