End ‘troubling’ uncertainty over UKRI, says leading scientist
Dame Athene Donald raises concerns about how UK research councils will operate under their new umbrella body
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English universities in trouble if fee cap stays on, says Hefce
Madeleine Atkins says institutions can cope with fees remaining at £9,250 for two years only
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Final years of Horizon 2020 to fund EU’s ‘political priorities’
Remaining three years of funding programme to focus on carbon reduction, climate change resilience, digitisation and cybersecurity
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Alison Wolf backs personalised learning accounts for England
King’s College London professor says current loans system means most young people feel they have ‘no choice but to go to university’
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Open access week: ResearchGate and the violation of copyright agreements
Hannelore Vanhaverbeke on what publishers can do to help reduce the number of scholars infringing copyright agreements
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How do research-intensive universities embrace inclusion?
Speakers at the 2017 World Academic Summit discuss how world-class universities are embracing social inclusivity
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Senior academics ‘take too much credit’ in co-authorship
Junior researchers being ‘held back’ by the ordering of names on joint papers, study finds
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THE podcast: 26 October - 1 November issue review podcast
The latest edition of ߣߣÊÓƵ discussed by the editorial team
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New Zealand government confirms plan to abolish tuition fees
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the government will ‘work quickly’ to try to implement the policy from 2018
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ESRC chief executive and UKRI ‘innovation champion’ named
Jennifer Rubin to become executive chair of research council, alongside new role for Sir Harpal Kumar
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ETH Zurich shuts astronomy institute over bullying claims
Professor allegedly demanded ‘superhuman commitment’ from doctoral students, allowing them barely any holiday and setting meetings that ran past midnight
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Open Access Week: more researchers are sharing their data
Scholars are increasingly willing to use other people’s data in their research, writes Mark HahnelÂ
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Melbourne picks Cambridge’s Duncan Maskell as next v-c
Senior pro vice-chancellor will succeed Glyn Davis in October 2018
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Early deadline applications to UK universities bounce back
EU and international applications up in data for Oxbridge, medical and veterinary degrees