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Report sets outs recommendations for healthier collaborations

The Teesside pro vice-chancellor discusses promoting gender balance and being diagnosed with ovarian cancer

As universities have turned to partisan lobbying and self-promotion, new head of Allea thinks ancient organisations now fill a crucial space in public debate

Asking social scientists to demonstrate academic impact ignores the messy reality of political lobbying, says Matthew Flinders

European funders¡¯ beefed-up open access mandate sounds the death knell for subscription publishing, but academic Armageddon is no closer, says Lenny Teytelman

¡®Imprudent¡¯ to attach too much weight to first iteration of knowledge exchange framework, conference hears

New league table will be first to measure global universities¡¯ success in delivering on UN targets

Universities must look beyond a narrow conception of impact to communicate the true value of higher education to society, say Ulrike Felt, Maximilian Fochler, Andreas Richter, Ren¨¦e Schroeder and Lisa Sigl

Australia¡¯s top universities deliver greater economic benefits than their UK equivalents, study finds

Academic Jack Davis tells John Morgan of his surprise at learning that his history of the Gulf of Mexico had won a Pulitzer prize and his hope that it will help to deliver a pro-environmental message

Researchers jointly employed by commercial organisations less likely to partner outside academia

Telling opponents of liberal values to ¡®jog on¡¯ may be tempting, but it risks confirming opponents¡¯ claims that universities are aloof bastions of leftism, says Julie Odams

Seekers of dispassionate truth may be irritated by the moral passion of the likes of Dostoevsky, Zola and Chekhov, but it is a much stronger influence on public opinion, says David Aberbach  

Partisan social media posts typically get more attention, but dispassionate analyses are what academics are valued for, says Stuart Brown 

The EU¡¯s proposal for its next research and innovation funding framework focuses too narrowly on technology, say Gabi Lombardo and Jon Deer

The public sector has not expanded quickly enough to meet the demand for college degrees in India

51¹ú²úÊÓƵn giant combines spending and efficiency to crack the top 20

Peter Doherty warns scientists about being ¡®used¡¯ by journalists with a predetermined story to tell

When the alt-right made highly dubious claims about historical Irish slavery, Natalie Zacek realised that a rebuttal from an expert would make no difference

Newer, urban universities can have impact beyond more established names, USF leaders argue

Tel Aviv 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ researchers face down religious objections with new museum attraction

To what extent can universities drive economic development ¨C or vice versa? Rachael Pells explores the ways in which higher education and economic success interact

Moral and cultural organisations such as universities must strive harder to rid the body politic of populist infection, in central Europe and elsewhere, says Tom¨¢? Hal¨ªk

As a Brit leading HKU, Peter Mathieson had no baggage. The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Edinburgh¡¯s new v-c tells Ellie Bothwell about academic freedom, internationalisation and being treated to taxi drivers¡¯ views on students

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ expertise gives decision-makers breathing space, says former foreign secretary

We are right to celebrate the contributions that research makes to society, but why don¡¯t we talk more about the costs? asks Rosa Freedman

Australian vice-chancellor highlights value of being considered ¡®in an environment of toxic speed¡¯

A rediscovered fascination for space means blue-sky opportunities for universities

Crackdown leaves professors needing to pay back almost €250,000 each on average

Nordic country¡¯s higher education system punches above its weight in Universitas 21 ranking

The former LSE director tells Matthew Reisz that colleagues at Sciences Po sense an opportunity in Brexit, that the French should not fret over league tables and that academics, policymakers and bankers must talk more

Matthew Reisz considers the insights of the former LSE director who has a foothold in both the UK and France

Thailand¡¯s education minister tells conference that a consensus is better for ensuring universities help local communities

Embracing immersive content would aid public engagement and bring research and teaching closer together, argue Vincent Tong, Sam Smidt and Matilda Katan 

Brexit could be driving shift in rankings, Reuters suggests

Regional institutions, facing uncertain funding future, build case for more federal support ahead of budget

Better recognition of the wider social benefits of both teaching and research would help universities regain public goodwill, says Nick Petford 

Struggle to engage effectively highlighted by study comparing Twitter use with other disciplines

Public health academic says studies must speak the same language as their subjects

Faculties without borders are the key to turning multidisciplinarity into more than a buzzword, says Duncan Ivison

The Cambridge Analytica controversy flags up the ethical perils of research with Big Data ¨C especially when it has commercial potential, says John Holmwood 

¡®If we want to do more things for society, we can¡¯t do it by working more than 60 or 70 hours a week,¡¯ Rolf Tarrach tells annual conference

The honorary fellow at the School of Advanced Study discusses business-university links, running marathons and his planned book about higher education

Contagion!, set to be broadcast on 22 March, estimates a death toll of 890,000 from an outbreak of a Spanish flu-type virus

Psychologist Michal Kosinski¡¯s work shows how digital footprints can predict a person¡¯s sexual orientation, political views and more. Is it a danger or a warning about threats to privacy? John Morgan reports from California

To survive, UK universities must think far beyond educational products and their own narrow institutional interests, says Mike Boxall

Universities must become more accessible and engaged if they are to thrive in the technological future, says Feridun Hamdullahpur

Tan Eng Chye says teaching models ¡®cannot afford to keep still¡¯, even if some students are reluctant to study programming

Academic and non-academic staff contributed an estimated 40 million hours in voluntary activities in 2015-2016, research suggests

Higher education institutions make a loss when they invest in international partnerships, but the wider community reaps a windfall, says New Zealand report

Better-resourced universities are the key to achieving the government¡¯s ambition for a knowledge-based economy, says David Mba

Mathematicians ¨C and, indeed, other scholars ¨C who cooperate with intelligence agencies face a moral dilemma knowing that their research could well be applied in unethical ways, says Michael Harris

Parochialism makes sense from a career point of view, but is disastrous for public discourse, say Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Mitchell L. Stevens

Monash v-c warns funding freeze is a threat to social cohesion

Government initiative funds five collaborations involving 60 academic institutions and more than 450 businesses

Review calls for Irish institutions to develop a single policy to make it easier for researchers to understand the processes

Five historians reflect on the disciplinary, institutional, social and political challenges facing their subject

League table may include metrics on university spin-off companies and research publications co-authored with industry

Ability to commercialise research is key to rebuilding war-torn countries such as Sri Lanka, but businesses must pledge support, say sector leaders

Fiona Watt promises that there will be no ¡®ransacking of a well-structured organisation¡¯ in shift to new umbrella body