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NewsResearch papers are becoming less readable
Call for journals to check the clarity of texts before they are published
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Teaching quality assessment ranks UK universities
Teaching Excellence Framework results out with those awarded gold, silver or bronze able to increase fees in line with inflation
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Europe trailing the US on top science
US up to three times better when it comes to making ground-breaking discoveries
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Global science collaborations rocket
International research partnerships more than doubled in the last 15 years with the number of nations involved nearly tripling
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Unease among UK academics over higher education reform
Survey reveals a lack of support for government plan to link tuition fees to teaching quality
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Research
Research uncovers formula for success in science
Path to success may be completely random with a scientist’s best research just as likely to come at the start of their career as at its end
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Opinion
Time to revolt against impact factors
Perverse incentives hurt science – the top universities need to fight back
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Report takes aim at research assessment’s cost and distortions
Head of British Academy recommends more flexibility for the Research Excellence Framework to end ‘gaming’ of the exercise
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Bias in science funding favours big Canadian universities
Weak research grant funding at smaller universities is result of ‘systemic bias’
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University research landscape faces big shake-up
UK government’s higher education white paper details increased competition, streamlining of funding bodies and teaching assessment
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Irish institute in hot water with university ranking agency
Quacquarelli Symonds unhappy with emails sent to academics asking them to take part in survey
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Reliance on numbers for funding threatens to stifle UK science
Concentrating funding at top institutes threatens country’s ability to respond to change
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Huge publishing scandal engulfs South Korean universities
Academics in many disciplines republished textbooks to pad CVs and line their pockets
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Gamblers judge research quality cheaply and well
‘Prediction market’ trial in chemistry departments suggest less arduous way to prepare for research assessment
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Metrics have their place but peer review remains king
Review calls for responsible use of metrics in UK research
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Metrics failed to predict REF outcomes
Predictions based on numerical measures of research quality were ‘wildly innacurate’, say mathematicians
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Time spent assessing research impact was worthwhile
Report claims wider impact of academic work was fairly determined for UK’s Research Excellence Framework
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US funder mulls new emeritus award
NIH considers creating a transition award for senior investigators to help sustain the US scientific workforce
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New research productivity metric unveiled
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center team proposes a new bibliometric method to gauge research output of academics
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Opinion
A bad business
Targets and assessments can boost productivity at universities – but only if they do not stifle creativity and alienate the academic workforce, says Mark Peplow
