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PhD students seen as being particularly at risk, in wake of murder of Giulio Regeni and detention of Matthew Hedges

Online conferences can engage new audiences but present significant organisational challenges. Jack Grove speaks to a scientist to find out how it is done

Scottish Funding Council review condemns how bumper payments to secure ¡®orderly exit¡¯ of Sir Ian Diamond were awarded

Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor

German research institute aims to reshape academic incentives with cash bonuses

Streamlined applications for grants will be trialled on two UK Research and Innovation schemes

Countries close borders to visitors from China and language testing suspended

The hunt for a new UK research supremo continues, apparently after the shortlisted candidates failed to pass muster

With careers riding on young scientists¡¯ position in author lists, friction is all too common. A snowballing initiative to list authors¡¯ contributions aims to make sure credit is always given where it is due. But will it be enough to ease the angst? Jack Grove is first author

The Buckingham education professor¡¯s musings on educational decline are a mainstay of the British press. But is academia right to be dismissive of his views and unusual modus operandi?

Big increase would represent less than three-quarters of eligible headcount suggested by official data