Research collaboration patterns in Europe More than half (57 per cent) of all European research papers are written by authors with collaborators outside their institution, a?study has found By Elizabeth Gibney 24 October
JoVE journal’s videos take strain out of new science Model is saving research from ‘scourge of irreproducibility’, says founder Moshe Pritsker By Elizabeth Gibney 24 October
Robbins: 50 years later Experts discuss the development and legacy of the epochal report on its golden anniversary By Elizabeth Gibney 24 October
Animal research under the microscope Students across the UK are this week taking part in what organisers believe will be the biggest public debate on animal research ever held. By Elizabeth Gibney 17 October
Boost enterprise partnerships, GSK head tells universities Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF By Elizabeth Gibney 17 October
Imperial considers REF trade-off between quality and quantity Minutes suggest the pros and cons of strategies for submission By Elizabeth Gibney 17 October
Universities awarded AHRC PhD funding Seventy-five institutions have been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s new PhD funding scheme. By Elizabeth Gibney 16 October
UK boasts ‘biggest bioscience cluster in Europe’ The UK is the “biggest biosciences cluster in Europe” a report by the BioIndustry Association has said. By Elizabeth Gibney 15 October
REF impact weighting should be 25 per cent, says Witty Impact should be given a weighting of 25 per cent at the next research excellence framework, the author of a government-commissioned review has said By Elizabeth Gibney 15 October
UK ‘overtakes Japan’ on Chinese collaboration The UK has overtaken Japan to become China’s second most prolific research collaborator. By Elizabeth Gibney 14 October
Boris calls for better commercialisation of London's research Scientists need to lose their “excessive fastidiousness” to make London the scientific capital of the world, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson has said. By Elizabeth Gibney 14 October
Willetts announces latest research investment fund money The last three universities to benefit from the current round of the government’s Research Partnership Investment Fund have been announced. By Elizabeth Gibney 10 October
Sign language standardised for astronomical terms Scottish glossary breaks down communication barriers By Elizabeth Gibney 10 October
New UCL provost hints at foreign strategy overhaul Michael Arthur is ‘not a fan’ of overseas campus approach By Elizabeth Gibney 10 October
UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study finds By Elizabeth Gibney 10 October
Computer modelling scientists win chemistry Nobel Three scientists have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laying the foundations for the computer modelling of chemical processes. By Elizabeth Gibney 9 October
Higgs and Englert win Nobel Prize Scientists who developed a theory describing the origin of mass have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for physics. By Elizabeth Gibney 8 October
Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine won by cell scientists Three scientists who elucidated a fundamental process in cell physiology have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. By Elizabeth Gibney 7 October
Royal Society celebrates Anglo-Brazilian links S?o Paulo announces further tie-ins at three-day symposium By Elizabeth Gibney 3 October
Liverpool data point to online postgrad boom Massive increase in enrolment since 2007 By Elizabeth Gibney 3 October
World University Rankings 2013-2014 results Good news for capital, but fears grow that data reflect growing UK inequality By Elizabeth Gibney 3 October
Europe faces longer wait for single market in research Academics still hidebound by national rules, Commission finds By Elizabeth Gibney 3 October
Pre-?9K fees top income streams The growing importance of tuition fee?income for UK universities has been highlighted by 中国A片 Statistics Agency data By Elizabeth Gibney 3 October
