Cuba looks to strengthen research ties with Russia
Soviet-era links form a basis for extensive further initiatives
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EU lauds Horizon 2020 but warns underfunding ‘wastes resources’
European Commission interim evaluation highlights ‘oversubscription’ in funding bids
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Should scientific misconduct be a crime?
Conference hears conflicting views on how to stamp out fraud in research
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US research culture stuck in the past, says cancer expert
Greg Simon, former executive director of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, claims universities are resistant to change
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Calls for open data adjudicator to combat ‘disinformation’
Stephan Lewandowsky warns that academics can ‘lose control’ of their data and see it used as ‘political propaganda’
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Newer universities lead on graduate start-ups
But the highest value UK spin-off companies mainly come from research-intensive universities, latest figures show
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‘Patent first, publish later’ for societal impact, says academic
Vice-president says universities must convince researchers that journal articles are not the only way to disseminate knowledge
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Want entrepreneurs? Then teach ethics, says leading innovator
Candace Johnson says universities should cultivate a belief in their students that they ‘can do everything’
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African partnerships ‘fail to build permanent research capacity’
South African minister says many collaborations amount to little more than ‘visits’
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‘Credit for peer review’ movement scales up
Acquisition of Publons by Clarivate Analytics sets the scene for major expansion
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Why I’ve read ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ every year since 2001
Lisa Mckenzie finds a new lesson in Orwell's classic every time she reads it – and this year, it concerns some of her fellow scholars
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Technology provides ‘golden opportunity’ for higher education reform
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Charles Chen Yidan says today’s education systems are ‘not suited to tomorrow’s society’
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Marc Bertrand, 1933-2017
Academic who prized French popular and high culture is remembered
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Interview with Lord Hastings
We talk mind-shaping, global citizenship and racial tolerance with the former BBC senior manager
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The Invention of Creativity: Modern Society and the Culture of the New, by Andreas Reckwitz
In the aesthetic economy, all individuals and cities can be branded producers, Andrew Blake learns