Ooh, the behavioral economists are going to be so smug about this.

Your new manager likely doesn't have a PhD, and she's higher on the food chain because experience is more valued than a doctorate. Tips on becoming a more pragmatic professional when transitioning to a career outside of academia.

A myopic but seductive worldview has caught on among many influential people - and it might be hindering our ability to solve real-world problems.

The promotion and marketing of unproven stem cell therapies is a global problem that needs a global solution, say experts. The authors of the paper call for the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish an advisory committee on regenerative medicine to tackle this issue and provide guidance for countries around the world.

What happens if a government prioritises pecuniary returns in Higher Education?

In the wake of COVID, a pandemic treaty could be a way to agree on data access before the next emergency strikes.

By taking positive action, as well as by protecting others from subtle slights, we can foster a better academic culture.

Rates of mucormycosis were high even before the pandemic, and now the country is running out of antifungal drugs, say global expert Prof Arunaloke Chakrabarti and infectious diseases doctor Ilan Schwartz

When people sensationalize research, parents pay the price.

We need a sustainable model of scientific publishing that is beneficial to scientists, universities, and the public.

Implementing changes to promote a fairer distribution of funding is necessary to improve career prospects and to drive excellence in scientific research.

The Covid crisis has shown that consensual information-sharing does not have to erode our democratic rights.

Coronavirus has shown how good science should be embedded in all big political decisions.

Just look at who is really in control.

Private affluence is individuals gaining things for themselves – possessions, nice homes and experiences, trampolines. Public affluence is money spent lavishly on things that are shared – libraries, parks, buses, playgrounds.

Despite many competing demands, there are compelling reasons for researchers to prioritize developing the skills that will improve their presentations.

Beth Penrose describes her experiences starting a lab, recruiting staff and creating a research philosophy.

Starting a research group as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the world presented extra challenges.

In response to the global Black Lives Matter protests, many institutions pledged actions to combat racism. That's not enough.

There should be a science-based policymaking process in disaster risk reduction.

Graeme Atherton, Director of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), University of West London and Gordon Marsden, Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education and Skills from 2015 to 2019. You can find Graeme and Gordon on Twitter @NEONHE @GordonMarsden. Lighter days, brighter COVID statistics and the tremendous NHS achievement of mass vaccination across the […]

All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.

The World Health Organization’s director-general urges developed world to donate Covid vaccines to Covax programme.

We should strive for open but also be realistic about the options truly available to researchers and discuss them transparently and honestly, argues Dustin Fife.

Vital international scientific work, including studies into how viruses spread, is being jeopardised by short-sighted cuts, says Prof Fiona Tomley

An "XKCD" comic and its many remixes perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research.

The dictate of 'systemic importance' is being used to purge all forms of culture resistant to marketization. A newly strengthened alliance between the cultural sector and civil society has emerged in response. But an anti-democratic backlash is also gaining ground, not least from within culture itself.

The virus will overwhelm health services across South America, Asia and Africa unless world leaders take urgent action.

As two UK universities cut their courses, historians fear others could follow.

Research assessment exercises in the UK ostensibly serve to evaluate research, but they also shape and manage it. The author argues that the REF promotes a narrow vision and calls for a wider distribution of research funding to prevent fields being captured by dominant academic cultures.