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Academy will be managed by nationalist government in unprecedented move.

Hundreds of thousands protest against ‘culture of sexism in everday life’.

Nobel prize winner warns UK science will suffer unless it can gain access to Horizon Europe

Frequent rejection and a loss of control are making university staff isolated and ill, new research shows

From now, house style guide recommends terms such as 'climate crisis' and 'global heating'.

Higher education groups call on government to clarify its policy on tuition costs

Network of eight radio telescopes around the world records revolutionary image.

The neuroscientist talks about her website to expose sexual 'harassholes' in science

PhD grads complain that there are too few academic jobs. Should universities recruit fewer or do they need to support their postgrads into alternative careers?

Statisticians are calling on their profession to abandon one of its most treasured markers of significance. But what could replace it?

The giants of the scientific publishing industry have made huge profits for decades. Now they are under threat.

The director general of Cern talks about discovering the Higgs boson, women in science and the next generation of colliders.

The Elon Musk-backed nonprofit company OpenAI declines to release research publicly for fear of misuse

We are inspired that our children, spurred on by the noble actions of Greta Thunberg and other striking students, are making their voices heard, say 224 academics

Study finds failure of English language medical journals to comply with international ethical standards.

Higher education minister says Norwegians should study in countries other than Britain.

Those surveyed said they were systematically overlooked for promotion and mistaken for clerical staff

Swedish school strike activist demands economists tackle runaway global warming. Read her Davos speech here.

The Belgian biologist fears for the future of the pioneering UK Dementia Research Institute after Brexit

Walter Ricciardi, the head of Italy's national health research organisation, says the populist government has 'difficulty interacting with science'.

Global team of scientists find ecosystem below earth that is twice the size of world's oceans

The humanities subjects do not benefit from the research excellence framework. They need a better system.

After a troubled year for universities, the next generation of leaders is emerging. They're tech savvy, low ego and skilled in soft power

The long read: The credibility of establishment figures has been demolished by technological change and political upheavals. But it's too late to turn back the clock

The Financial Times is automatically warning its journalists if their articles quote too many men, in an attempt to force writers to look for expert women to include in their pieces.

Scientist documenting coral reef decline and whistleblower on alternative therapy industry share award.

A 'Magna Carta for the web' will protect people's rights online from threats such as fake news, prejudice and hate, says founder of the internet.

Unless researchers can persuade the public of the importance of their work, academia will never be an investment priority.

On Ada Lovelace Day, we should rethink access to scientific fields, says researcher Jess Wade.

With science, IT and archaeology among subjects heavily funded by the EU, leaving with no deal would be cataclysmic, say universities