World Academic Summit 2016
LinkedIn co-founder, a Nobel laureate and more than 10 university presidents among high-profile speakers at Times Higher Education’s flagship event.
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The A to Z of social media for academia
Your definitive guide to using social media as an academic
What’s in a name?
The tricks and teases academics use to entice their readers: clichés, the Bard and the phrases of the moment.
Top 10 tips for starting your first academic job
With university staff thinking about the start of the next academic year, Robert MacIntosh and Kevin O'Gorman offer some advice to staff due to arrive on campus this autumn.
Students ‘dissatisfied’ with branch campuses in Qatar
Scholar says overseas outposts cannot compete with universities abroad without delivering a ‘superior’ service
Beware ‘nefarious’ use of open data, summit hears
Beware ‘nefarious’ use of open data, summit hears
Senior academic from the university embroiled in the ‘Climategate’ scandal warns how open data can be used irresponsibly to damage science.
Researchers turn to crowdfunding for support outside universities
Sites like Patreon and Kickstarter allow backers to fund independent scholars, but for now, the sums are small.
Cracking the glass ceiling: paper aims to guide women to the top
Progressing from junior faculty to tenured professor is extremely difficult, but following ‘action-oriented’ competencies can help, research suggests
Gender pay gap: keep the ‘pity payments’
Giving female scholars one-off sums to ‘compensate’ for the pay gap rewards biology rather than merit, argues Joanna Williams
Netherlands to survey every researcher on misconduct
Dutch push to tackle fraud and ‘reproducibility crisis’ follows high-profile misconduct cases in the country
Asia University Rankings 2016: results announced
Singapore leads the way in Times Higher Education's 2016 ranking of the premier universities in Asia.
The 100 most innovative universities in Europe 2016
Germany and the UK well represented on Reuters’ inaugural Europe innovation ranking
The 10 commandments for influencing policymakers
Nick Hillman offers academics advice on managing expectations and ensuring that their research has a big impact
How the university superbrands compare
What do the world’s six most reputed universities have in common?
Elsevier denies it will force SSRN users on to other services
Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing
Writing book reviews during your PhD
Steph Wright wonders if it is better to speak your mind or to hold your tongue
CVs of failure in academia do not tell the whole story
Being open about failure is one thing, but we must also look at how we define success, says Shahidha Bari
Are older academics past their productive peak?
A recent paper claims that the quality of researchers declines with age. Five senior scientists consider the data and how they’ve contributed through the years.
World Reputation Rankings 2016
The opinions of others are key to creating or damaging an institution's reputation
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