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Academics able to link their expertise to world events can raise their personal and institutional profiles to previously unimaginable levels, says Russell Reader

The $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a huge opportunity to build academic capacity in Pakistan, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Muhammad Haris

Stephen Mumford tells Matthew Reisz about his desire to bring his discipline to a wider audience, why Norway was the perfect place to write his Cartesian debut novel and why insights into causation have more practical relevance than might first appear

Greater outreach by scientists could ramp up demand for politicians with better scientific training, says David Berman

But the highest value UK spin-off companies mainly come from research-intensive universities, latest figures show

US scholar argues that academics punch above their weight in key discoveries

THE analysis shines a light on institutions that have thought outside the box on research collaboration and funding

Some research-intensive universities grew value of collaborations by more than 20 per cent in 2015-16

Horizon 2020 could have more success getting technologies off the ground if it does not neglect the basic work that sparks breakthroughs, say Geert de Snoo, Floor Frederiks, Peter Lievens and Katrien Maes

Conducting clinical trials during an epidemic for the first time, researchers fast-tracked the creation of a vaccine for Ebola, but not before 11,000 people had died

Life science is a big part of the UK government¡¯s industrial strategy, but neglecting basic research will drive top researchers abroad and threaten the flow of translatable discoveries, says Philippe Froguel

Universities in the US, South Korea and elsewhere must contribute to the advancement of the knowledge-based industries of the 21st century, says Doh-Yeon Kim

John Morgan looks at the universities in Asia and beyond that have forged the closest ties with industrial partners

Data reveal research ties between US and Muslim nations targeted by attempted ban

In a post-truth era, five academics consider strategies, from inviting laypeople into the laboratory to open vivas, to improve trust in experts

Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania deploy a host of financial and intellectual resources to help locals build richer, healthier, more inclusive cities. John Morgan reports

UK ¡®naive¡¯ to think that it could replace academic links with European industry with those from elsewhere

Investing in UK science may be cheaper after Brexit but the true cost to innovation system remains to be seen, says Holly Else

Workshop offers guidance for the aspiring academic radio stars of the future

In an era of post-truth politics, academics and their research still have a vital role to play in influencing policy, says Graeme Reid

The Higher Education and Research Bill is a chance for institutions to show they do more than research and teaching, says Graham Virgo

Dame Ann Dowling¡¯s report called public support for collaboration ¡®excessively complex¡¯

Simon Gaskell and Adrian Collette explain why proper engagement is an important driver of institutional performance, teaching and research

For British science to thrive rather than just survive, EU partnerships and global recruitment remain key to fruitful collisions of concepts, says Ian Walmsley

Research into clairvoyant powers of mediums using old photographs has been retracted after it was ridiculed by scientists

Matthew Reisz reflects on how films can help engage the public with academic work on topics ranging from Chinese pop music to climate change

Matthew Reisz examines the pros and cons of using film as a form of public engagement

Leading scientist savages the widespread hostility to serious scientific evidence

Clive Oppenheimer recounts dodging lava bombs and gunmen as he guided the director to global hot spots for his film about volcanoes

Universities in Pakistan and across the developing world should help spread the light of learning, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

David Matthews reports from Canada on the Trudeau government¡¯s plans to convert academic research into commercial gains

Funding bodies must foster a long-term vision for public awareness if research is to gain a place in the cultural mainstream, say Sam Illingworth and Andreas Prokop

Stephen Banks worries that the push to show real-world engagement may bury the ¡®deep knowledge¡¯ we ought to treasure

McMillan group report for Hefce urges institutions not to focus just on the number of spin-off companies 

New University Alliance chair John Latham ¡®wouldn¡¯t want to be unaligned¡¯ as an institution

New app helps people ¡®move beyond the headlines¡¯ about climate change

Government plans rise in research spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, far above UK

Academia takes in some truly esoteric topics and tasks, but what are the strangest jobs? Here, five individuals with surprising roles describe their work

The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field

A rigorous methodology is essential to manage university patent portfolios, say Bruno Reynolds and Ben Oakley from Isis Enterprise in Oxford

Many more of the general public should help to plot the course of research, argue Christiaan De Beukelaer and Jan Baetens

Talking to the media isn¡¯t a minefield, says Fern Riddell, but a manageable opportunity and a civic duty

Campus collections have found new audiences and roles, but they still face significant questions, says Nicholas Thomas

By limiting its scope and eschewing academic departments, a campus in Latin America has left room for tradition and transformation, says Klaus Capelle

Universities must embrace entrepreneurship and work with industry ¨C but with their eyes open, says Nancy Rothwell

John Kingman, chair of the newly created UKRI, explains the governing philosophy of the research and innovation funding organisation

Nick Hillman offers academics advice on managing expectations and ensuring that their research has a big impact

Mark Shucksmith considers whether better knowledge exchange between academics and the third sector could serve as a mechanism for social change

The academy needs to look beyond knowledge transfer to co-production when it comes to working with the third sector, a report says

Researchers must learn to think like marketers if they want policymakers to listen, suggests discussion paper

Producing ¡®real¡¯ books builds academics¡¯ collective public presence, and it is also the most irresistible scholarly challenge, says ?d¨¹l Bozkurt

Increased funding is now available applying and commercialising research

Graduate start-ups also show employment and turnover growth, although fewer are being founded

The African Institute for Transformational Entrepreneurship will help propel Africa to the forefront of new knowledge creation, argues John Latham

Universities need to invest in the right people to make the leap from intellectual property to covetable product, says George Feiger

Working in our local areas is much more than charity for higher education institutions, says Stuart Laing

Hermann Hauser, who led efforts to launch Catapult network of commercialisation centres, sees a major cultural difference between UK and Germany

Deborah Bull tells Matthew Reisz about the scale of cross-fertilisation between her university and the arts

In the first of a series of blogs based on the opening seminar of the Centre for Global Higher Education, Paul Ashwin takes a fresh look at a thorny concept

Getting politicians to learn the lessons of history can sometimes require an indirect approach, Queen Mary event hears