Times Higher Education’s first issue of the new year is chock-full of interesting news on research impact:

• How the Browne review, which is likely to have a major impact on British higher education, spent only £68,000 on research, most of which was spent on opinion surveys of students and parents.
• A visit to Warwick Manufacturing Group reveals how universities and industry can work together.
• A new online magazine The Public Intellectual will be launched in March  to ‘bridge the gap between journals and journalism.’
• At the University of Leiciester, a new Centre for Adapting to Changing Environments seeks to translate science research into real policy.
• A defense of journal rankings which claims that while not perfect, ratings help define, rather than distort research excellence.