ViewYoung at heart

The EU wants to improve youth mobility with the UK

ViewFunding for Scottish university teaching cut by almost £30m

Funding council confirms expected decrease following budget cuts

ViewUS news roundup: 12-18 April

This week: sustainable access to space, collaboration on fusion and supporting academic diversity

View$1bn a year proposed for NIH research on long Covid

Proposal says National Institutes of Health should create dedicated programme on long-term effects of pandemic

ViewLegacy legislation

Is the Conservative record on science investment beginning to unravel?

ViewAfrica CDC lambasts Moderna for halting Kenyan vaccine plant

Blaming Africa for low demand perpetuates vaccine inequity, says African health body

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 17 April issue of Research Fortnight

ViewWestern Australia’s universities report promising results for 2023

Return of international students and upcoming Universities Accord feature prominently in annual reports

ViewHopes for China-EU academic exchange

Experts say European pressure could help ease unjust treatment of foreign researchers in China

ViewWhat’s going on in Europe: 22 March to 11 April

This week: Cern leadership, science communication, scholarly publishing and more

ViewStorm forces Cape universities to hunker down

‘Unprecedented’ weather warnings pushed teaching online in some of the province’s institutions

ViewJournal editors probed on ‘relationship with government’

Heads of major scientific journals asked to appear before House pandemic subcommittee

ViewERC to seek greater autonomy in Horizon Europe successor

European Research Council president calls for next EU R&D programme to “strengthen” funder’s independence

ViewEU state aid for R&D fell by over a third in 2022

Commission scoreboard shows return to normal subsidy levels, following Covid-induced uplift

ViewThe UK needs better data on universities’ economic role

Research England seeks improved measures of research commercialisation and knowledge exchange, says Jessica Corner

ViewScience Europe provides guidance on shaping policy

Association says science-for-policy activities should be based on values including transparency

ViewInternational student headcount drops by a third in South Africa

Protests, pandemic and visa troubles explain plummeting numbers from 2014 to 2021, says university chief

ViewCommission says EU raised academic freedom with China

Representatives at dialogue on education express hope China will “reverse current trends”

ViewItaly news roundup: 15-28 March

This week: a national day for universities and promotion of Italian cultural institutions abroad

ViewAcademy of Medical Sciences elects new president

Former Scottish chief scientist and leader of national health data science institute appointed

ViewPoland’s EU Covid funds to boost digitisation and environment R&D

Share of almost €60 billion will be invested in green technologies and cloud computing research

ViewLanguage of the REF reveals shifting expectations

Environment statements map changing approaches to equality, say Matthew Inglis, Elizabeth Gadd and Elizabeth Stokoe

ViewMedical Research Future Fund success rates published

Grant data vary widely between different streams of Australian fund

ViewDutch minister calls for action to protect global scientists

New report shows more is needed to keep scientists free from intimidation, says Robbert Dijkgraaf

ViewNerc funding ‘not enough’ for Antarctic scientists

MPs hear that Antarctic science needs more ambitious and longer-term funding

ViewAre you owed a refund for overpaying your student loan?

More than £23m erroneously collected in 2022-23, with average of £406 owed to those affected

ViewWho pays?

Government data highlight international students’ economic contribution and a past education secretary ponders the future

ViewEconomy commissioner: ‘EU must massively step up’ on R&D

RI Days: Gentiloni says EU “clearly underinvesting” in research and innovation

ViewOxford University Innovation body seeks new leader

University of Oxford’s tech transfer body searches for new permanent chief executive amid leadership changes

ViewSouth African top official says science is ‘undervalued’

Phil Mjwara makes “brutally honest” remark before retiring from department he’s led for 18 years