Opinion

ViewWorlds apart

The words of the Commission’s top R&D official are not comforting

ViewFrom a new PM to UKRI, research needs clarity

As the academic year ends, policymakers’ deeds are not matching their words, says Athene Donald

ViewPressure on press offices puts trust in science at risk

Overstretched comms teams struggle to help researchers engage with the media, says Claire Bithell

ViewUK cancer research needs Horizon Europe

Losing EU funding and collaborations would be disastrous for scientists and patients, says Ian Walker

ViewPostgraduate researchers are being gaslit by the Russell Group

Employers’ stance on pay and status is an attempt at misdirection, says Caleb Day

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 27 July issue of Research Fortnight

ViewFeast and famine

A unified approach to R&D is needed in the face of Tory disjointedness

ViewLack of political will could undermine UK’s plan B

Alternative to Horizon Europe needs buy-in on both sides of the channel, writes Jan Palmowski

ViewSchool’s out

Nick Hillman looks back on a year of goodbyes and hellos

ViewMichelle Donelan in the multiverse

Ivory Tower: a final adventure for the 35-hour education secretary

ViewEU data management policies are paying off—gradually

Experience of Horizon 2020 grant winners reveals progress and areas needing improvement, says Daniel Spichtinger

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 21 July issue of Research Europe

ViewAdmissions and competition

Clare Marchant assesses the ‘new normal’ in applications to higher education

ViewSummer wind

Ivory Tower: Exclusive access to the Tories’ higher education and research WhatsApp group

ViewBrussels infighting is strangling the European Innovation Council

Parliament will resist Commission efforts to curb new funder’s independence, says MEP Christian Ehler

ViewAfter Johnson, the science lobby must change tactics

The academic establishment should stop lending credibility to populist snake oil, says David Walker

ViewGlobal science must steer between hostility and naivety

Volatile geopolitics demand a nuanced approach, say Jonathan Adams, Jo Johnson and Jonathan Grant

ViewUniversity: a user’s guide

Students are paying to get ill, but an alternative is within reach, says Helen Lees

ViewImperfect storm

The collapse of Johnson’s government leaves big questions for R&D

ViewAfter Boris

Andy Westwood asks what lies ahead for universities and research after a tumultuous week

ViewThe Tragedy of MacBoris

Ivory Tower: English Literature in trouble? It is now, as we look at a classic.

ViewEfforts to spread EU funding show their worth

Research strength is growing across Europe—but continued success is not guaranteed, says Jan Palmowski

ViewStating research’s values can improve its culture

Science Europe’s new values framework sets out ideals to aspire to, says Marc Schiltz

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 7 July issue of Research Europe

ViewAnalysis: Donelan promoted to education secretary

Martin McQuillan considers the implications as the former universities minister gets the top DfE job

ViewLearning from complaints

Felicity Mitchell discusses updates to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator’s Good Practice Framework

ViewHappy holidays

The UK’s leading University Media Relations team are gearing up for summer

ViewREF 2021: The case-study cliff edge returns

Peaks in submission sizes suggest rule changes did not stop institutional gaming, says Simon Kerridge

ViewOpen up evidence reviews

Technique from design gives communities more say in research, write Tania Carregha and Samanthi Theminimulle

ViewWTO deal on Covid is too little, too late

Rich countries’ selfishness over patents is propping up a broken system, says Tim Bierley