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ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 26 November issue of Research Europe

ViewThe Biden touch

The next US president will end the war on science, but faces a battles in...

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Ivory Tower: an action thriller starring the chief scientific adviser

ViewSpending review must support life sciences industry

Progress is threatened unless funding schemes can keep up with demand, says Eric Johnsson

ViewIncreased science budget should focus on boosting business R&D

The biggest returns would come from helping innovative companies scale up, says Iain Simpson

ViewFalling short

The government’s support for research so far belies its ambitions

ViewBeing a civic university means doing research differently

Institutions’ futures lie in being more deeply entwined with their communities, says Zahir Irani

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 18 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewThe Biden touch

Simon Marginson assesses what the next US presidency will mean for science and research

ViewMy week by Dominic Cummings

Ivory Tower: exclusive access to the diaries of the soon-to-be-ex special adviser

ViewGovernment’s pandemic response has failed students

Emma Hardy argues that the government has abandoned students affected by the pandemic

ViewWhat’s a paper worth?

There’s no perfect way to value publications—but we should still try, says Sandra Rousseau

ViewDigital age needs new ways to share living wealth

Now data can substitute for materials, international agreements on biodiversity need updating, says Charles Lawson

ViewAfter the chaos

As Europe hails Biden’s victory, we must not lose sight of the stakes

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 12 November issue of Research Europe

ViewQuality response

Douglas Blackstock argues that higher education has learned important lessons from responding to the coronavirus 

ViewThe lockdown diaries ride again

Ivory Tower: more journal entries from the good and gooder

ViewSkidmore: Universities can lead a long-overdue civic renaissance

Chris Skidmore suggests what universities can do to help recovery from the pandemic 

ViewYou can’t engage with policy without engaging with politics

There’s no clean divide between advice and advocacy, say George Dibb and Olivia Stevenson

ViewDisagree on Covid-19, but don’t demonise other views

With so much uncertain, scientists should resist being drawn into political dogfights, says Fiona Fox

ViewInto the void

Universities face tough decisions as England returns to lockdown

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 4 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewPandemic highlights the need for digital preservation

Looking back and moving forward means rethinking the value of data, says William Kilbride

ViewThe US election: what it means for UK universities

Martin McQuillan considers the implications of the presidential election result for domestic higher education institutions

ViewUsing the REF to fix research culture risks backfiring

Research is global, and the UK can't make its rules in isolation, says Gemma Derrick

ViewStudent views

Rachel Hewitt suggests alternatives to the National Student Survey

ViewMicky and Mandy: trick or trace

Ivory Tower: In their Westminster bubble the two ministers prepare for Halloween

ViewSynergy or cacophony?

Creating European research and education areas requires a transparent and inclusive dialogue, says Thomas Jørgensen

ViewStates make poor entrepreneurs

Government efforts to steer innovation waste money and distort markets, say Christian Sandström and colleagues

ViewToo little, too late?

Like many EU nations, Italy is struggling to hang on to young talent