Opinion

ViewThe small print

It’s all systems go on Horizon Europe, but there are kinks to iron out

ViewEstate change agents

Mark Paget Skelin argues that Covid-19 will have a significant impact on university buildings

View24 Hours in HE: unbolted

Ivory Tower: our fly-on-the-wall documentary gains access to campus just as term concludes

ViewWales should put innovation at the heart of government

Post-election changes can herald a more inclusive approach, say Rick Delbridge and his colleagues

ViewBuild back greener

Lisa Roberts argues that university partnerships are the secret to a healthier, fairer future

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 2 June issue of Research Fortnight

ViewFor your REF

Everyone must play a part in shaping future research assessment

ViewBuild back greener

Lisa Roberts argues that university partnerships are the secret to a healthier, fairer future

ViewHE Googlebox

Ivory Tower: A special edition of the favourite armchair critic TV show

ViewScientists’ appetite for kit drives innovation

Procurement of lab equipment is an overlooked link between universities and industry, says Sofia Patsali

ViewHow can Germany end its innovation drought?

Reversing a half-century of decline may require radical steps, say Wim Naudé and Paula Nagler

ViewOpen up the purses

The ERA and EEA need financial support to meet lofty political goals

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 27 May issue of Research Europe

ViewSocial reboot

Richard Brabner argues that students’ social experience at university needs a rethink after the pandemic

ViewThe antics roadshow

Ivory Tower: a special edition of the favourite antiques programme from the University of Oxford

ViewNew boss shouldn’t mean new direction for Innovate UK

The agency’s job has always been to help companies to commercialise technologies, says David Bott

ViewR&D must be an issue for the doorstep, not just the manifesto

New campaign will build public support for research spending, say Daniel Rathbone and Ben Bleasdale

View‘We fear for our future’

Cutting collaborations with UK researchers would put indigenous Brazilian communities at risk, says Takumã Kuikuro

View‘Catastrophic for research and human lives’

International work on conflict prevention in the Middle East faces swingeing cuts, says Ayat Nashwan

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 19 May issue of Research Fortnight

ViewPublishing deals can drive change in research culture

Negotiation with Elsevier is a chance to improve the entire system, says Nick Plant

ViewOpen minds, free speech

Nick Hillman sees problems with free speech on campus and legislation designed to protect it

ViewRoyal appointment

Ivory Tower: we gain exclusive access to an earlier draft of the Queen’s speech

ViewThe EU must write its research ambitions into law

Decades of stalling by member states shows that voluntary commitments don’t work, says Kurt Deketelaere

ViewOpen search tools need sustainable funding

The pandemic has highlighted a crisis in discoverability and pointed to solutions, says Peter Kraker

ViewOut of its own league

After 10,000 grants, the European Research Council must rejuvenate

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 13 May issue of Research Europe

ViewMaking regional R&D work

Awkward challenges stand in the way of effective policy, say Sarah Chaytor and her colleagues

ViewEmergency measures can save aid-funded research

Government should heed universities’ ideas for softening the blow of budget cuts, says Chi Onwurah

ViewAdmission: it’s time for change

Clare Marchant argues that there are a million reasons to reform the admissions process