Opinion

ViewRewind: When the Commission was urged to double research spending

Research Europe looks back at a story from 2014

ViewJump start

Sally Mapstone urges ministers to work with universities to plug the R&D funding chasm

ViewMissions-based research policy must build on local knowledge

Regional projects show universities and funding need reorienting, say Rick Delbridge and Kevin Morgan

ViewThe third degree: King portrait turns UKRI staff red

Back page gossip from the 4 September issue of Research Fortnight

ViewFieldwork can show engineers if they’re really helping

Poor understanding of users makes many research projects self-serving, say Michael Berthaume and Nicola Bailey

ViewWatch this space—but for how long?

Institutions are trapped until the government sets a course on university finance

ViewResults day suggests inequalities are not just regional

This year’s level 3 results reveal complex issues to tackle, says Richard Boffey

ViewInside Out: When payment delays beset Horizon 2020

Research Europe looks back at a crisis reported from 2014

ViewAn encouraging exchange

Transforming academic mobility is tough—the UK’s return to Erasmus+ would be a step forward

ViewThe EU’s surest route to tech sovereignty is staying open

Framework Programme 10 must recognise that autonomy depends on international cooperation, says Jakob Edler

ViewUniversities must take a more holistic approach to health

Teaching and research should reflect growing influence of design, technology and policy, says Stefano Capolongo

ViewPostcards from the edge

Ivory Tower: The good and the grating of universities and research send summer holiday messages

ViewChanging parameters

Gordon McKenzie draws on 18 years’ experience of higher education finance to predict future policy

ViewOlympic trials

Ivory Tower: Next on Sky Sports HE, 10 days of the universities and research Olympics

ViewLabour’s tone shift

Ministers’ fresh approach welcome, but they cannot sidestep systemic problems for universities and research

ViewThird Degree: JD Vance’s war with academia

Back page gossip from the 24 July issue of Research Fortnight

ViewHow will Labour approach England’s universities? Clues from Australia

Australian Labor’s reset of higher education policy is ambitious but incremental, says Paul Harris

ViewUniversities need to start experimenting on themselves

Internal meta research units could help tackle challenges of resourcing and culture, says Marcus Munafò

ViewOn manufacturing, the UK should think like a developing country

Reversing decades of decline means focusing R&D on imitation and adaptation, says Pranesh Narayanan

ViewLoans in the long view

Nicholas Barr suggests how Labour should approach the tuition fee system he helped design

ViewMy week, by Patrick Vallance

Ivory Tower: Exclusive extracts from the diary of the science minister

ViewHighs and lows for the EU’s R&I programme

Gains in collaboration come with warnings for the future

ViewInside out: How ‘threat’ of split R&I portfolio alarmed sector leaders

Back page gossip from the 18 July issue of Research Europe

ViewTwo-stage grant applications are proving their worth

Study of Norwegian funder shows screening two-page proposals benefits both applicants and reviewers, says Marco...

ViewEU’s embrace of science must not serve up half-baked FP10

Ambition to inject R&I into every decision is noble but fraught, says John Whitfield

View‘Rejoining Erasmus+ would be a perfect way to reset the UK-EU relationship’

Advice for the UK’s new government from across the research and innovation world

ViewPower of three

Diana Beech suggests how Whitehall could be reshaped in the interest of universities

View7 days later

Ivory Tower: Exclusive access to the post-election diaries of the grating and the good

ViewThe third degree: Labour’s fast start and lessons from the US

Back page gossip from the 10 July issue of Research Fortnight

ViewLabour’s victory signals a reset for research

With more constructive attention from Westminster, universities can support Starmer’s vision of national renewal