Opinion

ViewMaking good

Smita Jamdar explains how universities can mitigate the risk of student demands for refunds

ViewSpads: tiers

Ivory Tower: another episode of our Whitehall based sitcom

ViewEvery year again

Protracted budget talks risk delay to Horizon Europe

ViewHome-working risks losing the personal touch

The shift to online working weakens bonds of trust in research networks, writes Robert Dingwall

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 15 October issue of Research Europe

View24 Hours in HE: the re-awakening

Ivory Tower: we visit our fly-on-the-wall documentary series as students return to campus

ViewSnakes and ladders to bridges

Chris Skidmore says the government needs higher education to fulfil its further education ambitions

ViewHitting 2.4% target means raising private R&D by £17bn

UK ambitions rely on remaining attractive to foreign investment, say Fariba Soetan and Zak Ismail

ViewUK’s fragmented approach to R&D is unfit for an interconnected age

Deep changes are needed to make funding more diverse and less risk-averse, says Simon Harwood

ViewDark days

The government has turned its back on universities at a critical time

ViewPolicy on post-18 education shows a twisted idea of value

Government’s plans are an attack on aspiration that will damage disadvantaged students, says Emma Hardy

ViewWelsh universities can be more than the sum of their parts

Deeper collaboration would help institutions strengthen themselves and their communities, says Graeme Reid

View‘Application fees are a means of financial gatekeeping’

Imperial academics’ open letter, shared with Research Professional News, calls for abolition of £80 fee

ViewHave your say on the REF

Survey of 2021 exercise will help shape future assessments, say Catriona Manville and James Wilsdon

ViewAmbitious minds

As the Conservative Party conference gets underway, Jonathan Simons provides some insight into government thinking 

ViewMy week by Gavin Williamson

Ivory Tower: exclusive access to the diaries of the education secretary

ViewVirtual meetings need G&T as well as Q&A

Europe’s association for research managers is working hard to preserve community spirit, says Esther Philips

ViewResearch managers need friends in high places

Anne Katrin Werenskiold and Meike Dlaboha describe how they raised their profession’s political profile

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 1 October issue of Research Europe

ViewCitizen’s bane

More needs to be done to engage a critical public in science policy

ViewCore values

Plans to ditch the NSS are part of an attack on aspiration, argues Emma Hardy

ViewKey workers

Ivory Tower: the UK’s premier Universities Media Relations team launch a new campaign

ViewRed-tape reforms are a chance to reset

Cuts to bureaucracy can help universities focus on what they do best, says Tim Bradshaw

ViewStep-change in funding aims to crack productivity puzzle

Record investment will help tackle one of the UK’s most pressing problems, says Jennifer Rubin

ViewIron versus gold

Policy triangles pose tricky questions for governments and universities

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 23 September issue of Research Fortnight

ViewUKRI is in the crosshairs, but there’s no sign of an alternative

Culling the mega-funder would not make the system any simpler, says David Walker

ViewThe REF-headed league

Ivory Tower: another research return from a celebrity academic

ViewEurope’s research policy faces a stormy autumn

The EU’s agenda for R&D is packed with thorny problems, says Kurt Deketelaere

ViewReform of research careers is overdue

Employment conditions must recognise what makes working in academia different, says Rik Van de Walle