Opinion

ViewView from a time of uncertainty

Diana Beech on working for three different universities ministers in less than two years

ViewSkidmore PI

The latest edition of our Ivory Tower comedy column

ViewSteering towards sustainability

Andy Stirling describes a new project aiming to help science and innovation serve global goals

ViewPromoting openness

Robust science depends on getting the right incentives at all levels, says Marcus Munafò

ViewTrick or treat?

The latest Brexit delay avoids a cliff-edge, but the government must act now for science

ViewSwings and silicon roundabouts

Policies aimed at boosting East London’s tech cluster had mixed results, says Max Nathan

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 30 October issue of Research Fortnight

ViewWish it could be Christmas every day

The prime minister won’t get everything he wants—and nor will universities

ViewThe Boris Johnson column II

In another tumultuous week for the country, the prime minister writes exclusively for Ivory Tower

ViewRaising the bar

Revised concordat will raise standards of research integrity, says Leonie Shanks

ViewHorizon’s brighter than it appears

Budget squabbles part of Framework programme’s birth pangs

ViewWindow of opportunity

Mariya Gabriel has a chance to make universities central to EU policy, says Jan Palmowski

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 24 October issue of Research Europe

ViewDon’t backslide on trials transparency

Courts should not let companies keep data on medicines secret, says Ancel.la Santos

ViewCalculating route

A public consultation on self-driving cars has raised important and challenging questions, says Jack Stilgoe

ViewBuilding blocks

Government attempts to transform vocational education must capitalise on what already exists

ViewMy week, by Dominic Cummings

An exclusive extract from the diary of the special adviser to the prime minister

ViewThe Cummings storm

A Conservative election victory would give researchers some difficult choices, says John Womersley

ViewCuring MPs’ technophobia

Chi Onwurah suggests how to get parliament to engage more with science and technology

ViewAfter the Queen’s speech, a battle royal

Science may have been the focus but we still have a fight on our hands

ViewEnd the navel-gazing on public engagement

Stop going on about ‘challenges’ and start being disruptive, says Jamie Gallagher

ViewThe Third Degree

Back page gossip from the 16 October issue of Research Fortnight

ViewHow do you spot an extremist?

The review of the Prevent strategy must address the problem of a polarised society

ViewThe fellowship of the ring around

In a corner of SW1, the UK’s premier Universities Media Relations team are at work

ViewParalysis by analysis

Data-driven management risks commercially controlled, sterile science, says Ulrich Herb

ViewBrazilian science under siege

Bolsonaro is disastrous, but the assault on universities began before him, says Arthur Moreira

ViewSupport scientists struggling to be free

The evaluation of DDR science holds lessons for today

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 10 October issue of Research Europe

ViewOutputs of the future

Policy should both shape and respond to researchers’ priorities, say Catriona Manville and Steven Hill

ViewPrice tag

Demands for more data on international student outcomes are welcome, but such information isn’t cheap