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ViewThe Ivory Tower Awards 2019

Ivory Tower: Time once again to honour all that is unbelievable about higher education

ViewBoiling point

The parties agree on the need to back R&D—but will any deliver?

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 27 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewSam Gyimah: ‘Keep access to money and networks’

Only the Lib Dems would cancel Brexit and increase funding, says their business spokesman

ViewA joint and fair solution is the only way

Working together will help keep down contributions and deliver a long-term solution, says Alistair Jarvis

ViewEmployers underestimate the scale of anger at their peril

Vice-chancellors have learned nothing from past strikes and more is to come, says Jo Grady

ViewNever mind the ballots

Ivory Tower: The election is keeping Britain’s premier University Media Relations agency busy

ViewFree-range PhDs are healthier

Funders should remember that doctoral students are learners as well as workers, says Anders Bröstrom

ViewNext steps on diversity

Universities are becoming more inclusive, but challenges remain say Thomas Jørgensen and Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik

ViewR&D advocates need to capture imaginations

Universities must pressure member states to reverse funding stance

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 21 November issue of Research Europe

ViewCarol Monaghan: ‘We have to stop this impending disaster’

Brexit threatens Scotland’s progress on research and higher education, says the SNP’s education spokesperson

ViewChris Skidmore: ‘The greatest commitment to R&D in UK history’

The Conservatives’ spending plans are uniquely ambitious, says the science and universities minister

ViewThe Education Effect

University staff not students may hold the key to Number 10, says Paula Surridge

ViewWith great funding comes great responsibility

Conservative pledge to double research spending is welcome but comes with caveats, says Giles Wilkes

ViewEnter the election Dragons’ Den

Ivory Tower: Now on BBC 2HE, a visit to the nation’s favourite venture capitalists

ViewChi Onwurah: ‘Connect the laboratory with everyday life’

Labour’s shadow science minister sets out plans for research and universities in an open letter

ViewDo no harm

International development research needs its own approach to safeguarding, say Sheila Mburu and Nicole Huxley

ViewParties must move beyond R&D bidding war

The next government must make sure innovation funding reaches the wider economy, says Harry Farmer

ViewPromises, promises

It is probably best not to count on election promises, but research still needs them

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 13 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewCan’t always get what you want

…but UK research can get the partnerships it needs, say Adrian Smith and Graeme Reid

ViewIvory Tower: WhatsApp with the election?

We gain exclusive access to the higher education WhatsApp groups of the political parties

ViewBurning issue

Adriana Ford discusses a new centre aiming to improve the understanding and management of wildfires

ViewTenure needs a rethink

Cementing privilege at top of the system reduces opportunity at the bottom, says Antonio Loprieno

ViewOut with the old

The Juncker Plan was controversial, but it seems to have worked

ViewBrexit delay squeezes Horizon Europe timetable

Uncertainty about the UK’s status is holding up decisions elsewhere, says Kurt Deketelaere

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 7 November issue of Research Europe

ViewView from a time of uncertainty

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

ViewSkidmore PI

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