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ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 1 February issue of Research Fortnight

ViewExperience matters

Martha Longdon suggests lessons to learn from the Office for Students’ first five years

View24 Hours in HE: industrial inaction

Ivory Tower: a new year and a return of our fly-on-the-wall documentary

ViewDrive for change

Chris Millward suggests ways to unblock the university superhighway

ViewDavos diaries

Ivory Tower: the elite of higher education and research are up a mountain

View‘We must pour investment into building trust in science’

The pandemic’s legacy of increased public attention demands that researchers communicate better, says Richard Horton

ViewCybersecurity should be part of every university’s strategy

Worsening ransomware threat demands an institution-wide response led from the top, says Henry Hughes

ViewSnowball effect

Prospect of strikes at UKRI highlights challenges facing the funder

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 18 January issue of Research Fortnight

ViewA room booking of one’s own

Adam Golberg looks at what procedures for booking seminar rooms reveal about university culture

ViewQuality control

Joanna Forbes asks what happens next to quality and standards in English higher education

ViewFutures research

Nancy Rothwell predicts challenges for the year ahead and makes a few wishes

ViewIrresolution 2023

Ivory Tower: We search for hope amid the grate and good of higher education

ViewTime of resolve

Leading higher education figures make new year’s resolutions for themselves and others

ViewTop stories of 2022: Opinion

War in Ukraine, publishing prices and more—the biggest opinion pieces of the year

ViewTeam spirit

Richard Watermeyer suggests what higher education leaders could learn from football managers

ViewLittle REF riding hood

Ivory Tower: Another year, another pantomime in higher education and research

View‘In the medium term, I couldn’t see universities improving’

Christopher Jackson explains why he left an academic job to work in the private sector

ViewBecoming a science superpower means making tough choices

Policies to boost R&D will inevitably create tensions, say Sarah Main and Graeme Reid

ViewDon’t shut innovative firms out of NHS walled gardens

Small companies may struggle to use secure environments for patient data, says Emma Lawrence

ViewThe Third Degree

Back page gossip from the 14 December issue of Research Fortnight

ViewQuality street

REF reform is up for grabs in a flurry of end of year news

View2023: What won’t happen

What’s Liz Truss’s next move? Is Paul Nurse still reviewing? John Whitfield looks ahead

ViewThe tide is turning. Revisiting the Metric Tide

The authors of a report on research assessment reflect on changes since a landmark analysis

ViewEverybody in

Andrew McNeil and David Soskice argue for much wider participation in UK higher education

ViewChristmas party

Ivory Tower: Exclusive access to the government’s higher education and research WhatsApp group

ViewFollow the money

William Wallace says researchers must respond to increasing attention on who is funding political research

ViewState of the relationship

Ivory Tower: As NCUB’s annual report is published, we meet a couple in marriage therapy

ViewHelp universities escape the innovation dilemma

Balancing entrepreneurial and research missions demands deft handling of intellectual property, says Ian Walmsley

ViewDebate on spinout equity needs context

Criticism of universities’ share of companies misses what they give in return, says Douglas Dowell