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Budget had positives, but public and private investment risk being eroded, says Joe Marshall
Minister’s attack has backfired, but the attitudes that drove it remain widespread, says Parveen Yaqoob
Michelle Donelan’s unfounded accusations will do lasting damage
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Julián Costas-Fernández, Greta Morando and Angus Holford explore how overseas students affect domestic classmates
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Back page gossip from the 13 March issue of Research Fortnight
Rose Stephenson seeks crumbs for higher education from the budget table
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Martin McQuillan looks at what might and what won’t feature in today’s budget
Tim Bradshaw suggests targeted ways for the upcoming budget to boost higher education and research
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The UK needs nimbler ways to approve public investment in R&D, says David Willetts
Crowdsourcing project will turn brainwaves into realistic proposals, say Julia Garayo Willemyns and David Lawrence
Coordination, anticipation and presentation are key to getting policymakers onside, says Danielle Hamm
UK participation in the EU’s R&I programme is warming up
Back page gossip from the 28 February issue of Research Fortnight
Glen O’Hara argues that arts and humanities subjects are victims of a chaotic system
Ivory Tower: inside the process to appoint the next UKRI chief executive
David Maguire warns that, without action, one university failure could collapse the higher education system
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Government plans to cut research bureaucracy will boost funders’ existing efforts, says Simon Kerridge
The government’s war on research bureaucracy still leaves questions
High-profile ransomware attacks should prompt increased vigilance and intelligence sharing, says Henry Hughes
Back page gossip from the 14 February issue of Research Fortnight
Vincenzo Raimo suggests UK universities have become addicted to international student revenues
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Engineering biology’s reach across sectors challenges conventional approaches to policymaking and regulation, says Linda Bedenik
Chris Millward says higher education funding needs to be rebalanced
Ivory Tower: It’s been a busy week for university media relations
UK red tape undermines efforts to keep projects with Palestinian colleagues going, says Nora Parr
A quarter of online journal articles are not digitally archived, warns Martin Eve
Ministers are loudly promoting Horizon, but listening is in short supply
Back page gossip from the 31 January issue of Research Fortnight
Helen Atkinson and Jim Campbell want the graduate route to be celebrated—and improved
Ivory Tower: an exclusive trailer for a multi-Oscar-nominated science blockbuster
Steven Jones asks whether university governors are afraid of academic research