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ViewAll tomorrow’s parties

The government’s vision for UK R&D requires a clearer focus on today

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 15 January issue of Research Fortnight

View2020 visions

Gordon McKenzie and Mary Curnock Cook look at the year ahead for higher education

ViewSocratic dialogue

Ivory Tower: It’s appraisal time for another celebrity academic

ViewChristmas with the Johnsons

Ivory Tower: We spend the big day with the UK’s first family

ViewWe’ve got clarity, now give us certainty

Government should engage with universities and business to overhaul the UK’s economy, says Joe Marshall

ViewFighting on many fronts

The new government's agenda poses universities some existential questions, says Vanessa Wilson

ViewCrash! Boom! Bang!

Nick Hillman brings us his post-match analysis of the 2019 general election campaign

ViewFaustian bargain

Boris Johnson’s government promises more money and worse conditions for research, says David Walker

ViewFrom awareness to action

The needle is shifting on bullying, but funders must do more, says Petra Boynton

ViewMust try harder

UKRI’s response to MPs requesting diversity data is inadequate, says a group of campaigning researchers

ViewA winter’s tale

Brexit, political strife and money woes—will the story change in 2020?

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 11 December issue of Research Fortnight

ViewIt’s the people, stupid!

Universities must become proactive players in the employment and skills ecosystem if they are to...

ViewThink Hole: higher education election hustings

Ivory Tower: In this week's comedy column, a special episode of TV’s most over heated...

ViewWhat you’re looking for

Health, climate and energy featured large in this year’s literature searches, says Jonathan Adams

ViewLondon Bridge attack: profound questions for higher education

Tragedy in the capital should encourage closer university-prison ties, says Martin McQuillan

ViewWhere do we go from here?

After the election, the UK will need to renegotiate the relationship between its universities and...

ViewThe Ivory Tower Awards 2019

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

ViewCapital ideas

It is more than just lack of private equity finance that stands between UK research...

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

ViewMust get moving

Whoever leads the UK must support international mobility—ideally through Erasmus Plus, writes Anne Marie Graham 

ViewNever mind the ballots

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

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