View‘In Africa, we are nowhere near the valley of death’

Solomon Nwaka on what hinders the continent from driving technological innovation

ViewNantWorks to inject US$200m into South African R&D partnership

Cutting-edge vaccine platform among technology company’s ambitions

ViewGlobal advisers’ gathering reveals lessons of the pandemic

Crises demand advance preparation and an ability to cope with uncertainty, says Claire Craig

ViewNew beginnings

As researchers return to campus, are universities fit to receive them?

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 30 September issue of Research Europe

ViewInterview: ‘Almost rock stars’

Covid-19 has changed the game for science advice, says new Ingsa president Rémi Quirion

ViewResearch England finds extra £77m for universities

But additional funding—which masks drop in aid-related research money—not guaranteed into future years

ViewTake it for granted

Research England publishes recurrent budgets for higher education, and a Hepi report covers funding reform

ViewLabour party conference: research promises aplenty

All the news from Research Professional’s team in Brighton at the Labour party conference

ViewFrance news roundup: 23-29 September

This week: WHO Academy construction starts, ANR picks industrial chair and universities back Covid-19 scientists

ViewWish you were here

Skills are on the menu at the Labour Party conference

ViewAlan Turing Institute appoints first chief scientist

National centre for data science will play central role in the government’s AI R&D programme

View‘Scientists don’t suddenly appear overnight,’ says top adviser

Labour conference: Epidemiologist advising government says core funding needed to build next generation of researchers

ViewWhat’s going on in the EU: 17-30 September

This week: delays for Iter and the ERC president and a thumbs up for science

ViewPier review

We go in search of science policy at the Labour Party conference in Brighton

ViewManchester institutions pledge support for locals

First civic university agreement for Greater Manchester signed

ViewThe end of the Keir show?

All the news on universities and research from the Labour Party conference

ViewPandemic ‘exposed the market model’ of higher education

Labour conference: MPs call for post-Covid quality education and secure contracts

ViewLabour positions

Labour conference: Andrew Westwood asks what Labour should be saying about universities

ViewIt’s not fair

Matt Western says Labour would restore educational opportunities blighted by Conservative government policy

ViewOfficial report says UK science advice ‘at risk of groupthink’

Reliance on small groups of trusted insiders limits diversity of opinions, according to government-commissioned report

ViewUniversity group seeks to inspire by pondering future scenarios

Geopolitical, technological and democratic challenges analysed by European University Association

ViewUKRI board concerned over comms team’s ‘freedom’

Alleged push to centralise communications sparks concerns as former Downing Street chief urges tighter controls

ViewPreprints: Shaking up the system

Controversy over funder’s preprints stance shows how this publishing trend is changing the research landscape

ViewFrance’s new development funder, handling a scoping call, networking for network grants

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewR&D ‘at heart of Labour plans’ says shadow science minister

Labour conference: Chi Onwurah sets out party’s stance on research amid concern over unclear vision

ViewLong and winding roads

Keir Starmer outlines his vision and a statistician analyses possible changes to student finance

ViewHumanities ‘highly successful’ but ‘face challenges’

Hepi paper notes challenges in declining student numbers and funding complications for the humanities subjects

ViewEU-US relationship frosty ahead of planned tech and trade meeting

Commissioner says relations are “broken” as submarine deal sours cooperation on activities including R&D

ViewLoan dropout rate rises by 6%

Student Loans Company stresses that “irregular” year means “any conclusions should be made with caution”