ViewNetherlands news roundup: 15 December to 4 January

This week: funding for long-Covid and remembering an influential researcher

ViewAuditors to probe EU’s semiconductor policies

European Court of Auditors will investigate effectiveness of measures to more than double production share

ViewItaly news roundup: 15 December to 4 January

This week: innovation seed grants and worries over COP

ViewHannah Fry is latest president of maths society

UCL professor, TV presenter and self-described “all-round badass” will lead Institute of Mathematics

ViewMPs urge for-sale lab be used to break phage ‘impasse’

£1 billion lab on Rightmove could help speed progress in research on bacteria-eating viruses

ViewAutonomy among priorities for Belgium’s EU presidency

Other research priorities include valorisation of results and closer ties to society

ViewDo not adjust your sets

John Whitfield presents a festive TV guide for the research policy-minded

ViewTop stories of 2023: New Zealand

Election shocks, research assessment and more—the biggest research policy news from New Zealand

ViewAfrica: 2023 year in review

Some bright spots illuminate year in which campus unrest persisted and fossil spaceflight sparked outrage

ViewTurn of the year

We reflect on continuity and change in 2023

ViewNaughty or nice?

TEF appeals, a Sutton Trust report and how universities have fared under Rishi Sunak

ViewFlat cash to science superpower: changing the narrative on R&D

In stormy times, evidence and steadfast advocacy win through, says Case’s departing director Sarah Main

ViewThe secret diary of Patrick Vallance

Ivory Tower: Exclusive* access to the journal everyone wants to read (*totally made up)

ViewMPs ‘astonished’ after testing mega-lab appears on Rightmove

Concerns raised over loss of research facility that received £1 billion in taxpayer money

View2023: Calmer waters for Australia and NZ, but no time for respite

Countries’ research sectors crack on with reforms to make up for lost time in 2023

ViewGavi greenlights $1bn African vaccine manufacturing fund

Initiative a “game-changer” for continent’s plan to produce own jabs

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 13 December issue of Research Fortnight

ViewAustralia announces crackdown on student visas

Migration strategy promises closer scrutiny of applications and reduction of post-study work rights

ViewWhat’s going on in the UK: 30 November to 13 December

This week: engineering biology, research administration, political surveillance and more

ViewResearch figures welcome REF delay ahead of ‘fundamental shift’ for exercise

Evaluation exercise delayed a year as Research England acknowledges size and pace of reforms

ViewMaths puzzle

The Royal Society lends its voice to calls for greater numeracy

ViewGermany news roundup: 6–12 December

This week: school standards fall, Baden-Württemberg’s better healthcare plan, science strategy approved

ViewSurvey finds public trust in science has slipped

Scepticism over AI technologies higher among older age groups in Germany

ViewGreen transition tops Danish research agenda

Cross-party support for governments research funding plans

ViewSurvey on personality traits of research administrators opens

Questionnaire aims to raise profile of research administrators and attract more people to the profession

ViewOnly the beginning

Universities are being lined up for two culture war elections

ViewLessons unlearned

Covid inquiry should seek to link science and politics, not cast blame, says Geoff Mulgan

ViewCouncil backs moves to attract and retain researchers

Research ministers endorse recommendations on research careers and approve conclusions on using R&I in policymaking

ViewEUA sets out four-year agenda for research and innovation

European University Association adopts priorities including increasing societal impact and improving the research culture

ViewUS news roundup: 1-7 December

This week: making universities more inclusive, strengthening quantum and space, and Covid-19 hearings