ViewFrom our correspondents: Looking ahead at 2023

What lies ahead in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries?

ViewEuropean Commission lines up measures to tackle problems with research careers

Funding of billions of euros could eventually flow to institutions fostering young researchers

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 26 January issue of Research Europe

ViewNew Zealand Research Information System delayed again

Issues with national database of research and expertise “require additional time to address”

ViewSpring offensive

The UCU announces 18 days of strikes and the Lords take aim at student loans

ViewPharma group says R&D tax credit change is ‘harming UK’

Medicines manufacturers and former vaccine tsar both warn of small life science companies moving abroad

ViewBaldwin miked

Playbook catches up with UCLan vice-chancellor and MillionPlus chair Graham Baldwin

ViewUK Vaccine Network ‘moderately failed’ to meet expectations

But leaders of £134 million project blame Covid on delays to R&D it funds

ViewUK’s pattern of excess deaths deserves ‘close scrutiny’

Prominent statistician urges scrutiny, but key funders do not seem to finance research on issue

ViewEducation minister replaces Ardern as Labour Party leader

Chris Hipkins to be formally sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister this week

ViewPlaying away

Playbook is in the stands for the University of Stirling’s big day out

View‘Shameful’ drop in UK foreign office spending on health R&D

New government figures show funding of global health research in 2021 halved from pre-pandemic levels

ViewAs you were

Data show Covid’s effects on student numbers, while radio listeners quiz UCU chief Jo Grady

ViewItaly’s research world hopes for continued progress in 2023

Right-wing rise to power has not yet shifted the direction of travel for R&D

ViewFriends along the way

Hepi advises researchers on how to influence policy, while some legislators have lost the plot

ViewSouth African R&D dropped 7.6% in first year of pandemic

Fresh national statistics underscore decline in country’s gross R&D spending

ViewERC boss: scientists not the ones to defeat science scepticism

Media needs better access to scientists to improve trust, says European Research Council’s Maria Leptin

ViewPoland’s R&D spending catching up with EU average

Unlike for its European neighbours, Covid-19 did not hamper Poland’s spending growth, research agency says

ViewFrance in 2023: sparks set to fly

President Macron’s reform programme could meet tough resistance when he tackles pensions

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

ViewWhat’s going on in the UK: 1-18 January

This week: A CSA for Wales, decline in apprenticeships, cancer vaccines and more

ViewStrike a pose

More industrial action is confirmed as pay discussions continue

ViewNZ universities ‘disappointed’ by government support

Outgoing Universities New Zealand chair calls for more recognition of higher education’s “crucial role”

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 12-18 January

This week: tributes to a late academic, R&D tax breaks and a health council rejig

View2023: Same again?

What the next 12 months have in store for researchers

ViewExperts weigh in on suspended MP’s ‘alarmist’ vaccine claims

Scientists reaffirm safety of Covid vaccines as Tory MP is suspended for “anti-vax” tweets

ViewGermany news roundup: 11-17 January

This week: anti-harassment protests in Cologne, a health czar resignation and scholarships for Afghan students

ViewCommons people

With University and College Union committee elections coming up, what’s next for Jo Grady’s leadership?

ViewModerna joins UK pharmaceutical industry group

American-based vaccine developer says joining ABPI builds on wider commitment to expand UK footprint

ViewA ship without a captain

Why has the NIH been without a boss since 2021?