ViewChristmas future

Do further education reforms point the way to public sector universities?

ViewFears for UK’s vaccine R&D as firm pauses construction of centre

Suspension of construction on Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre described as “disappointing” and “worrying”

ViewTEQSA seeks to loosen reins on regulation

Higher education regulator considering changes to become more adaptable and deal with new challenges

ViewThe Third Degree

Back page gossip from the 30 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewMonth end

More strikes, Ucas on care leavers, IFS on cost of living, but the USS improves

ViewEU releases draft Horizon Europe spending plans for 2023-24

Over €13 billion of investments will focus on sustainability, digitisation, pandemic recovery and security

ViewStudent vote

This week sees a by-election in a university town

ViewHealth research funding to ‘build on Vaccine Taskforce success’

Cancer, obesity, mental health and addiction targeted in £113 million push

ViewHearing problems

The ‘red wave’ was more of a ripple, but effects on research could be profound

ViewCall to cap international students at ‘second-tier’ universities

Right-leaning Policy Exchange think tank proposes limiting student numbers and their dependants

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 19-25 November

This week: more studies into women’s health, technological change and funds for hydrogen research

ViewResearch ‘playing second fiddle’ to clinical care in NHS

Clinical academic calls for NHS culture change, so research is seen as more mainstream

ViewState of play

Braverman is at it again, plus data on graduate outcomes, loans, migration and research students’...

ViewUK’s £22bn R&D spending target seemingly dropped

Treasury official avoids confirming that previously set target for 2026-27 remains in place

ViewReal-terms salaries for PhDs decline over five years

Leo data show small rise for some graduates, while others see fall in real earnings

ViewFrom the archive: Let your bid evolve

How a PhD student followed the learning curve to win a Leakey Foundation grant

ViewThe future is broad

Tackling climate change means ending prejudice against interdisciplinarity, say Guillermo Cisneros Pérez and Louise Drogoul 

ViewAction stations

As a fresh wave of strikes gets underway today, Chris Parr listens to last-minute pitches

ViewHydrogen, health and climate change top Ramaphosa UK visit

Science takes prominence as South African president is first head of state hosted by King

ViewEU advisers want schemes for funding research in emergencies

Agile “deployable research” systems needed to respond rapidly to crises like the pandemic, group says

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 17-23 November

This week: an observatory closure, a spate of research prizes and Vietnam student exchange

ViewMoving goalposts

The annual estimate of R&D expenditure is out and guess what?

ViewAustralia news roundup: 15-21 November

This week: freedom for Turnell, a merger in Victoria and Covid’s impact in Antarctica

ViewAftermath

Gordon McKenzie finds good and bad news for research institutions in the autumn statement

ViewProlonged aid freeze will ‘damage UK’s global research reputation’

Experts criticise chancellor’s decision to further delay return to overseas aid target during economic crisis

ViewBacking biosecurity

New Australian national strategy highlights importance of research, but also the challenges

ViewEurope funding at a glance: 4-17 November

This week: Investment in cancer startups, innovation in HE and Spain empowers women in tech

ViewAvoid focusing on student identity divides, universities told

Hepi report outlines how a sense of belonging is vital at higher-education institutions

ViewPeers to examine challenges faced by clinical academics

Lords science committee to look at pressures facing doctors who combine research with clinical work

ViewMidterms put science spending in doubt

Defence and health may be safe as Republicans take over House, but other areas face...