ViewGoldsmiths defends need for cuts amid union’s global boycott call

London university says it needs to make £9 million in savings over two years

ViewIOP recruits its next chief executive

Tom Grinyer, CEO of British Medical Association, to take over from Paul Hardaker in June

ViewCall for more interdisciplinary research support

European universities and funders ask policymakers to create new instruments for collaboration

ViewConfronting the climate crisis, AHRC and ESRC international study grants, funding neurodevelopmental pilot studies

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewFive areas to watch for Australian and New Zealand research in 2022

Will this year see more rows over political interference, commercialisation and funding reforms?

ViewA world of difference

UK Research and Innovation has announced a consultation on equality, diversity and inclusion

ViewUS news roundup: 7-13 January

This week: radiation research scrutinised, NIH fellowship concerns and Covid hits the AAAS meeting

ViewUK’s National Nuclear Laboratory appoints next chair

Hitachi Energy UK chief executive Ian Funnell to replace Andrew Mathews on 26 January

ViewJonathan Van-Tam to step down as deputy chief medical officer

Van-Tam will return to University of Nottingham as pro vice-chancellor at the faculty of medicine

View‘Better support needed’ for prospective international students

Nearly three-quarters of recent overseas applicants to UK universities wanted more information, Ucas survey finds

ViewOpportunity profile: Getting to the collections

The AHRC and ESRC’s early career fellowships at international institutions are set to go ahead

ViewUKRI sets out vision for inclusive research and innovation system

Draft strategy goes out for consultation as chief executive admits ‘change is too slow’

ViewCanada aims to boost African women in Stem

Projects will investigate under-representation and promote women’s leadership

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 13 January issue of Research Europe

View2022: Shifting up a gear

While 2021 set a route for European R&D, this year the engine must run hotter

ViewOn the rise

How Embo boosts up-and-coming countries

ViewMissing links

Collaboration between universities is firmly under the spotlight

ViewResearch leaders raise doubts over EU university strategy amid wait for details

Sector in the dark about what to expect after a series of consultations last year

ViewWhat’s going on in the EU: 1-13 January

This week: industry R&D drops, Horizon Europe’s budget boost and more

ViewFive areas to watch for African research in 2022

Year brings hopes for European partnerships, the next AU commissioner, and more

ViewUK-Africa health research partnership loses funding bid

TIBA project received ‘hugely disappointing news’ in December

ViewFive areas to watch for South African research in 2022

The funding crunch, vaccine mandates, racial transformation and more

ViewJust in case

Beis publishes the interim findings of the Tickell review of research red tape

ViewGovernment dementia research spending drops, despite promises

Shadow science minister Chi Onwurah accuses government of breaking promises to scientific community

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 1-12 January

This week: Māori knowledge controversy, Health Research Council funding and government scientist awards

View‘Just in case’ mentality driving red tape in R&D, says Adam Tickell

Interim findings of Birmingham vice-chancellor’s bureaucracy review criticise government assurance processes

ViewUCU calls for Boris Johnson to resign over party scandal

Union also sets out its new Covid guidance for staff and universities

ViewImpact sport

What will a UKRI consultation tell us about how researchers consider societal benefits?

ViewWellcome pledges £16bn for research over next decade

High investment returns prompt “ambitious” spending plans at UK’s largest charity

ViewGermany news roundup: 1-11 January

This week: Tübingen’s Cyber Valley expansion, Bavarian university funding and criticism from nursing scientists