Opinion

ViewThird Degree: JD Vance’s war with academia

Back page gossip from the 24 July issue of Research Fortnight

ViewLoans in the long view

Nicholas Barr suggests how Labour should approach the tuition fee system he helped design

ViewMy week, by Patrick Vallance

Ivory Tower: Exclusive extracts from the diary of the science minister

ViewHighs and lows for the EU’s R&I programme

Gains in collaboration come with warnings for the future

ViewInside out: How ‘threat’ of split R&I portfolio alarmed sector leaders

Back page gossip from the 18 July issue of Research Europe

ViewEU’s embrace of science must not serve up half-baked FP10

Ambition to inject R&I into every decision is noble but fraught, says John Whitfield

View‘Rejoining Erasmus+ would be a perfect way to reset the UK-EU relationship’

Advice for the UK’s new government from across the research and innovation world

ViewPower of three

Diana Beech suggests how Whitehall could be reshaped in the interest of universities

View7 days later

Ivory Tower: Exclusive access to the post-election diaries of the grating and the good

ViewLabour’s victory signals a reset for research

With more constructive attention from Westminster, universities can support Starmer’s vision of national renewal

ViewThe third degree: Labour’s fast start and lessons from the US

Back page gossip from the 10 July issue of Research Fortnight

ViewPriorities for Labour: ‘The nation needs an ambitious vision’

Our third look at the new government's task covers national strategy, private investment and inequality

ViewPriorities for Labour: ‘We desperately need sustainable universities’

Industrial strategy, charities and interdisciplinarity feature in our second collection of post-election expert comment

ViewReasons to be cheerful

Chris Day assesses what the change of government could mean for the university sector

ViewPriorities for Labour: ‘R&D investment is not internationally competitive’

Senior figures call for action on funding, human capital, EU relations, bureaucracy and NHS research

ViewShortfalls in EU research investment reveal wasted potential

The gap between the EU’s R&I funding and its ambition is in the spotlight again

ViewInside out: While some things change, others don’t

Back page gossip from the 4 July issue of Research Europe

ViewAI’s next frontier in research is managing projects

Automating steering and coordination can free up human expertise, say Henry Sauermann and Maximilian Köhler

ViewUniversities must do more to help researchers help society

Infrastructure and incentives for engaged research are still lacking, say Candice Carr Kelman and colleagues

ViewVoter IDs

Paula Surridge assesses how graduates will affect voting patterns in the upcoming general election

ViewThe Quiz of Britain

Ivory Tower: the ultimate game show, universities and research edition

ViewWe work for Nature. This is why we’re striking

When salaries don’t keep pace with inflation, a passion for science doesn’t pay the bills

ViewGolden goose or tradesman’s entrance?

Centuries of debate about putting science to work hold lessons for today, says David Willetts

ViewAcademics need the freedom to make their own luck

The best research environments cultivate serendipity—and the REF should recognise that, says Matthew Flinders

ViewWinds of change

Labour makes overtures to universities and RF gets a fresh look

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 26 June issue of Research Fortnight

ViewMy election week by Gillian Keegan

Ivory Tower: exclusive access to the campaign diary of the education secretary

ViewEurope’s future depends on a research renaissance

Shifting EU politics mustn’t undermine R&D, say Mari Sundli Tveit, Javier Moreno-Fuentes and Marcel Levi

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 20 June issue of Research Europe

ViewConstants amid change

Parliamentary continuity and a fresh look for Research Europe