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ViewThe Third Degree

Back page gossip from the 30 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewTime for exchange

Willie Rennie says the Scottish government must act now to develop a replacement for Erasmus

ViewSilence of the RAMs

Ivory Tower: Another research return of a celebrity academic

ViewPantomime season

Annual tussle over research funding should face the final curtain

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 24 November issue of Research Europe

ViewAftermath

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

ViewThe Ivory Tower awards 2022

Ivory Tower: our annual celebration of the worst of higher education and research

ViewThe Third Degree

Back page gossip from the 16 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewHopes and fears

The budget will be followed by more tough choices for research

ViewStop doing helicopter research in UK communities

Regional universities need to take back control of research for policymaking, says Paul Crawshaw

ViewEurope faces a cancer crisis

Progress will unravel without improved research funding and strategy, say Mark Lawler and Richard Sullivan

ViewIt’s getting so universities can’t afford to win funding

Arma 2022: Bridging gaps between grants and projects’ costs is increasingly difficult, says Lorna Wilson

ViewThe trusted research agenda demands dedicated resources

Arma 2022: Universities adapting at different speeds to changing international collaboration regulations, says Sapna Marwaha

ViewThe (partial) rise of (partial) randomisation

Arma 2022: Adam Golberg has a (partial) list of questions for funders, researchers and universities

ViewSpending and stability

Erica Conway lays out what universities want from the chancellor’s autumn budget

ViewManaging: My word!

Ivory Tower: UK higher education gets the hair dryer treatment

ViewDecolonising the home

Osaro Otobo suggests accommodation pressures are particularly acute for Black students

ViewPreprints and journals should be a happy marriage

The research system needs speedy and rigorous communication channels working in tandem, says Gregory Gordon

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 10 November issue of Research Europe

ViewEuropean values

Being true to EU values is hard, but worth doing

ViewSupplies for schools

Rachel Hewitt warns that reforms to university teacher training could prove unsustainable

ViewCommittee minutes

Ivory Tower: Exclusive access to the National Science and Technology Council WhatsApp group

ViewUK universities are losing their edge in research

Long-term projects may fare better in standalone labs insulated from audit culture, says Martin Rees

ViewREF-by-numbers still doesn’t add up

Latest data comparing peer judgments with citations reinforces caveats around metrics, says Jonathan Adams

ViewThe Third Degree

Back page gossip from the 2 November issue of Research Fortnight

ViewWhat remains

Researchers need political allies, but politicians need research

ViewFrom uncertainty to austerity: scary times for UK research

Chaos at the top of government promises researchers several flavours of trouble, says John Whitfield

ViewLiving room

Jon Wakeford argues that the student housing crisis requires a response

ViewFour ministers and a fireplace

Ivory Tower: a Whitehall farce of comic appointments

ViewEuropean Universities Initiative demands system-level reforms

Structural factors currently prevent alliances reaching their potential, say Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik and Enora Bennetot Pruvot