Opinion

ViewCitizen’s bane

More needs to be done to engage a critical public in science policy

ViewCore values

Plans to ditch the NSS are part of an attack on aspiration, argues Emma Hardy

ViewKey workers

Ivory Tower: the UK’s premier Universities Media Relations team launch a new campaign

ViewIron versus gold

Policy triangles pose tricky questions for governments and universities

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 23 September issue of Research Fortnight

ViewThe REF-headed league

Ivory Tower: another research return from a celebrity academic

ViewEurope’s research policy faces a stormy autumn

The EU’s agenda for R&D is packed with thorny problems, says Kurt Deketelaere

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 17 September issue of Research Europe

ViewHow much for this?

The hidden costs of coronavirus could cripple academia for years

ViewSix months of No 10’s Covid briefings

Re-watching the conferences from March triggers an unsettling feeling of deja vu

ViewResearchers need more help to make the most of AI

Gaps in skills and infrastructure hinder UK academics’ use of artificial intelligence, says Ben Glover

ViewMy week by Gavin Williamson

Ivory Tower: exclusive access to the diaries of the education secretary

ViewSkidmore: Looking over the Horizon

Chris Skidmore argues that the science community should be ready to embrace alternatives to Horizon

ViewTo reopen labs, make Covid-free the goal

Building resilient science means redesigning where and how researchers work, says David Payne

ViewOpen access in the plague year

Coronavirus shows why open publishing is vital, but could make it unaffordable, says Martin Eve

ViewSpending review can unblock the innovation pipeline

Government should do more to help public spending draw in private investment, says Ian Taylor

ViewA cruel summer

Six months of chaos have proven a tough start for two junior ministers

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 9 September issue of Research Fortnight

ViewRegional research spread has hardly changed since 1980

Geographic differences in output show 40 years of stasis, say Jonathan Adams and David Smith

ViewUniversities are being asked to complete a 3D jigsaw blindfolded

University of Nottingham registrar Paul Greatrix explains what the A levels U-turn means for recruitment

ViewKnowledge Is Power—An Open Letter To UKRI

It is time to review systems that perpetuate research inequity, say Addy Adelaine and colleagues

ViewAdmission critical: A-level results will cause chaos for universities

It could be months before universities know what results mean for admissions, writes Chris Parr

ViewWorrying signs for university-business cooperation

The UK Innovation Survey should ring alarms in government, say Zak Ismail and Tomas Ulrichsen

ViewEU budget shows hard politics beats good arguments

To avoid future funding disasters, researchers must lobby harder at home, says Daniel Spichtinger

ViewUnited front

The pandemic will shape 2020—but so will a host of other stories

ViewA changed landscape

Covid-19 is driving openness at every stage of research, say David Price and Paul Ayris

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 30 July issue of Research Europe

ViewBoris and the golden fleece

Ivory Tower: we set off for an Odyssean summer blockbuster

ViewOttoline Leyser: UKRI’s mission is to connect

Agency will foster an embedded, collaborative and empowering research and innovation system, says Ottoline Leyser

ViewChange the system—together

UKRI recognises and is acting on the need to make doctoral training more diverse