Opinion

ViewSpads: flag

Ivory Tower: our Whitehall-based sit-com returns, and not a moment too soon

View‘This makes it hard to know what it means to have an award’

Cuts to aid-funded projects will damage trust in UK research worldwide, says Lorna Wilson

ViewOne year on

What should the path from the pandemic look like for research?

ViewEurope needs a common approach to assessing research careers

A coherent but flexible framework would boost excellence across the continent, says Jan Palmowski

ViewTake this chance to reboot Europe’s R&D spending

Post-pandemic funding and policy initiatives can help end decades of stagnation, says Daniel Spichtinger

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 25 March issue of Research Europe

ViewOne year on: views of the pandemic

Special edition: Covid-19 comment from our Research Europe and Research Fortnight contributors

ViewThe Wokest Link

Ivory Tower: the quiz of the week, live from the government’s £2.6m press briefing room

ViewHow do you run the REF in a pandemic? We still don’t know

Pre-Covid approach to evaluation won’t necessarily work this time, say Gemma Derrick and Julie Bayley

ViewUK innovation policy is stuck between forward and reverse

Government’s actions do not match its ambition to build a science superpower, says Kieron Flanagan

ViewHow to get better recognition for technicians

Simple steps to capture contributions would bring wide benefits, say Clare McLaren and Alan Dent

ViewIgnoble Britain

Cuts to aid-funded research programmes are a disgrace

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 17 March issue of Research Fortnight

ViewAria is an oldie, but there’s no sign it will be a hit

MPs should ask Dominic Cummings why his pet funding agency is needed, says James Wilsdon

ViewEquality act

David Isaac argues that universities should be obliged to make decisions based on socioeconomic considerations

ViewCameo appearance

Ivory Tower: Personalised videos featuring your favourite higher education and research stars

ViewReviewers of Covid papers play the good cop

The pandemic has turned reviewers from gatekeepers into coaches, says Serge Horbach

ViewThe questions we should be asking about vaccine passports

Ethical issues around certification cut across scales of space and time, says Cian O’Donovan

ViewSlow and unsteady

Covid-19 could spur higher education to diversify—at long last

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 11 March issue of Research Europe

ViewTake the European Universities Initiative to the next level

A streamlined and open programme can build on existing energy, say Dorothy Kelly and colleagues

ViewInspiring through innovation

International Women’s Day: Amanda Solloway says the way to break barriers is backing female pioneers

ViewWorsening research culture has hit women hardest

In some ways, female academics had it easier 30 years ago, says Catherine Mitchell

ViewWomen ahead

On the eve of International Women’s Day, Parveen Yaqoob suggests university priorities for gender equality

ViewThe lockdown diaries: crocus of hope edition

Ivory Tower: another peek at the journals of the great and grating

ViewMinds in need

On University Mental Health Day, Emma Hardy argues that student mental health requires urgent attention

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 3 March issue of Research Fortnight

ViewA vision for UK research and innovation

The nation’s science must be well funded, outward-looking and open to all, says Adrian Smith

ViewSolidarity is survival

Universities have a vital role to play in tackling the climate crisis, says Joanna Newman

ViewPartnership of equals?

Collaboration with China brings huge benefits but needs more oversight, say Jo Johnson and colleagues