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ViewHow the Ukraine war is changing publications

A physics experiment in Japan is allowing Russian co-authorship by removing all institutional affiliations

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A long hot summer of higher-education discord lies ahead

ViewUK signs science agreement with New Zealand

Deal promises joint R&D on new technology, exchanges of scientists and business innovation missions

ViewUK and German universities explore closer ties

Russell Group and U15 group of research-intensive institutions agree to establish joint committee on collaboration

ViewBank balances

An analysis of universities’ financial sustainability and Michelle Donelan instructs universities on marketing

ViewDfE targets ‘misleading’ university claims in marketing

Institutions told to include data on dropout rates and graduate job progression in their advertising

ViewAt least 115 UK researchers to lose their ERC grants

Nineteen researchers are leaving UK to keep their European Research Council funding

ViewWarning for European R&D ‘going unheard’ among politicians

“Hope is fading” for Stick to Science campaign on Swiss and UK ties to EU

ViewDonelan to ‘name and shame’ those not backing NDA pledge

Minister again urges universities to sign her pledge on ending NDAs in sexual harassment cases

ViewFreeman: three reasons why plan B is taking so long

UK science minister addresses concerns over delays to Horizon Europe backup plan

ViewBritish scientists told they will be dropped from EU space projects

Participation in Copernicus earth observation programme latest casualty of political dispute between UK and EU

ViewRussian scientists ‘should not be punished over Ukraine’

Science minister says UK government sanctions are not seeking to damage careers of individual scientists

ViewDegrees of incredulity

Michelle Donelan hits back after days of press interest in her policies

ViewGCRF and Newton projects get final £24m to ‘close with impact’

Money will also “support pilot activity” for UK government’s “new unified global R&D partnership fund”

ViewLords hear criticism of ‘unnecessary’ free speech bill

Higher education bill also praised by some during fiery second reading in upper chamber

ViewSenedd passes bill to reform Welsh education and research

Bill creating commission to oversee universities and research will become law after royal assent

ViewREF 2021: ‘case-study cliff edge’ suggests gaming

Panel member fears that staff contracts may have changed to fit in with REF requirements

ViewChange at the top for medical journals’ impact

Lancet leapfrogs NEJM as Covid-19 drives surging citation numbers for medical journals

ViewFreeman ‘appalled’ by EU attitude to ERC winners as researchers consider options

Science minister says Horizon plan B is ready for sign-off, despite uncertainties over academy-run fellowships

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University autonomy is at the forefront of the current higher education debate

ViewBBSRC ‘failing’ to invest in R&D firms in antimicrobial-resistance

Number of SMEs working in AMR field has decreased in recent years, MPs told

ViewUK health R&D funder launches open-access platform

Initiative allows researchers to quickly publish “any research information” including incremental and negative findings

ViewUK government quadruples funding for Ukrainian researchers

Science minister George Freeman says the scheme is “not about poaching Ukrainian researchers”

ViewDonelan: ‘Consider carefully’ membership of diversity schemes

Minister urges universities to reconsider membership of race and gender charters

ViewThe other union

The UCU cannot decide on the way forward over pay and pensions, but Unison has

ViewNew way to publish research results to launch this week

Octopus publishing platform aims to “shift incentive structure” in research assessment

ViewUK academies approached to run replacement ERC fellowships

Plan B alternative to Horizon Europe “still a work in progress” despite science minister’s statements

ViewOver the Horizon

Failure to associate with Horizon Europe appears to be having detrimental effect in UK

ViewAt least 18 ERC grantees to leave UK amid Horizon uncertainty

Only 20 of around 150 recent UK-based winners of ERC grants committed to stay

View‘More collaboration needed’ on PGR training in Scotland

Scottish Funding Council is taking applications to its advisory group on supporting Scotland’s postgraduate researchers