The Autumn Statement must not cut the UK’s R&D budget If government sets clear ambitions, innovation follows from the private sector and charities – not the other way round, says Ian Walker Ian Walker 11月 16日
Elsevier and Springer Nature sit out Plan S cost comparison tool Dozens of publishers have disclosed cost data as part of next stage of European-led open access push but ‘big two’ are absent Jack Grove 11月 16日
Germans enjoy ‘ground-breaking’ budgets despite bleak outlook Consensus with regions and reversals by parliament’s budget committee help keep coalition promises Ben Upton 11月 16日
Why do university IT systems drive staff round the bend? Edinburgh’s finance chaos exposes deeper problems with the tools institutions rely on to function day-to-day Tom Williams 11月 16日
UK students ‘at sharp end’ of cost-of-living crisis National Union of Students urges government to provide support in autumn statement as students slash spending on food and heating to get by Tom Williams 11月 16日
Vice-chancellor fears drop in UK PhD student recruitment Experts warn shrinking pool of postgraduate researchers would be ‘pretty disastrous’ Patrick Jack 11月 16日
EU countries back down over ‘bizarre’ cuts to Horizon budget But lead negotiator for parliament’s research committee said refusal to plough more unspent funds back into programme ‘cannot stand’ Ben Upton 11月 15日
Is Northern Gritstone a model for driving economic regeneration? Science and technology investment fund created by universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield injects first capital to fuel innovation shift John Morgan 11月 15日
Nancy Rothwell on superstar academics The head of the University of Manchester discusses a lifetime of science outreach, supporting regional development and the humanities Rosa Ellis 11月 15日
Norway jails researcher who let Iranians use microscope A researcher may have aided Iran’s nuclear weapons programme with unauthorised access, but his sentence was softened due to ‘deficient’ university routines Ben Upton 11月 14日
Edinburgh finance chaos having ‘profound and devastating effects’ Open letter signed by more than 2,000 documents numerous issues with new finance systems – and calls for leaders to take responsibility Tom Williams 11月 14日
Why do UK universities have no vision for their future? If the sector is to tackle the existential threats facing the world, it must rediscover its practical idealism about itself, says Nigel Thrift Nigel Thrift 11月 14日
