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The new commission must answer the big questions without delay and consult universities, say Jan Palmowski and Kurt Deketelaere

But radical thinking is needed to make its collaborative instruments more effective and convince sceptical governments of their value, says Jan Palmowski

Research, innovation and education are recognised in the European Commission president¡¯s manifesto, but let¡¯s assert their wider relevance, says Jan Palmowski

Creating a cross-border qualification within a year is hugely ambitious but the wider benefits of mobility should be huge, say Jo Angouri and Jan Palmowski

Perhaps the EU could give additional assurances that it would apply corrections if the UK won significantly less funding than it put in, suggests Jan Palmowski

The EU and the AU¡¯s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski

Universities were not prominent in Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address, but it left plenty of room for them to thrive, says Jan Palmowski

Discontent about the shortage of university posts and funding will also continue regardless of how people are judged, says Jan Palmowski

A joint EU-AU document places universities in the vanguard of increased intercontinental collaboration, says Jan Palmowski

Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski

A pan-European document could also boost institutional autonomy, budgets, policy visibility and common problem-solving ability, says Jan Palmowski