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Coalition has departed from usual practice, outlining a comprehensive suite of changes if it regains government

Arriving from outside academia means UK Research and Innovation¡¯s new chief executive is more willing to take unorthodox but correct strategic decisions, say scientists

Conference also hears that proposed streamline of ARC grant schemes will give early career researchers a ¡®leg-up¡¯

UK Atomic Energy Authority boss will take over at ?9 billion UK research funder in the summer, when Ottoline Leyser steps down

More transparent and democratic decision-making within UK universities could have helped institutions avoid the financial mistakes that are now resulting in mass redundancies, argue Nicholas Grant and Nadine Zubair

University Grants Commission's move to hand power to universities to judge journal quality faces resistance from research watchdogs

UK universities must end use of year-long contracts that keep researchers in ¡®perpetual limbo¡¯, says union-led manifesto

Delayed introduction of England¡¯s campus free speech act will help scholars confront bias confirmation propagated by social media bubbles, argue Carla Ferstman and Faten Ghosn

Lack of transparency over how excellence-based allocations are spent makes them vulnerable as Russell Group makes case for flexible research funding

¡®No academic friend of mine is not deeply worried about this,¡¯ says scholar

Science minister tells Commons committee that he is more interested in maximising impact of science spending than increasing total outlay, as he emphasises need to get visa policies ¡®right¡¯

The new commission¡¯s competitiveness compass is shockingly deficient in its approach to research, says Jan Palmowski

Year-long succession process and budget delays have prompted speculation over possible reforms to ?1 billion UK innovation research agency

Distinguished scientists who left Greece¡¯s National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation criticise fragmented oversight and excess bureaucracy

Ten thousand back call for Antoine Petit to resign as president of French state research organisation

All we are seeing is a necessary course correction to counter the infiltration of bad actors, say Leslie McIntosh, Ren¨¦ Aquarius and Dorothy Bishop

Five years on since the UK officially left the European Union, Patrick Jack examines whether the consequences for universities have been as drastic as many feared at the time

Difficulty of dual career, higher student debts and university funding crisis explain why fewer medics are doing research, MRC study finds

Government ¡®cherry-picked¡¯ ideas with commercial application, despite reviewer warnings against ¡®naive¡¯ expectations of windfall profits, scientists say

Educational interventions are like making a souffl¨¦ that may or may not rise, say Billy Wong and Lydia Fletcher

Questions raised about institution¡¯s reputation as it seeks to reduce proportion of self-funded research in bid to plug ?20 million black hole

Scientists urge UK to adopt network approach for landmark project bringing public data together

The number of staff in roles serving the whole of UKRI is not evidence of centralisation, top-down control or added bureaucracy, says Ottoline Leyser

The outgoing prime minister was widely welcomed by researchers as something of a knight in shining armour after Stephen Harper¡¯s ¡®anti-science¡¯ administration. But his international student caps have made him look more like a horseman of the apocalypse to many observers. Patrick Jack reports

New strategy encourages partnerships between Chinese and foreign universities as US institutions shutter joint projects 

Switzerland¡¯s agreement to join Horizon Europe follows a roller-coaster decade during which it was twice excluded from EU research programmes owing to political squabbles with the European Commission. Emily Dixon assesses the fallout ¨C and asks whether a third exclusion can be ruled out

Seven institutes folded into four in major reshaping of research landscape

Analysis of progression criteria warns ¡®obsession with frequently ill-suited metrics¡¯ only serves to ¡®reinforce regional inequalities¡¯

The complexities of the 21st century and Japan¡¯s demographic decline demand more interdisciplinarity and internationalisation, says Teruo Fujii

Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units

Universities ¡®relieved¡¯ by balance of qualitative and quantitative data in environment evaluations

Australian National University pro vice-chancellor to serve five-year term

The scientific record should reflect what actually happened, not a sanitised narrative that leaves out the messy bits, say Ivan Oransky and David B. Allison

Labour¡¯s wholehearted support for Aria chair Matt Clifford¡¯s artificial intelligence blueprint promises more funding for scholarships and fellowships

Better tech alignment, industry guidance and identity verification would all help ¨C as would meaningful and visible punishments, says Kim Eggleton

Claims that efforts are tokenistic must be countered with bold actions to retain buy-in, make progress and maintain momentum, says Cat Davies

As more of the research process is exposed, the readiness and resources of researchers and their institutions must be considered, says Tim Errington

Disciplinary nuance and optimum word usage are likely to remain beyond chatbots trained on the imperfect existing corpus, says Brian Bloch

Divide between scientists in research institutes and teacher-researchers at universities in spotlight after op-eds

Laureate reflects on the threat posed by America¡¯s new president, why AI should be regulated and how his student days at the University of York set him on the path to success

Nokia¡¯s runaway success may have rung off a decade ago, but the Nordic nation hopes to dial up its tech prowess by increasing state investment in R&D by 80 per cent, putting the nation among the world¡¯s top spenders. Jack Grove travels to Tampere to hear about academics¡¯ role in the innovation nation

Social scientists must work hard to verify their conclusions. Too many that do not are rewarded anyway, says Martyn Hammersley

Centres of Research Excellence, officially launched today, will also strengthen the UK¡¯s leading position in biomedical sciences, says Patrick Chinnery

Current health data is largely based on Western studies and Western participants, leading to potential data gaps for Middle Eastern citizens

Closer relationships with companies needed to produce more relevant scholarship, summit hears

Larry Ellison¡¯s foundation expands partnership with top-ranked university that aims to address ¡®humanity¡¯s greatest challenges¡¯

Long timeline for review heralded almost a year ago by another review

If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns

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

Authors say findings support idea that researchers will increasingly use AI tools to design more effective experiments

There¡¯s no silver bullet when it comes to interdisciplinary success, data from inaugural THE ranking show

The president of Technical University of Munich explains his recipe for breaking down silos while retaining deep disciplinary strength

Academics who rely on the British Library¡¯s unmatched collection are still feeling the impact of a devastating cyberattack a year ago. Jack Grove hears from those affected and considers how another catastrophic breach might be averted

Freely available tool performs strongly in trials against human interviewers and traditional online surveys

Researchers identify emergence of ¡®China English¡¯ as legitimate version of language

Outpost to build on London university¡¯s existing partnerships in West Africa

Dame Karen Holford tells MPs that financial stress caused by visa restrictions are hurting R&D ecosystem while Aria bosses outline their strategy to Lords

Framework for UK health funders will require applicants to explain how they will consider and distinguish sex and gender in their work

Top universities project evolving to focus on interdisciplinary work and longer-term measures of success as 10-year anniversary nears

Pressure to publish seen as pushing up frequency of common errors including ¡®reserach¡¯, ¡®pubic health¡¯ and ¡®casual inference¡¯