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The UK has an ambitious R&D road map but the necessary steps must be taken by politicians and funding bodies, says Andrew Thompson

Three countries even received double-digit increases in 2020, but with so much new government debt, some fear cuts could be in store further down the line

Security committee chairman does not want to cultivate a culture of ¡®learned helplessness¡¯ where universities defer judgement to the government

Government refusal to allow more face-to-face teaching driven by Treasury fears of derailing indoor hospitality reopening, sector sources suggest

The pandemic experience shows universities of all kinds are willing to be partners for policy delivery, says Debra Humphris

Salary boost might be more effective than legal crackdowns in thwarting international recruiting and funding approaches, argues Oklahoma representative

Foreign students, mostly from Asia, ¡®will simply go elsewhere¡¯ if Biden doesn¡¯t act soon

Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science

Scottish Parliament poll will see consensus on fee-free HE and may leave universities looking towards independence implications

Social media may mute moderate voices, but that is no reason for researchers to presume they don¡¯t exist, argues Duke expert in polarisation

Infrastructure plan poised to bring millions of new students as well as billions of research dollars

¡®Unpredictable¡¯ sequence of cuts and increases for UK science budgets is undermining faith in spending promises, say sector leaders

Ex-chair discusses his time at regulator, next project reviewing delivery for the Westminster government and new book Accomplishment

Long-term public and economic health depends on empowering universities, businesses and health systems to work together, says Michael Spence

Online harassment is now spilling into the real world, with politically outspoken historians doxed and subject to posters warning: ¡®You are being watched¡¯

Province appears determined to deploy widely criticised tactic once Covid eases

Education institutions are being undermined from within, everywhere from Turkey to Brazil, online conference hears

Cost of associating to EU programme coming from BEIS budget, but ?250 million injection topped up from other sources

Pratap Bhanu Mehta¡¯s resignation from Ashoka underlines that financial autonomy doesn¡¯t remove fear of government anger, says Saikat Majumdar

With overseas enrolments hitting the buffers during the pandemic, debate rages over whether ÖйúAƬ¡¯s excessive reliance on this income stream is self-inflicted ¨C and how universities can keep themselves on the financial rails in future. John Ross reports

ACE and AAC&U leaders want to reverse narratives of US as ¡®closed for business¡¯ and degrees leading to ¡®25 years in your parents¡¯ basement¡¯

Matt Western says pandemic shows HE as ¡®collective benefit¡¯ helping tackle society¡¯s problems, ahead of potential Labour policy battles

Too much attention is paid to academic titles and too little to the substantial contribution they should indicate, says Brian Bloch

UK scientific heavyweights unite to condemn massive cuts to overseas research and urge rethink on potential UKRI reductions

Science minister¡¯s replacement could curb momentum on women¡¯s progress in STEM, critics fear

Further protests hit university campuses as pressure on ¡®missing middle¡¯ mounts

Universities face ban on deals with foreign partners that lack ¡®institutional autonomy¡¯, as they wrestle with similar demons

China concern drives leaders of both parties to propose nearly doubling National Science Foundation budget

New president appears to accept Trump¡¯s last-minute rules codification

Experts warn that diverting cash to pay for Horizon Europe association would exert a heavy toll on early career scholars

John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ¡®science superpower¡¯ status

Academics say universities are in the dark over their future funding levels, and ¡®compulsory¡¯ ÖйúAƬ policy creates overly high expectations for students

Government concern has not yielded concrete steps to address chronic faculty shortages and adjunctification, says Pushkar

Newcastle University scholar says she ¡®will not be silenced¡¯

Research projects examining humanitarian crises and school inequality the latest to come under a cloud

Rising public support for barring discrimination against LGBTQ people

Beijing has banned dozens of China researchers and their families, while the country¡¯s embassy to France called an expert a ¡°petty thug¡± on Twitter

Cutting existing research budgets by up to ?2 billion would put ¡®science superpower¡¯ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson

An open letter from academics across more than 20 European countries and Israel

Open letter on Ariel University from academics across Europe and Israel says EU has acted against its own position on settlements

The shortfall will damage the UK¡¯s reputation and halt projects that are making a real difference to communities worldwide, says Joanna Newman

Conservative professor¡¯s book argues that dialogue across political divide is far more productive than activism and pious placemats

Internal vetting found nothing wrong with rejected research projects, vice-chancellors tell parliament¡¯s security committee

¡®Ambiguous¡¯ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, Australian inquiry hears

Boris Johnson must rapidly step in after Treasury puts block on extra funding to cover Horizon Europe costs, sector figures warn

Administration describes move as opening bid to revive aid for sector¡¯s victims

Social Market Foundation report calls for greater incentives for sectors to collaborate, instead of ¡®ideologically fuelled¡¯ deepening of divide

Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ¡®seamless mobility¡¯ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected

Amid the economic ravages inflicted by the coronavirus, the EU has agreed a huge stimulus package. But while research in some countries looks set for a transformational boost, it may be a different story for teaching

Former Downing Street guru says UK¡¯s new research agency must be freed from ¡®expensive disaster zone¡¯ of science bureaucracy

Universities UK and Wellcome Trust express mounting fears about where funding to join European Union research programme will come from

UK¡¯s overhaul of defence and foreign policy sees science as ¡®arena of systemic competition¡¯

Netherlands government¡¯s package of support for students and universities comes as calls for fee refunds mount in England

The promise of the new lifelong learning loan allowance is undermined by the insistence on separate and impermeable tracks, says Tim Blackman

Government looking at ways to reduce cost of system as pandemic pushes enrolments up and loan repayments down

Search for small savings may mean overlooking importance of aiding students and jobs, experts warn

Programme that has politicians visit classrooms finds new vibrancy in era of heightened political tension

Autocracy starts with the violent repression of students and academics, say Matteo Fumagalli, Achim Kemmerling, Youngmi Kim and Luicy Pedroza

Measure doubles previous support and sets stage for student loan cancellations

Educational link ¡®as bad as it has ever been¡¯, with billions of dollars at stake for universities