Opinion

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 23 February issue of Research Europe

ViewFirst minister, next steps

Iain Gillespie looks at what Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation could mean for Scotland’s universities

ViewX-Men, first class

Ivory Tower: Another REF return of a celebrity academic

ViewTailored support needed to make PhDs accessible

Disabled research students face barriers that are still poorly understood, says Pete Quinn

ViewSupport for applications will make research more equitable

British Academy scheme will target hidden costs that block access to funding, says Simon Swain

ViewReshuffle resolves some tensions at risk of creating others

New department will aid science policy but poses questions for science advice, says David Willetts

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 15 February issue of Research Fortnight

ViewTime running out

Horizon end game draws near—a long-term view is needed

ViewBack to the future

Mary Curnock Cook reports on how students have been faring since Covid

ViewExam paper

Ivory Tower: eyes down for a test of your numeracy and your patience

ViewHow can labs become more accessible?

New project aims to make science facilities more hospitable to disabled researchers, says Katherine Deane

ViewCommon purpose

Michael Hastings urges higher education managers and unions to swap strikes for a social pact

ViewMetrics have their merits

Evaluation reforms shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, say Lutz Bornmann and colleagues

ViewEfforts to tackle precarity should focus on PhDs

Making doctoral training more professional and selective would benefit all Europe, says Jürgen Janger

ViewRight on cue

Lemaître’s appointment to crucial research post comes just in time

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 9 February issue of Research Europe

ViewTalking chatbots

Heidi Fraser-Krauss argues that ChatGPT is not as bad—or as good—as you think

ViewRishi the Third

Ivory Tower: a new Shakespearean tragicomedy is discovered through literary scholarship

ViewTwitter thread

Mark Carrigan calls for more strategic direction in the way universities use social media platforms

ViewUniversities face a crisis in professional culture

Focus on research culture obscures wider and deeper problems, say Paul Manners and Rory Duncan

ViewData show how far diversity in science still has to go

Authorship records bring sobering evidence to debate over goals and approaches, says Gali Halevi

ViewOut of place

UK Shared Prosperity Fund is failing research—and regional growth

ViewPolicy polycrisis threatens UK’s R&D ambitions

Disarray in government will make it harder for research to deliver benefits, says John Whitfield

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 1 February issue of Research Fortnight

ViewExperience matters

Martha Longdon suggests lessons to learn from the Office for Students’ first five years

View24 Hours in HE: industrial inaction

Ivory Tower: a new year and a return of our fly-on-the-wall documentary

ViewEvaluation and communication are two sides of the same coin

Reforming research assessment will help academics reclaim scholarly communication, say Vinciane Gaillard and Stephane Berghmans

ViewMake data reuse a habit

EU strategy needs to do more than provide infrastructure, say Daniel Spichtinger and his colleagues

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 26 January issue of Research Europe

ViewCrisis point

The EU’s intervention on research careers cannot come soon enough