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Strong UK response raises broader questions about higher education’s humanitarian role, says Jamie Arrowsmith
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International cooperation and solidarity can give postwar reconstruction sound foundations, says Oksana Seumenicht
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Policies to counter nepotism influence evaluation processes and attitudes to reform, says John Whitfield
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Department is Conservatives’ latest effort to square industrial strategy with free-market ideology, says Kieron Flanagan
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Maddalaine Ansell argues that the UK needs to look after its international alumni
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Ivory Tower: We check in with the UK’s leading University Media Relations team.
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Rebuilding Ukraine’s research sector can spark a brighter future
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Back page gossip from the 23 February issue of Research Europe
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Iain Gillespie looks at what Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation could mean for Scotland’s universities
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Ivory Tower: Another REF return of a celebrity academic
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Disabled research students face barriers that are still poorly understood, says Pete Quinn
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British Academy scheme will target hidden costs that block access to funding, says Simon Swain
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New department will aid science policy but poses questions for science advice, says David Willetts
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Back page gossip from the 15 February issue of Research Fortnight
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Horizon end game draws near—a long-term view is needed
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Mary Curnock Cook reports on how students have been faring since Covid
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Ivory Tower: eyes down for a test of your numeracy and your patience
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New project aims to make science facilities more hospitable to disabled researchers, says Katherine Deane
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Michael Hastings urges higher education managers and unions to swap strikes for a social pact
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Evaluation reforms shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, say Lutz Bornmann and colleagues
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Making doctoral training more professional and selective would benefit all Europe, says Jürgen Janger
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Lemaître’s appointment to crucial research post comes just in time
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Back page gossip from the 9 February issue of Research Europe
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Heidi Fraser-Krauss argues that ChatGPT is not as bad—or as good—as you think
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Ivory Tower: a new Shakespearean tragicomedy is discovered through literary scholarship
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Mark Carrigan calls for more strategic direction in the way universities use social media platforms
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Focus on research culture obscures wider and deeper problems, say Paul Manners and Rory Duncan
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Authorship records bring sobering evidence to debate over goals and approaches, says Gali Halevi
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UK Shared Prosperity Fund is failing research—and regional growth
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Disarray in government will make it harder for research to deliver benefits, says John Whitfield
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Back page gossip from the 1 February issue of Research Fortnight
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Martha Longdon suggests lessons to learn from the Office for Students’ first five years
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Ivory Tower: a new year and a return of our fly-on-the-wall documentary
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Reforming research assessment will help academics reclaim scholarly communication, say Vinciane Gaillard and Stephane Berghmans
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EU strategy needs to do more than provide infrastructure, say Daniel Spichtinger and his colleagues
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Back page gossip from the 26 January issue of Research Europe
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The EU’s intervention on research careers cannot come soon enough