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Strong UK response raises broader questions about higher education’s humanitarian role, says Jamie Arrowsmith
New department will aid science policy but poses questions for science advice, says David Willetts
British Academy scheme will target hidden costs that block access to funding, says Simon Swain
Department is Conservatives’ latest effort to square industrial strategy with free-market ideology, says Kieron Flanagan
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Disabled research students face barriers that are still poorly understood, says Pete Quinn
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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New project aims to make science facilities more hospitable to disabled researchers, says Katherine Deane
Michael Hastings urges higher education managers and unions to swap strikes for a social pact
Heidi Fraser-Krauss argues that ChatGPT is not as bad—or as good—as you think
Ivory Tower: a new Shakespearean tragicomedy is discovered through literary scholarship
Mark Carrigan calls for more strategic direction in the way universities use social media platforms
Focus on research culture obscures wider and deeper problems, say Paul Manners and Rory Duncan
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
Disarray in government will make it harder for research to deliver benefits, says John Whitfield
Martha Longdon suggests lessons to learn from the Office for Students’ first five years
Ivory Tower: a new year and a return of our fly-on-the-wall documentary
Chris Millward suggests ways to unblock the university superhighway
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The pandemic’s legacy of increased public attention demands that researchers communicate better, says Richard Horton
Worsening ransomware threat demands an institution-wide response led from the top, says Henry Hughes
Back page gossip from the 18 January issue of Research Fortnight
Adam Golberg looks at what procedures for booking seminar rooms reveal about university culture
Prospect of strikes at UKRI highlights challenges facing the funder
Joanna Forbes asks what happens next to quality and standards in English higher education
Nancy Rothwell predicts challenges for the year ahead and makes a few wishes
Ivory Tower: We search for hope amid the grate and good of higher education
Leading higher education figures make new year’s resolutions for themselves and others
War in Ukraine, publishing prices and more—the biggest opinion pieces of the year