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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

ViewTime running out

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

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 15 February issue of Research Fortnight

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

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

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 1 February issue of Research Fortnight

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

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

ViewDrive for change

Chris Millward suggests ways to unblock the university superhighway

ViewDavos diaries

Ivory Tower: the elite of higher education and research are up a mountain

View‘We must pour investment into building trust in science’

The pandemic’s legacy of increased public attention demands that researchers communicate better, says Richard Horton

ViewCybersecurity should be part of every university’s strategy

Worsening ransomware threat demands an institution-wide response led from the top, says Henry Hughes

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 18 January issue of Research Fortnight

ViewA room booking of one’s own

Adam Golberg looks at what procedures for booking seminar rooms reveal about university culture

ViewSnowball effect

Prospect of strikes at UKRI highlights challenges facing the funder

ViewQuality control

Joanna Forbes asks what happens next to quality and standards in English higher education

ViewFutures research

Nancy Rothwell predicts challenges for the year ahead and makes a few wishes

ViewIrresolution 2023

Ivory Tower: We search for hope amid the grate and good of higher education

ViewTime of resolve

Leading higher education figures make new year’s resolutions for themselves and others

ViewTop stories of 2022: Opinion

War in Ukraine, publishing prices and more—the biggest opinion pieces of the year