Opinion
Estimate that spending target has been hit will shake up innovation policy, says Kieron Flanagan
National evaluation was invented to concentrate funding. Will that change this time, asks Kieron Flanagan?
The REF is ripe for radical change, say Stephen Curry, Elizabeth Gadd and James Wilsdon
Constructive advice on failed proposals is hugely valuable to early-career researchers, says Gemma Derrick
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Department is Conservatives’ latest effort to square industrial strategy with free-market ideology, says Kieron Flanagan
The British approach to assessment is colonising the world—with mixed results, says Marta Wróblewska
City-centre developments need social missions from the start, say Alina Kadyrova and colleagues
From technopopulism, to Hawking, to words to live by, James Wilsdon picks his favourite titles
Researchers may want emergency measures to continue, but public trust has eroded, says Cian O’Donovan
The chancellor’s largesse won’t relieve all the pressures on UK research policy, says James Wilsdon
How the technology will impact academic life is poorly understood, say Jennifer Chubb and colleagues
Starmer’s science policy should also prioritise climate, biomedicine and a digital NHS, says Melanie Smallman
A new guide captures a system in flux, say Gavin Costigan and James Wilsdon
Not everyone vital to research has “researcher” in their job title, says Andy Dixon
Pre-Covid approach to evaluation won’t necessarily work this time, say Gemma Derrick and Julie Bayley
Government’s actions do not match its ambition to build a science superpower, says Kieron Flanagan
MPs should ask Dominic Cummings why his pet funding agency is needed, says James Wilsdon
Ethical issues around certification cut across scales of space and time, says Cian O’Donovan
Talk with—not at—the public, or risk losing the argument again, says Jack Stilgoe
The Political Science bloggers pick the books that helped them get to grips with 2020
We know what the government wants, but not how it’ll get there, says Kieron Flanagan
No more grand declarations—it’s time for action, say Stephen Curry and James Wilsdon
Research is global, and the UK can't make its rules in isolation, says Gemma Derrick
Survey of 2021 exercise will help shape future assessments, say Catriona Manville and James Wilsdon
Unexamined assumptions and narrow worldviews riddle everyday academic practice, say Faith Mkwananzi and Melis Cin
Expecting ‘The Science’ to settle controversial policy questions never ends well, says Angela Cassidy
The idea that government advisers can separate science and politics is bogus, says Melanie Smallman
Expecting data to defeat Covid-19 is unrealistic and risky, says Saba Mirza
Universities should not be given extra time just to polish their submissions, says Gemma Derrick
Start thinking how to mitigate Covid-19’s impact on researchers’ productivity, says Kyungmee Lee
Social science, humanities—and society—can answer questions that science alone cannot, says Stephen Hughes
Early career researchers need peer review that can turn rejection into growth, says Gemma Derrick
Science and technology lie behind this election’s clash of worldviews, says Melanie Smallman
Andy Stirling describes a new project aiming to help science and innovation serve global goals
A public consultation on self-driving cars has raised important and challenging questions, says Jack Stilgoe
Bolsonaro is disastrous, but the assault on universities began before him, says Arthur Moreira
Understanding how research works doesn’t mean reinventing the wheel, says James Wilsdon