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Scientific leaders and politicians have embraced calls to reduce the stress and precarity faced by researchers. Jack Grove examines some radical proposals

Decision will impact other tools that relied on Microsoft¡¯s database and raises questions about relying on private firms, critics say

Network aims to highlight problem of gender-based harassment in the field, support victims and encourage institutions to improve safeguarding

Richard Jones has chance to put into practice influential theories on boosting regions through research and development with role in new Innovation GM

The REF and TEF should be brought together, but adopting low-quality shortcuts would undermine the whole purpose, says Thom Brooks 

As Brussels tries again to push forward the European research area, the bloc remains fractured by investment levels, researcher mobility and national rules

Train up translation specialists and fix anomalies that discourage collaboration, Australian representative group says

Those who blur the lines between academic and professional staff are the connective tissue in the research ecosystem, say Matthew Flinders and Sarah Chaytor

Simpler options are imperfect but perhaps no more so than the panels¡¯ unavoidably cursory ¡®peer review¡¯ of submissions, says Dorothy Bishop

Lawmakers ¡®desperately seeking innovation nirvana¡¯ fail to buttress it with steadfast policies or durable statistics

The focus of research evaluation on papers and grants excludes far too many vital contributions. We must change that, says Simon Hettrick

Relying on academic research, thinktanks translate findings into the language of politicians and media, EUA president Michael Murphy argues ¨C but not always accurately

Joint statement from research-intensive institutions criticises plan to exclude UK and Swiss scholars from grants covering space and quantum computing

Scotland 2070 authors call for doubling of research spend and for institutional mergers, to boost global clout and innovation focus

Unfavourable policies stem from ¡®frustrations¡¯ over stymied reforms, former education minister says

Sectors should bury the hatchet and bolster each other¡¯s intelligence capabilities, Australian paper suggests

Experts warn that some will be left behind amid rapid sector transformation 

The pandemic has curtailed urgent discussion of open access¡¯ impact on scholarly societies, says Frank James

Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students¡¯ return

Initial data suggest a drop in published proceedings amid shift to virtual events

Co-authorship between academics based in Middle East, North Africa and Turkey is limited, study finds

Merging metrics for the REF, KEF and TEF would free up time for academics to become researchers once again, says Robert MacIntosh

In 15 out of 20 cities analysed, researchers just passing through tended to have the biggest impact  

The UK has an ambitious R&D road map but the necessary steps must be taken by politicians and funding bodies, says Andrew Thompson

Covid-19 has prompted an explosion in preprints but has curtailed networking and underlined the extra pressures on women and junior academics. Simon Baker asks whether the pandemic era is a dark blip or a bright new dawn

Border hold-ups and complex new rules are causing supply shortages in laboratories that jeopardise research, says Wellcome Sanger Institute

Scholars fear threat of lawsuits is deterring academics from exploring Polish complicity in genocide

Security committee chairman does not want to cultivate a culture of ¡®learned helplessness¡¯ where universities defer judgement to the government

Salary boost might be more effective than legal crackdowns in thwarting international recruiting and funding approaches, argues Oklahoma representative

UK academia¡¯s champion for black postgraduate students, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and others explain how scholars can help diversify graduate education

Paper finds academics are less likely to work together if they focus on very similar areas

Universities have decried the GCRF cuts, but being corralled into promoting justice globalism is not academic freedom, says Bruce Macfarlane

Top-ranked global research institutions shine in many areas but lag on local growth and boosting skills

Too much attention is paid to academic titles and too little to the substantial contribution they should indicate, says Brian Bloch

Experts warn that diverting cash to pay for Horizon Europe association would exert a heavy toll on early career scholars

New president appears to accept Trump¡¯s last-minute rules codification

Concern that Covid and award incentives deter scholars from pooling their skills

Some of the world¡¯s leading universities appear to benefit from having another top-ranked institution in their backyard

Without audit studies, we would have an impoverished understanding of discrimination, say S. Michael Gaddis, Charles Crabtree and nine others

Countries are choosing regional partners over Western giants, Nature Index data show

At the Future of Humanity Institute, early career researchers are given two years to work out which questions are really worth asking

Rich accounts of how we screamed at the television, went swimming and adapted to the ¡®surrealness¡¯ of life during a pandemic fill a new archive

An open letter from academics across more than 20 European countries and Israel

Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings¡¯ diatribe against ¡®process horror¡¯ in research

Most collaboration will continue, but emphasis on building the EU¡¯s ¡®strategic autonomy¡¯ means academics in Israel, the UK and Switzerland could be shut out of some areas

The shortfall will damage the UK¡¯s reputation and halt projects that are making a real difference to communities worldwide, says Joanna Newman

Internal vetting found nothing wrong with rejected research projects, vice-chancellors tell parliament¡¯s security committee

¡®Ambiguous¡¯ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, Australian inquiry hears

Former Downing Street guru says UK¡¯s new research agency must be freed from ¡®expensive disaster zone¡¯ of science bureaucracy

UK¡¯s overhaul of defence and foreign policy sees science as ¡®arena of systemic competition¡¯

A year since face-to-face academic conferences were cancelled, Jack Grove hears from scholars on their mixed experiences of digital events

Academics¡¯ desire to help the planet being ¡®lost amid the realities of being a researcher¡¯, survey concludes

We want commercial success but can¡¯t build it on an empty research larder, university lobby tells Canberra

Absence of sector-wide information regarding Sino-British research invites political attack from China hawks, warns study led by prime minister¡¯s brother

Departures of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell has prompted academics to ask if they should reconsider links with the technology giant

Local and international collaboration will allow institutions to tackle the challenges of sustainable development, says Tawana Kupe

Top scientists say Canada must provide more fulfilling careers for its science graduates

Unlike Dutch universities, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research cannot pay a ransom to attackers because it is a public body

Beijing follows Shenzhen and other cities in seeking to attract laureates, but experts question whether initiative will have trickle-down effect on basic science

Researchers at Scottish university urged to avoid travel ¡®wherever possible¡¯ under new strategy designed to make institution carbon-free within a decade