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Syrian scholar stopped from seeing dying father among those affected by long waits for clearance, says MP Wendy Chamberlain

Dramatically increasing private spending on research may be unrealistic given current economic conditions, funder warned

Penalties for withdrawn papers and self-citation proposed by Stanford researcher would hit standing of Chinese universities

Success in securing ‘consolidator’ awards continues Britain’s resurgence since rejoining Horizon research initiative

AI-assisted software makes it easier for students to forge medical evidence for disciplinary hearings, says legal expert

Tech reskilling and digital democracy plans no distraction from furthering government’s research ambitions, says science secretary

Science secretary defends decision to dedicate nearly a fifth of UKRI budget to policy priorities

Appointment of Kathleen Fisher to lead UK ‘high-risk, high-reward’ funding body will raise questions on shift towards defence research

Timetable for phasing out testing on animals for antibody research and drug analysis is too demanding and may risk patient safety, argues expert

Strong levels of ‘instinctive’ backing for UK research cannot be taken for granted given lack of personal connection, warns science campaign group

UK delegation to Beijing paves way for ‘cautious, sensible and informed international science cooperation’ says minister

City leader outlines how government is making help available for universities to recruit top scientists and researchers

Majority of researchers feel greater pressure to focus on topics deemed important by government, says Elsevier survey

Without bespoke research funding it is harder than ever for research universities to collaborate with those in low-income countries. Jack Grove hears from two institutions that have fought to make these partnerships work

Writing a letter of gratitude for an inspirational talk or piece of advice sounds schmaltzy but it’s the best self-help therapy available, says Adrian Furnham

US climate scientist wins Maddox Prize after highlighting attempts to downplay findings about human-caused warming

UK told to strengthen and protect its visa offer to international scientists if it wants to achieve ambition of becoming Europe’s leading life sciences economy

Bosnian-born president of University of Connecticut says her unusual academic career shows how US promotes outsiders like no other country

Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ‘good disagreement’ looks like

Sethuraman Panchanathan says research funder and scientists must improve ‘storytelling’ as agency faces $5 billion cuts

Demonstrating research impact more clearly will reverse falling public support for higher education, argues scholar turned education minister

A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of leading a ‘city community of scholars’

Not our role to ‘police the personal political opinions of individual fellows,’ says president

Results of the fifth annual Knowledge Exchange Framework show research-intensive institutions performed most strongly on intellectual property and commercialisation

Research England hopes transparency pilot could lead to more accountability but critics fear bureaucracy and government control

Research England to use REF pause to consider whether institutions must meet baseline performance measures as a condition of receiving funds

Using REF to tackle research culture risks making it too ‘bureaucratic and burdensome’, university leaders warn as Vallance rethinks changes to weightings

Failure to explain how AI-aided academic writing is a form of plagiarism leaves graduate students horribly compromised, says E.M. Wolkovich

Excluding academia from the main discussions at recent national productivity summit is short-sighted and complacent, says Shamit Saggar

Huge dividends from Denmark’s weight loss drug industry are result of high tax and high investment economy, says Nobel prizewinner Morten Meldal

Ban on uninvited resubmissions of proposals at Natural Environment Research Council may cost system dearly, warns expert

Setting UK’s main research funder clearly defined objectives can bolster the case for R&I investment, finds Public Accounts Committee

Universities and institutes to receive funding to pay to relocate 60 to 80 researchers, with five of 12 winners hailing from Greater South East region

Research-intensive universities face £315 million bill for proposed fee levy, adding to pressures caused by massive erosion of fee value, says lobby group

Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu

Boris Johnson-era messaging about ‘UK greatness’ in science annoys and alienates potential research partners, says report from major funder

Leading light of Cambridge biotech industry Greg Winter says country should seize ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to poach American scientists fleeing Trump cuts

New funding model an example of ‘top-down’ research planning that will harm scientists’ careers, fears Nobelist

‘AI-powered’ tools used by research sleuths overplay scale of issue now weaponised to defund projects, according to Thomas Südhof

Frances Arnold says US science is ‘paying the price’ for not explaining benefits of research funding for ‘far too long’

Leading university to review admissions policies and scholarships as part of institution-wide focus on postgraduate participation

Much-anticipated package for recruiting foreign researchers follows similar moves by France and the European Union to snap up US scientists

Uptick in ‘unprecedented’, ‘exceptional’ and other grandiose terms within scientific papers can be traced to launch of ChatGPT, say scholars

MPs grill science minister on significance of new scheme that puts innovation spending in hands of mayors

With EU reviewing Israel’s Horizon Europe participation, some believe research boycott should form part of Keir Starmer’s potential ‘targeted sanctions’

Spending money on ‘hugely expensive Americans’ not a good use of limited resources when talent development structures at risk, warns report author

Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10

Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts

Science department will publish specific objectives with ‘corresponding key performance indicators’ for the £9.6 billion research funder this summer, reveals NAO report

Leading research institutions endorse experimental non-profit journal as it loses its impact factor

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen steps up efforts to attract American academics while taking aim at Trump’s ‘miscalculation’ of failing to support research

‘Strategic obstruction’ by over-possessive researchers is ‘pervasive’ in some disciplines, forcing many scientists to exit sector, paper claims

Finnish researcher Sulo Roukka’s Europop dance anthem won the long-running contest showcasing scientists’ musical and dance talents

With US academia under siege from the Trump administration, universities elsewhere are contemplating offering ‘asylum’ to disaffected researchers. Here, four former US academics now established abroad reflect on the potential culture shock that awaits US émigrés

Increased Treasury support must be accompanied by a greater risk appetite among institutions and investors, explain the University of Edinburgh scientists who recently sold their medical spin-out for millions of pounds

Total of £8.8 billion given to UK’s main research funder a real-terms cut but likely to be viewed favourably amid Whitehall spending reductions

Recently published jobs data shows difficulties of securing Oxbridge role, plus characteristics of those most likely to be successful

New consortium will seek to ‘supercharge’ efforts to address lack of black researchers in UK academia

UK research funders and philanthropists must step up efforts to incentivise disaffected academics to cross Atlantic, says Venki Ramakrishnan

Sector bodies hit out at lack of focus on cash-strapped sector crucial for driving economic growth and defence innovation