Extra research cash to fund UK’s Horizon Europe participation
Cost of associating to EU programme coming from BEIS budget, but £250 million injection topped up from other sources

Cost of associating to EU programme coming from BEIS budget, but £250 million injection topped up from other sources

John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ‘science superpower’ status

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

International student mobility was the rock on which universities built their empire. With Covid turning prior certainties into unknowns, what now?

With overseas enrolments hitting the buffers during the pandemic, debate rages over whether higher education’s excessive reliance on this income stream is self-inflicted – and how universities can...

Allocation of £422 million last year cut to £125 million this year

Funder says it is unlikely to be able to support ‘majority’ of awards beyond July, and will be unable to approve new applications

Different university groupings should have strong, distinctive capabilities that address specific markets, says John H. Howard

Anna McKie talks to three experts about the benefits of embedding the concept of students co-creating their own learning

Unions continue to resist idea of expanding face-to-face tuition further this year

Advanced Research and Invention Agency bill confirms plan to place agency beyond reach of Freedom of Information Act

Universities UK and Wellcome Trust express mounting fears about where funding to join European Union research programme will come from

Boris Johnson must rapidly step in after Treasury puts block on extra funding to cover Horizon Europe costs, sector figures warn

UK scientific heavyweights unite to condemn massive cuts to overseas research and urge rethink on potential UKRI reductions

International advisory panel heads condemn ‘inexcusable’ handling of cuts to research supported by foreign aid