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The rush to expand policy engagement without understanding the goals for each side risks creating structures and processes that work for no one. Here's how to understand each other better.
The pandemic showed the benefits of a system based around reviewing preprints. Why was eLife the only journal to respond, asks Damian Pattinson.
Responding to early-career researchers' honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science.
A significant budget boost, including for the ERC, MSCA and EIC, must not be undermined by the next two years of wrangling.
As more of the research process is exposed, the readiness and resources of researchers and their institutions must be considered
Horizon Europe successor must vastly increase research funding for Europe to compete
Five pointers to help researchers get policymakers interested in their work, based on a guide co-created by government and academics from the University of Leeds
Politicians are novices by design, so tailoring your communications with them gives you the best chance of cutting through.
Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa.
Universities see room for reasonable new legal restraints on foreign-funded scientists but fear overreach as final deal comes into shape.
The silence of other universities about an apparent clampdown on lawful speech is a betrayal of their mission, says Jonathan Rosenhead.
In the first of a new 'talking leadership' interview series, Rosa Ellis meets the Johns Hopkins University president to discuss how he is realigning the institution to educate students about democracy and encourage them to contest ideas.
University and College Union general secretary says sector leaders who focused on turnout were 'not listening to a consistent message that staff have been delivering to them'.
Humanistic fields are vital to solving the world's most urgent problems; they also help students shape successful careers and meaningful lives, argue Agustín Rayo and Hashim Sarkis.
The tactful approach can be effective but it risks obscuring the necessity and urgency of improvements, says Chris Moore.
UK Research Supervision Survey raises concerns about increased demands during pandemic.
Universities in Europe 'strongly regret' that finalisation of association is still elusive 10 months after Brexit agreement.
The UK archaeology programme, which is being revived on YouTube, represents an ideal to which other disciplines can aspire.
Following the military coup, Burmese faculty and students fear annihilation of a budding modern higher education system, says Kyaw Moe Tun.
Uncritical and misinformed imitation of physics or biology is a misconception of collaboration.
Researchers in developing countries could be frozen out by high article charges unless wider publishing reform is undertaken, say four Brazilian researchers.
Female representation now proportionate to UK academia as a whole, even if ethnic minorities still fall short.
