On his last day in one of the most powerful research seats in Europe, Robert-Jan Smits talks about his legacy and the future.

Spending on research projects on blockchain technologies by the European Union is to jump after it announced plans to increase funding from €83 million to as much as €340 million by 2020.

Direct funding of regional university networks is being talked about by the EC and national governments. Another option would be rewarding universities according to how much they contribute to local innovation - using an assessment similar to the UK’s REF. EU support for universities is currently channelled only to specific projects, with no institutional discretion.

The European Parliament wants to substantially increase research spending to at least €120 billion in the next seven-year EU budget cycle that comes into effect after 2021. The current €77 billion research programme, “cannot satisfy the very high demand”.  from applicants.

Interview with Anne Glover, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government and to the President of the European Commission, on the role evidence takes in political decision-making.

New figures show a 19 per cent increase in departures of European staff from UK universities last year compared to before the EU referendum, and a 10 per cent rise from some 2130 resignations in 2015-16.

An EU-funded platform is helping to generate answers from known cases by enabling scientists to pool and compare genomic and clinical data.

The drop in the UK’s share of EU funding for research and innovation has been steepest in the more collaborative parts of the Framework programme.

The latest report of the Knowledge Exchange initiative presents an overview and a synthesis of the evolving landscape of "Federated Research Data Infrastructures".

Dominic Raab, the justice minister, has said that the UK government will lay out "its vision" for cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community, Euratom, within weeks.

International University of Sarajevo will become the first University in the region to implement a Gender Equality Plan, which will be funded by the EU through Horizon2020 program.

Larger political deal achieves a long-standing goal of scientific community, but hard tasks lie ahead.

Giving EU nationals the right to remain in the UK will boost confidence, say observers. 

Joint publication from EU and UK negotiators confirms EU-funded research will be protected and citizens’ rights upheld.

A vision for an ambitious, close and achievable future agreement on research and innovation.

EU research ministers have backed away from calling for a major funding increase for the bloc’s next research and innovation Framework programme.

Bringing €100 billion to the European economy.

Commission aims to provide instant access to data stores across Europe, but some scientists worry about governance, control and costs.

European national education systems are becoming more inclusive and effective.

EU leaders highlighted their political support for enhanced cooperation in education.

329 Consolidator Grants worth €630 million.

The ERC has announced today the awarding of the Consolidator Grants that go to 329 top researchers across Europe.

European Commission renews glyphosate license despite debate on cancer risk.

European leaders and the European Commission have backed proposals to step up higher education mobility and exchanges and create a network of European universities with integrated study programmes and curricula that enable students to study abroad.