UK to remain part of the EU single market and customs union, as well as EU programmes, between 29 March 2019 - the date it leaves the block - and 31 December 2020, the end of the transition period.

Pioneering dementia scientist Prof John Hardy to donate prize money to anti-Brexit group.

Given significant changes in publishing research article over the past dozen or so years, the Wellcome Trust thinks the time is right to look again at its OA policy.

Pension changes spur more than 40,000 university academics to walk out on research activities, conferences and lectures.

Institutions have made little progress against the misuse of research metrics when hiring and promoting academics.

Birmingham Health Partners will lead one of six new sites across the UK created to address challenging healthcare issues through use of data science, funded by £30 million from Health Data Research UK.

All seven of the UK’s research councils have signed up to a declaration that calls for the academic community to stop using journal impact factors as a proxy for the quality of scholarship.

UK announces plans for the ethical oversight of AI as it is increasingly used to drive cars, diagnose patients and even to help determine prison sentences.

The UK has gained a new science minister as part of a broader reshuffle of government posts. Sam Gyimah, who moves from the Ministry of Justice, was appointed minister for universities and science on 9 January, replacing Jo Johnson.

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.

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.

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.

Without action, the UK might end up in the situation of funding both subscriptions and article-processing charges on an ongoing basis.

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.

Long-awaited industrial strategy pins hopes on commercial gains from research.

The UK government’s long-awaited industrial strategy has arrived. It brings with it a fund to support interdisciplinary research and funding boosts for both the research councils and quality-related research funding.

A drop in the total number of students from both the UK and the European Union entering higher education this year.

Survey suggests European scholars are resistant to UK continuing to enjoy full participation in programmes such as Horizon 2020

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has made investment in research the centrepiece of his budget.

After promising a major new investment in science last year, the U.K. government is planning another significant increase in spending.

Some of the 1,250 people working at the year-old laboratory say its open plan layout, designed to produce collaboration, makes it hard to focus on work