Leadership & Management Summit: shift from research to action on climate change needed We don’t need any more science to tell us what the problem is, says top BEIS adviser By Pola Lem 27 October
Budget 2021: UK pushes research spending pledge back to?2026-27 Chancellor confirms delay to funding increase but says government will maintain commitment to overall target By Anna McKie 27 October
Can the ‘Covid dividend for science’ be sustained? Governments and the public exhibited newfound appreciation for universities during the pandemic, but will institutions be able to keep building on their prestige? Ellie Bothwell reports By Ellie Bothwell 27 October
Michael Ignatieff: thinking for yourself in a university is not easy Creativity often requires a sociable setting, but academics urgently need to avoid the dangers of following fashion, says former CEU head By Matthew Reisz 27 October
Leadership & Management Summit: call for declaration to protect staff well-being Elsevier vice-president calls for manifesto on well-being signed by institutions so researchers are not seen as ‘paper-producing machines’ By Anna McKie 26 October
Assess GCSE entry bar impact on health workforce, ministers urged Data suggest that high proportion of entrants to subjects like nursing are mature learners who took access routes By Simon Baker 26 October
Leadership & Management Summit: universities ‘too indulgent’ towards online behaviour Director of SOAS University of London leads calls suggesting it might be time for university associations to step in By Rosa Ellis 25 October
Leadership & Management Summit: HE heads caution against sector focus on short-term gains Emphasis on student earning outcomes risks overlooking the bigger picture, say academics By Pola Lem 25 October
EU and UK ‘breaking promise’ on post-Brexit research ties Continuing delays on Horizon Europe association could strengthen hand of Westminster figures who were ‘never that enamoured’ about joining By John Morgan 25 October
Cutting mathematics funding would betray the future The UK government’s ?300 million funding pledge must be confirmed in the spending review, and departmental closures must stop, says Jon Keating By Jon Keating 25 October
Philip Jones: The Trick’s Jason Watkins ‘does his research’ University of East Anglia researcher impressed by on-screen portrayal in climate science drama By Matthew Reisz 23 October
Clark to PM: don’t fiddle the figures on science spending pledge Commons committee chair also raises concerns about UKRI chair’s lobbying of ministers ahead of spending review By Chris Havergal 22 October