Russia-Ukraine war reshapes global research collaboration China gains influence over neighbour as impact of Western boycotts already visible in paper co-authorship By Pola Lem 22 December
Former USW v-c to chair Wales’ new post-16 education regulator Dame Julie Lydon joined at Commission for Tertiary Education and Research by former Research England chief David Sweeney By Chris Havergal 22 December
ERC evaluation overhaul focuses on proposals over track record Tweaks to assessment processes are designed to broaden assessment and mollify disciplines that felt disadvantaged By Ben Upton 21 December
Colin Harvey: critics seek to ‘delegitimise’ Irish unity research Embattled human rights professor faced abuse and threats online after DUP leader questioned latest report By Tom Williams 21 December
Centralised hiring a barrier to research assessment reform Systems with national hiring and promotion systems such as Italy, Poland and Spain may struggle the most with European agenda By Ben Upton 21 December
Indefinite strike or ‘escalating’ action? The choice facing UCU Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations By Tom Williams 20 December
Academics struggle to get visas for relatives to visit UK Bestselling Albanian author Lea Ypi among those prevented from seeing family members because of 网曝门 Office decisions By Tom Williams 20 December
Ministers ‘unlikely’ to remove students from migration statistics New chair of Commons education committee ‘concerned’ by moves to limit study visas By Tom Williams 19 December
UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself By Ben Upton 19 December
Free speech bill fans urge ministers to force home right to sue Government tipped to win battle with peers who removed statutory tort and are ‘unwilling to compromise’ By John Morgan 19 December
Building Africa’s science capacity requires broader, fairer collaboration The EU and the AU’s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski By Jan Palmowski 19 December
New Danish government keeps ‘harmful master’s experiment’ Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at us” By Ben Upton 17 December
