Short-term government policies ‘holding back innovation’
Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for research

Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for research

Reading room of historic Jagger library ‘completely gutted’

Gabriel Paquette is impressed by an ambitious account of how a continent has kept trying to reinvent itself after major wars

Sector leaders say governments should ‘nudge’, not direct, university commercialisation efforts

Centres of invention such as Silicon Valley ‘a model for burgeoning inequality’, summit hears

Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students’ return

Boris Johnson ‘completely wrong’ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ‘reeks of insecurity’, innovation expert tells THE summit

The woeful environmental record of the UK’s research-intensive universities illustrates a lack of leadership and incentives to cut emissions, says Bill Spence

Senators warm to massive federal funding hike, but with greater share for non-elite institutions

Academics question whether autonomy will be protected as an ambitious national policy is implemented

Students want to learn more about sustainable development and feel prepared for the jobs of the future, says Jamie McGowan

Initial data suggest a drop in published proceedings amid shift to virtual events

A failure of imagination and aversion to networking is preventing doctoral students finding rewarding careers outside academia, says Max Horder

Qualities of silent endurance and self-containment embodied by the Duke of Edinburgh are unlikely to resonate with, or help, a generation of students faced with adversity, says Adrian Furnham

German study finds academics favouring Springer Nature and Wiley, with authors warning smaller publishers could be squeezed out