Brexit and Gibraltar: EU wrong to ‘play the sovereignty card’ University of Gibraltar vice-chancellor Daniella Tilbury reflects on how Brexit negotiations are awakening old insecurities By Daniella Tilbury 11 April
English universities ‘may shun’ subject-level TEF HEA expert says universities may not want to jeopardise good institutional rating By Jack Grove 7 April
UK research loses more ground to Germany on ERC funding British researchers no longer win the most grants for established scientists, having already fallen behind in early career category By Holly Else 7 April
Data bites: South East England dominates Horizon 2020 Figures demonstrate the power of the ‘golden triangle’ in bidding for EU cash By Simon Baker 6 April
University autonomy in Europe ‘hit by austerity’ Warnings that state involvement in funding decisions is harming institutions’ abilities to compete By Ellie Bothwell 6 April
Hostility to ECJ imperils UK’s future in EU research V-c warns that European Court of Justice role in grant disputes makes UK association ‘difficult to see’ By John Morgan 6 April
Derrick Ball, 1930-2017 Academic whose expertise spanned economics and chemistry remembered By Matthew Reisz 6 April
EU research funding should be a three-stage rocket Horizon 2020 could have more success getting technologies off the ground if it does not neglect the basic work that sparks breakthroughs, say Geert de Snoo, Floor Frederiks, Peter Lievens and Katrien Maes By Geert de Snoo 6 April
Germany catches up with UK on ERC starting grant success More money and competition for tenure has helped country’s young researchers progress By David Matthews 5 April
Central European University in peril as Hungary passes law Parliament approves legislation that institution says would force it out of Budapest By David Matthews 4 April
Number of international students at Dutch universities soars Netherlands' market share of mobile scholars grows by 15 per cent in 10 years By Holly Else 4 April
EU research ‘still failing to include social sciences’ Without input from other disciplines, new technologies will fail to improve lives, report warns By David Matthews 3 April
