MEPs warn the European Commission’s ambitious agenda in artificial intelligence and greening the economy are stretching limited resources thin

Amanda Solloway MP is promoted from the backbenches, but post is downgraded to lower rank, with responsibility for universities split off to a different portfolio

Finding a compromise on the EU’s next budget is no doubt a highly complex task. But after the lean years since the 2008 crash, there must be a commitment to increasing investment in research, innovation and higher education

One consequence of Brexit closed a financing source to UK start-ups on 1 Feb. – but access could re-open if a UK and EU trade deal includes Horizon Europe participation

A Trump salvo against the EU’s Horizon research programme opens a new area of Transatlantic conflict. Time for Europe to step up

A complex compromise fashioned by the new Council president runs into political opposition as budget summit approaches. It’s time to end the ‘liar’s poker’, says MEP Ehler

French president warns member states squabbling over size of next long-term EU budget to look at spending on key technologies in China and US

Johnson sacks Chris Skidmore in cabinet reshuffle – signalling changes ahead in university and science policy

European Commission white paper will consider mandatory testing for ‘high-risk’ AI and updated safety and liability laws 

Innovation clusters could thread multiple EU funding streams together to promote regional development. But those on the ground say fragmented schemes make this impossible, and reforms can’t go ahead until the 2021 – 27 budget is agreed