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

Head of European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s new Tel Aviv office wants Europeans and Israelis to get to know each other a little better

European Commission president tells MEPs EU needs a bigger budget if it wants to become a ‘world leading research region’

Country’s overarching research body, UK Research and Innovation, will remove requirement to forecast ‘long-term impact’ of projects

The director general of the European Spallation Source will lead Europe’s largest association of research infrastructures

The money will go to researchers in the fields of AI, health and sustainability

President of the Spanish National Research Council, Rosa Menéndez, explains how new cross-disciplinary platforms are bringing together diverse research teams to promote creativity and generate innovation

At a Science|Business conference, senior US official delivers the sharp message that Trump administration won’t buy the EU’s proposed terms for joining its big research programme