Science minister George Freeman visited Brussels on Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to end the 18-month deadlock over association to the EU research programme
Draft conclusions due to be adopted Friday, signal that ministers will put their weight behind Commission’s push for reforms. But they will emphasise the need to reflect the diversity of research systems across member states
The European Commission wants research institutions to reduce their reliance on journal metrics and reward researchers according to the quality of their work, not by the number of citations
Proposed Digital Services Act targets big commercial platforms, but could put extra reporting burden on education and scientific repositories, digital archives and libraries
Influential research organisations in Germany are dismayed by the speed with which the reform is being pushed forward and are reluctant to give their support