David Matthews

With association still not agreed, there will be more backup funding, addressing concerns the safety net was inadequate. At the same time, the government confirmed it has allocated £6.8B over the next three years for Horizon Europe and other joint UK-EU research

Private companies control the circulation of scientific information and the prestige of universities. They are now under pressure to act, but some caution against ending a culture of scientific openness

Russian rectors have fallen into line behind Vladimir Putin, shocking European academics. But some think their statement was made under duress

Formal joint projects are suspended. But that doesn’t mean academics can’t keep talking to Russians, or even doing private research, says the head of the German rectors’ conference

Several organisations and institutions have had to clarify they are not expelling Russian students after claims by a Kremlin-supporting official circulated on social media

Danes follow Germany in cutting academic links and sanction Belarus too

Germany has said it will cut all links. Now the UK, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands are mulling whether to follow suit. But Belgian rectors have called for ties to remain

Measures are not just about preventing Moscow getting advanced weaponry, but about causing serious harm to its economy

Christian Ehler says the EU should suspend Horizon payments to Russia, as Germany freezes all research ties with Russia in unprecedented move

As Ukraine calls on world to ‘fully isolate Russia by all means’, Germany is to block research links. Meanwhile EU policymakers are weighing whether to kick Russia out of European science organisations