Thomas Brent

A debate on how the EU’s Widening measures, which aim to close the east/west innovation divide, should be reformulated in the next framework research programme is heating up, with the Commission already hinting at possible changes

Two open letters have been sent to Poland’s president and prime minister in an attempt to prevent the National Science Centre - the main basic research funding agency - from closure

The campus opened in 2020 after Brexit made it harder for EU students to go to the UK. From an initial cohort of 12 the university expects to enrol 180 – 200 students in the coming academic year

You wouldn’t have a football world cup without the best teams, and equally you shouldn’t have a research programme without the best scientists, says Maria Leptin on the UK’s return to the fold

Now that science relations between EU and UK are on the mend, Europe’s science community can breathe a deep sigh of relief. But how did we get here? And what do the science lobbies think of it?

As most breathe a sigh of relief, a leading MEP questions concession it is claimed could allow the UK to win grants over and above its contribution. The UK is not rejoining the Erasmus study abroad scheme or lifting post-Brexit visa requirements

The researcher behind the government backed computer science centre laments the EU’s slow, top-down approach to innovation and backs the Sofia-based facility to succeed by carrying out high quality research, providing the feedstock for start-ups

Experts charged with shaping the European Research Area have differing views on what to prioritise. Discussions have now begun on which of the proposed actions should be taken forward in the 2025 – 2027 agenda

The commissioner-to-be has set out her views on the Horizon Europe budget, association, strategic autonomy and the east-west innovation divide ahead of the hearing in Parliament next week

The country’s low number of PhDs and unattractive academic career pathways has left it struggling to replace retiring academics and is holding back its research performance