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While other countries have assessed the overall impact of Brexit, Sweden is alone in analysing the specific effects on R&D. There could be severe consequences for the size and shape of Framework Programmes that will reverberate through Swedish research

Try as they might, no one can see a bright side to Brexit, either for the UK or the EU27. The only course is damage limitation, agreed speakers at a debate ‘Brexit the scientific impact’

As a former investment banker, Macron understands venture capital and what it takes to promote innovation. He wants to push on with university reform and improve science teaching, but the exact shape of his agenda hangs on parliamentary elections

EU chief negotiator says there will be no clarity on the future research relationship until there is an agreement on citizenship

A meta-analysis of the latest research and reports on public investment in green energy points to areas with biggest returns for the economy and the climate

Half way in, more effort is needed to develop Europe’s data economy and tackle cybersecurity, according to midterm review of digital single market strategy

Orion will explore ways in which research and funding organisations can open up how they fund, organise, conduct and disseminate research

Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, deputy director general for research, in surprise move to US pharma group in June

Survey of 1,286 researchers underlines the importance of international collaboration and mobility in science and engineering

Using gene editing in plant and animal breeding does not involve adding foreign DNA and is outside the scope of EU regulations on GMOs. But the EU needs to urgently clarify the status of organisms bred in this way, say Europe’s science academies

UK chemical industry needs certainty on validity of EU registration under the REACH regulation, say MPs

Belgian university tops Reuters innovation league table for second year running

Some of the biggest European university and research associations have come together to call on the European Union to follow their 10 recommendations for European research: the Coimbra Group, the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH), the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), the European University Association (EUA), the League of European Research Universities (LERU), The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities and The Leiden Group.

Participants and member state governments have given their views on the EU’s R&D programme Horizon 2020 to date. The verdict: good, but in need of several big mid-course adjustments. Low success rates, lengthy proposals and lack of feedback are common complaints

Senior EU leaders took on Hungary’s prime minister in war of words, as Brussels launched legal proceedings against new law in Hungary that could force the independent Central European University to close