Member states confirm former EU auditor as new commissioner for research, innovation and education, replacing Mariya Gabriel

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

Some university leaders are encouraged by UK joining, while one now feels ‘alone in Europe’. Meanwhile, in the latest severing of links, the Commission has shut the Swiss out of a university translation network

Member states due to officially confirm Iliana Ivanova as new commissioner for research, innovation and education next week

University heads from the UK and Germany are meeting in Hamburg to discuss restoring collaboration. But it could perhaps take up to five years to get back on track, one warns

Canada is closest to a deal for access to EU R&D programme. Japan, South Korea and Switzerland are also in line. But local political and budget issues may make access slower than researchers hope

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?

London now has a firmer guarantee it will get money back if UK researchers fail to win enough grants from the research programme. But the deal is still lopsided - in the EU’s favour

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