Science

The government is being urged not to implement immigration proposals that it is claimed could have a damaging effect on UK science, engineering and wider academia.

Projects focussing on graphene and research into the human brain have won what the European Commission has called “the largest research excellence award in history”.

Research Councils UK plans strategy to benefit from global collaboration. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Council’s chair ditches ‘misleading’ wording on strategic importance of research. Paul Jump writes

Graphene discoverer takes aim at applied bias and short-term thinking. Paul Jump reports

Sir John O’Reilly will soon become the sector’s most powerful civil servant. He talks to Elizabeth Gibney