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The EU and the AU’s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski

Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at us”

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting attacks cap on medical school places that has led to institutions catering solely to students from overseas 

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee also criticises ‘unjustifiably high’ visa costs 

Shadow health secretary backing a Policy Exchange blueprint for growing doctor numbers, including the creation of up to 15 new medical schools

University reaffirms ‘commitment to freedom of expression and academic freedom’ following student protests and UCU’s call to cancel event

Westminster government signals it will seek to reinstate ‘statutory tort’ removed by peers

Regulator tells universities free speech codes should cover teaching and academics will be polled, bringing ‘independence’ rebuke

First meeting between Ucea and unions breaks up before negotiations begin due to disagreement over ‘de-escalating the dispute’

Science minister George Freeman launches International Science Partnerships Fund at THE event in Japan, with initial funding of £119 million

Students ‘unlikely to be high up the list of priorities’ for further funding despite risk of dropouts

Plos puts warnings on almost 50 papers after alleged reuse of ethical approvals, undeclared conflicts of interest and publication rates equivalent to an article every three days