The Observer view on the Horizon Europe research programme: the best hope for British science
Rishi Sunak is still dithering about whether to rejoin the EU’s £85bn scheme or force our scientists to go it alone with UK funding
February 2023
UK ready to snub key EU science research scheme if Brexit row not resolved
Amid stalemate over UK joining Horizon Europe due to Northern Ireland protocol, Michelle Donelan looks to allies outside bloc
August 2022
Lack of maths funding will hinder UK’s scientific progress
Letter: Maths is the bedrock of all the sciences, but promised funding is yet to be delivered, writes Prof Ulrike Tillmann
July 2022
Notebook
Anyone who thinks Birmingham was not on the map needs to just buy a map
Tim Adams
Embarrassingly, the culture secretary thinks the Midlands need sport in order to make a mark
March 2022
UK universities brace for impact of sanctions against Russia
Most academics back research boycott but ‘there is a case for maintaining ties’, says Oxford professor
February 2022
UK scientists fear brain drain as Brexit rows put research at risk
Projects in jeopardy as EU revokes millions in grant offers after failure of trade talks
September 2020
UK risks losing contract for new climate research centre because of Brexit
Proposed centre with up to 250 jobs is linked to EU Copernicus satellite programme
February 2020
Forensic science failures putting justice at risk, says regulator
System on a ‘knife-edge’ due to skills shortages and funding cuts in England and Wales
October 2019
No-deal Brexit would leave science dead for years, say Nobel prizewinners
Top scientists accuse Boris Johnson of sacrificing the UK’s research reputation – and billions of pounds in EU grants
October 2018
Hard Brexit could cripple UK science, say Nobel prizewinners
Brexit, cutting ourselves off from our past, and from science funding
July 2018
The five
Five UK scientific investments threatened by Brexit
From satellites to drugs, article 50 will be a spanner in the works of many costly projects
May 2018
Brexit: UK may get poorer access than Israel to EU science scheme
Exclusive: UK may have to pay more for privilege of collaborating, draft paper says
December 2017
Camille Parmesan: ‘Trump’s extremism on climate change has brought people together’
The climate scientist on leaving the US to work in France – with funding from President Macron – and why she believes Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris agreement will backfire on him
November 2016
What will Brexit mean for Britain’s world-class universities?
Academics fear a threat to research, funding and overseas recruitment
July 2016
Why Brexit may be a deadly experiment for science
Will Hutton
Scientists fighting Brexit risk looking like an out of touch elite too
Imran Khan
June 2016
Brexit big blow to UK science, say top British scientists
Leave vote sparks concerns over losing £1bn a year in funding and closing doors on researchers from EU countries
February 2016
Meet the researchers at London’s £700m altar to biomedical science
