Applications to UK universities for full-time undergraduate courses are down 5% this year. David Morris explains where, how, and why this has happened.

The research commissioner Carlos Moedas has named the panel of 15 advisers who will steer the launch of the European Innovation Council.

Theresa May’s 12 negotiation objectives for science and innovation.

Theresa May has hinted she wants to continue research links, but it is unclear why the EU would agree to maintain the UK’s current deal.

Recent changes in the political landscape in Northern Europe have brought some new policies that are less supportive of science and education than previously.

Strategies to promote European competitiveness in innovation.

Shift in focus comes in response to a changing world order and the threat of terrorism.

The 2016 vote to leave the European Union (EU) shocked British scientists. We propose an eight-point plan to limit the immediate damage and to put U.K. science on the front foot in the wake of the Brexit vote.

Political compromise settles immigration row that could have severed Swiss–EU research agreements.

The Swiss parliament approved a law to limit immigration by giving its residents priority access to employment vacancies, in an effort to shore up ties with the EU.

Outcome: Indicative statistics.

Member states are planning to halve an expected increase to both Horizon 2020 and the Erasmus+ budget between 2017 to 2020.

Researchers must have grants to win grants, new study says.

More than 600 professionals from the worlds of science and politics converged in Brussels late last month to mine internationally accumulated expertise on how best to connect scientific evidence with government decision-making.

A communication setting out a new strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, in particular with a view to implementing Horizon 2020.

European University Association research flags pressure points across continent