Higher education is changing and nurse academics have to take on other responsibilities, but during this change we need to support nursing and nurse researchers. Time for research is often a casualty of high workloads and low staffing levels. We must actively promote the value of developing and advancing nursing knowledge to the health and well-being of the community. The uncertainty of jobs and people’s future in the higher education sector creates much anxiety and distress. At times like this we, as individuals, and more broadly as a profession, need to look out for each other and show support for nursing academic colleagues and those in other disciplines.