Ben Johnson 'said it was “very hard to get a completely neutral, objective view of questions, like what research the UK is genuinely good at, where our international collaborations are helping us or hindering us, or how financially broken is our institutional landscape in reality'. 1/2
'reports suggest that academic freedom across Europe, while still stronger than in many other places, has been slowly eroding. Academic freedom declined in eight EU member states from 2014 to 2024, including in Austria, Finland, Greece and Portugal'. 1/2
Rupert Lowe got a lot of airtime at yesterday's PAC committee meeting that I attended in person.
“I think the committee wants to know that taxpayers’ money is being spent well and isn’t just disappearing into a woke university abstract experiment,” he said.
Artificial intelligence systems will allow a single PhD student’s output to match that of a whole laboratory, according to Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate for chemistry.
Exclusive: Office for Students spent almost £450,000 on Sussex court case.
Experts say “extraordinary sum” for legal costs in free speech case will “raise eyebrows”.
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British performance in Horizon bounces back to pre-Brexit levels.
UK share of EU research funding rose in 2024, reversing downward trend since 2016 referendum.
Good news! Free to read.
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UKRI looks to shutter research facilities as repair costs rise.
Leaders confirm funding agency is “actively pursuing decommissioning” of research infrastructure it runs.
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The state of science in the United States under the Trump administration is “not a nightmare from which we’re going to wake up”, according to a former director of the National Science Foundation and presidential science adviser.
Free to read.
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Demis Hassabis says science is on the brink of an era of artificial intelligence-driven discovery
New long read by me: Is academic freedom under threat in Europe?
Despite Orbán’s ousting and upcoming legal protections, the continent is being urged to act
I enjoyed writing this one.
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New long read by me: Is academic freedom under threat in Europe?
Despite Orbán’s ousting and upcoming legal protections, the continent is being urged to act
I enjoyed writing this one.
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In depth: Is academic freedom under threat in Europe?
Despite Orbán’s ousting and upcoming legal protections, the continent is being urged to act.
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Push to build evidence for UK research policy launches.
Current decision-making not “sufficiently evidence-based”, say founders of new “policy and research studio” Science Works.
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UK share of EU research funding rose in 2024, reversing downward trend since 2016 referendum
Rupert Lowe criticises research spending at ‘woke’ universities.
UKRI leader rebuffs hard right MP saying investing in infrastructure via universities is “a problem”.
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UKRI leader rebuffs hard right MP saying investing in infrastructure via universities is “a problem”
