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.
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UK share of EU research funding rose in 2024, reversing downward trend since 2016 referendum
UCU imposes ‘global academic boycott’ on Sheffield in pay row
Union objects to withholding of pay after strike action, but university says few staff affected
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Pretty notable how close government policy on R&D is to Mandelson's positions
- Call for UKRI to be given more govt direction
- Tying R&D funding more closely to economic growth
- Call for a dedicated missions R&D fund
All pre-dated Epstein revelations, but suggests how much influence he had
‘More radical’ approach urged to cope with rising research grant bids.
Universities must help ‘limit the flow’ of applications as funders grapple with volume, experts say.
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Some encouraging news for the Subscribe to Open publishing model today - this does go a year at a time, so we'll see what 2027 brings - but alternative OA methods are starting to catch on.
A pleasure to speak to Mike Ferguson for this one.
Could PoC funding finally get its day?
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Policy Exchange calls for a tiered system:
"Regional" second tier unis would have fees capped at half the price of the "global" tier 1 institution fees, have a lower cap on international student places and would - crucially - not be allowed to participate in the REF.
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Government continues its AI push - but no confirmation on where the new site of the next national supercomputer is yet
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Differences between disciplines regarding research ethics views pose questions for policy, study suggests
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Universities must help ‘limit the flow’ of applications as funders grapple with volume, experts say
UKRI lacks ‘heft and punch’, Peter Mandelson told Patrick Vallance.
Disgraced former US ambassador pushed for more ministerial direction at national funder, new documents show.
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‘Only 22 UK universities should be allowed in REF’, says think tank.
Policy Exchange report arguing most universities should refocus away from research garners right-wing support.
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Library support enables Royal Society open access shift.
Eight subscription journals go fully OA during 2026 through subscribe to open model.
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Is momentum building for a big increase in UK proof-of-concept funding?
Leading biochemist Mike Ferguson told @sophieatrpn.bsky.social current PoC funding is "wholly inadequate" and there is "an ecosystem creaking at the seams with opportunity that needs to be de-risked just that little bit"
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UK ministers announce ‘new £750m national AI supercomputer’
Plan also heralds doubling of AI Research Resource power and more PhDs in “critical fields”.
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