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ViewGovernment announces £106m for five quantum technology hubs
Funders 26 Jul 2024
Government announces £106m for five quantum technology hubs

Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Oxford get centres in areas from medical imaging to cybersecurity

ViewYoung Academy opens doors to researchers at risk
Funders 25 Jul 2024
Young Academy opens doors to researchers at risk

Council for At-Risk Academics and body representing young researchers team up to support academics

ViewUK and Australian agencies forge research alliance
Funders 25 Jul 2024
UK and Australian agencies forge research alliance

UKRI and CSIRO sign agreement to collaborate on addressing global challenges

ViewUK visa costs for cancer scientists ‘rise 44% in a year’
Funders 25 Jul 2024
UK visa costs for cancer scientists ‘rise 44% in a year’

Cancer Research UK urges government to reduce fees, as bill across four institutes “nears £700,000”

ViewLabour tipped to ‘change focus’ on next UKRI leader
Research Fortnight 24 Jul 2024
Labour tipped to ‘change focus’ on next UKRI leader

Recruitment process well underway before election, but new science minister may have “names up sleeve”

ViewBritish Academy makes housing expert its next president
Funders 22 Jul 2024
British Academy makes housing expert its next president

Cambridge-based geographer Susan Smith will head up humanities and social sciences body from July 2025

ViewUKRI awards £104m to promising early career researchers
Funders 19 Jul 2024
UKRI awards £104m to promising early career researchers

Research funder hands out Future Leaders Fellowships to 68 projects this round

ViewBiochemical Society appoints new head
Funders 17 Jul 2024
Biochemical Society appoints new head

Phil Morgan will take over from Kate Baillie in December this year

ViewUK ‘needs urgent focus on skills’ to benefit from RNA boom
Funders 16 Jul 2024
UK ‘needs urgent focus on skills’ to benefit from RNA boom

Centre for Process Innovation report finds “significant skills and workforce gaps” in emerging field

ViewScience Europe ‘renews focus’ on research integrity
Funders 12 Jul 2024
Science Europe ‘renews focus’ on research integrity

Group of major research funding and performing organisations offers recommendations for “cornerstone” of research

ViewUK ‘underperforming potential’ in life sciences
Funders 12 Jul 2024
UK ‘underperforming potential’ in life sciences

New figures spotlight fall in foreign investment and failure to innovate via NHS

ViewAHRC puts grant extension scheme on hold
Funders 11 Jul 2024
AHRC puts grant extension scheme on hold

Review of £100,000 knowledge exchange grants is part of a re-examination of responsive mode grants

ViewFrancis Crick Institute announces new director and chief executive
Funders 09 Jul 2024
Francis Crick Institute announces new director and chief executive

European Molecular Biology Laboratory leader gets top job at UK biomedical research centre

ViewFirst guidelines launched for stem cell-based embryo models
Funders 04 Jul 2024
First guidelines launched for stem cell-based embryo models

Code of practice provides clear guidance for embryo models to improve fertility research

ViewStudy reveals secrets of UK’s ‘Nobel Prize factory’
Funders 02 Jul 2024
Study reveals secrets of UK’s ‘Nobel Prize factory’

Analysis of Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge suggests management strategy critical for scientific breakthroughs

ViewUS scientific instruments firm moves UK headquarters
Funders 01 Jul 2024
US scientific instruments firm moves UK headquarters

Leco’s new premises will be in Alderley Park, where it promises to boost training

ViewAI can produce huge benefits in R&D efficiency, finds study
Funders 01 Jul 2024
AI can produce huge benefits in R&D efficiency, finds study

MIT experts expect to see an increase in researcher productivity when using artificial intelligence

ViewEditors of sexual misconduct book urged to fight ‘silencing’
Research Fortnight 28 Jun 2024
Editors of sexual misconduct book urged to fight ‘silencing’

Academic hopes for new publisher to ensure “survivors’ voices” are heard after Routledge drops book

ViewNuffield Foundation streamlines grant application process
Funders 27 Jun 2024
Nuffield Foundation streamlines grant application process

Charity simplifies outline application form and updates guidance for researchers

ViewR&D investments create jobs across board, paper finds
Funders 25 Jun 2024
R&D investments create jobs across board, paper finds

Benefits of innovation are more inclusive than governments and local authorities may realise, expert argues

ViewUK visas up to 17 times pricier than average, analysis finds
Funders 25 Jun 2024
UK visas up to 17 times pricier than average, analysis finds

Royal Society president says widening gulf in upfront costs for researchers is “damaging UK’s competitiveness”

ViewUK police to look at improving its data quality
Funders 24 Jun 2024
UK police to look at improving its data quality

Benefits of crime prevention initiatives will also be assessed, as part of research into policing

ViewStatistics society wants ministers sent back to school
Funders 21 Jun 2024
Statistics society wants ministers sent back to school

Lack of understanding and misuse of statistics undermines public trust, says Royal Statistical Society

ViewEDI a ‘win-win’ for engineering business, says academy
Funders 20 Jun 2024
EDI a ‘win-win’ for engineering business, says academy

Adopting equality, diversity and inclusion practices and understanding is “vital”, says Royal Academy of Engineering

ViewPrepare for final Je-S phase-out, research managers told
Funders 19 Jun 2024
Prepare for final Je-S phase-out, research managers told

Arma 2024: Research teams must ensure staff have access to UKRI’s new funding system

ViewResearch managers urged to experiment with AI
Funders 19 Jun 2024
Research managers urged to experiment with AI

Arma 2024: AI touted as aid to grant application support and early career researcher coaching

ViewBusiness group alarmed by weak academia-industry links
Funders 19 Jun 2024
Business group alarmed by weak academia-industry links

NCUB report suggests loss of EU structural funds has had “immediate impact on these interactions”

ViewEPSRC chair: political interest in research brings pressure
Funders 18 Jun 2024
EPSRC chair: political interest in research brings pressure

Arma 2024: Increased political and public support for research means system 'must provide better answers'

ViewPublishers reveal AI tools and guidance for research integrity
Funders 12 Jun 2024
Publishers reveal AI tools and guidance for research integrity

Tools developed to help address “malicious threat from paper mills” to publishers

ViewUKRI advisers at heart of libel row resign
Funders 12 Jun 2024
UKRI advisers at heart of libel row resign

Members of equality, diversity and inclusion advisory group quit after false accusations from science secretary

Opinion

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ViewOpposition to changing the REF shows why change is needed
Political Science Blog 30 Oct 2023
Opposition to changing the REF shows why change is needed

Universities shouldn’t have to ask what a good research culture looks like, says Gemma Derrick

ViewUKRI should speak up on Brexit
Funders 27 Mar 2018
UKRI should speak up on Brexit

UK Research and Innovation needs to be vocal on the challenges posed by Brexit, John...

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View‘Milestone’ hailed for EU’s deep-tech talent scheme
Europe 27 Oct 2023
‘Milestone’ hailed for EU’s deep-tech talent scheme

Seventy-five organisations pledge to support initiative to train a million people in advanced technologies

ViewOfS issues improvement notices at five universities
UK 23 Jul 2024
OfS issues improvement notices at five universities

Universities required by English regulator to “improve or sustain performance” on student outcomes

ViewBehan named interim OfS chair amid regulation shake-up
UK 26 Jul 2024
Behan named interim OfS chair amid regulation shake-up

DfE confirms appointment, publishes report on English regulator and considers scrapping free speech act

ViewLabour tipped to ‘change focus’ on next UKRI leader
UK 24 Jul 2024
Labour tipped to ‘change focus’ on next UKRI leader

Recruitment process well underway before election, but new science minister may have “names up sleeve”

ViewWho will be the next OfS chair?
UK 23 Jul 2024
Who will be the next OfS chair?

Names in the frame with government expected to announce interim chair for English regulator imminently

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