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Members of equality, diversity and inclusion advisory group quit after false accusations from science secretary
The chair of an advisory panel to the UK’s national research funding agency has resigned, following an explosive row sparked by science secretary Michelle Donelan.
In an excoriating letter, Kamna Patel from University College London said that the national funder UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and its constituent agency Research England had shown “no care or understanding towards external advisers” and had “gone to great lengths to appease the secretary of state”.
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