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ViewBehan review urges stronger OfS focus on financial stability

Government-commissioned report calls for bolder action from English regulator

ViewOlympic trials

Ivory Tower: Next on Sky Sports HE, 10 days of the universities and research Olympics

ViewUK government launches AI ‘action plan’

Tech entrepreneur and Aria chair Matt Clifford appointed to deliver programme to grow AI sector

ViewLabour pause on free speech act labelled ‘sensible’

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson ‘considering options’ including scrapping controversial legislation

ViewBlood Cancer UK fellowships and understanding who will read your bid

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewBehan named interim OfS chair amid regulation shake-up

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

ViewMaking an exit

A report suggests how the government could prevent universities from going bust

ViewOfS approach ‘not protecting students’ in event of closures

Report on the implications of a university exiting the market finds shortcomings in current protections

ViewMinisters urged to foster Oxford-Cambridge ‘supercluster’

Oxford-Cambridge Supercluster Board chair urges Starmer government to reset relationship with innovation

ViewYoung Academy opens doors to researchers at risk

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Early career support for blood cancer research

Blood Cancer UK returns to offering fellowships after a pandemic-induced break

ViewUK and Australian agencies forge research alliance

UKRI and CSIRO sign agreement to collaborate on addressing global challenges

ViewBrunel to join University of London federation

West London institution will become 18th member

ViewFrom the archive: Know your audience

Why you might be writing funding bids with the wrong readers in mind

ViewBookmarked publication

Btecs get a reprieve, UUK plans a blueprint and EDSK bows out

ViewUK 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”

ViewDsit announces £16m boost for UK biomedical database

Government matches contribution from Amazon Web Services, aiming to benefit medical research

ViewBtec defunding paused by UK government

Education secretary announces review of level 3 qualifications

ViewEnd ‘enduring bias’ towards HE in funding, says think tank

Report urges government to slash fees to £6,000 and redistribute resources to FE and apprenticeships

ViewPhillipson ‘sets record straight’ on international students

Education secretary moves to reassure sector on overseas recruitment

ViewWhat’s going on in the UK: 11-24 July

This week: calls for postgrad childcare support, UKRI funds top emerging talent, support for Ukraine...

ViewOpportunity profile: Sharing a sense of purpose

Alignment with the Nuffield Foundation’s priorities is vital for grant success

ViewDetermined to be different

Are thematic priorities worth the effort?

ViewLabour tipped to ‘change focus’ on next UKRI leader

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

ViewResearch Fortnight – 24 July 2024

In issue 659, Labour and the next UKRI chief executive, Chi Onwurah snubbed by Starmer,...

ViewHow to read Bridget Phillipson

We return to a classic format to interpret the words of the education secretary

ViewLabour’s tone shift

Ministers’ fresh approach welcome, but they cannot sidestep systemic problems for universities and research

ViewWhat Starmer’s government means for universities and R&D

Stopping universities going bust, shaking up research funding, Securonomics—how Labour could reshape the sector

ViewThird Degree: JD Vance’s war with academia

Back page gossip from the 24 July issue of Research Fortnight

ViewHow will Labour approach England’s universities? Clues from Australia

Australian Labor’s reset of higher education policy is ambitious but incremental, says Paul Harris