Jack Grove
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United Kingdom
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‘Shopping list’ approach to Horizon Europe ‘leads to deadlock’
Requests to withdraw from less lucrative areas of Europe’s research scheme will delay UK membership and cost universities billions of pounds, warn science policy experts → Read More
One in five UK professors promoted for their teaching – survey
Poll reveals how once ‘non-existent’ path to top tier of academia has now become ‘common’ → Read More
Anger as social sciences lose cash to STEM under REF rule change
Sciences gain £145 million that would have gone to humanities and social sciences under old system → Read More
Shafik leaving LSE for Columbia University presidency
Former Bank of England deputy governor will replace long-serving president Lee Bollinger → Read More
Overseas student recruitment windfall for leading UK universities
Extraordinary growth in income caused by higher enrolments and post-Brexit fee uplifts bolsters finances of Russell Group institutions → Read More
Royal Society offers publishing discounts for peer reviewers
Scientific publisher hopes new credit scheme will reward and incentivise peer review → Read More
Study debunks idea that Covid trials cut clinical corners
Covid-19 trials were as well designed, if not better designed, than other, similar medical experiments, finds Oxford study → Read More
‘Institute for scientific facts’ aims to smash fake news
Mass polls of global scientists could help to debunk myths about extent of division on contested issues → Read More
Medieval murk: twists in #ReceptioGate ‘thriller’ grip academia
Accusations of plagiarism regarding a sacred medieval book have led to an extraordinary dispute involving online threats and allegations that staff and offices were invented → Read More
Welsh universities ‘lose money on each student’ after funding cut
Cardiff University’s Colin Riordan says disappointing proposed budget for Welsh universities will worsen financial pressures caused by inflation → Read More
Labour set to back plan to double UK medical school places
Shadow health secretary backing a Policy Exchange blueprint for growing doctor numbers, including the creation of up to 15 new medical schools → Read More
Wellcome Trust director takes World Health Organization role
Infectious disease specialist who came to national prominence during Covid will become WHO chief scientist → Read More
‘Contamination’ risk justifies banning gender critical speakers – report
Claim by University of Essex law academics that ‘anti-trans’ speakers could ‘contaminate’ buildings branded ‘misogyny’ by critics → Read More
How long should an online lecture be? Eighteen minutes or less
Shorter online lectures work better, says former World Bank higher education director Francisco Marmolejo → Read More
Beware ballooning publication rates, says research fraudbuster
Tenfold increase in article output should be a research integrity ‘red flag’ for publishers, says Cambridge researcher Nick Wise → Read More
New Bristol v-c confronts university’s ‘uncomfortable’ past
Evelyn Welch reflects on the legacy of slavery, preventing student suicides, and lessons for academia from her pop star daughter → Read More
‘No cause for alarm’ as UK ‘hits 2.4 per cent R&D target’
Surprise news that the UK is achieving its long-term target for research spending does not dent case for more public investment, says David Willetts → Read More
Knowledge Exchange Framework: KEF 2022 results announced
Spin-off companies from Russell Group universities boast largest annual turnovers, data reveal → Read More
Wiley investigates ‘fake peer review’ at psychology journal
Research fraudbuster says publication of six papers with hallmarks of Russian paper mills indicates why periodicals must commit to more post-submission transparency → Read More
Funders mull robot reviewers for Research Excellence Framework
Research England examining study on how AI might be used to predict quality of research outputs → Read More