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United Kingdom Relies on Science to Revive Flagging Economy

United Kingdom Relies on Science to Revive Flagging Economy

Long-awaited industrial strategy pins hopes on commercial gains from research.

Industrial Strategy Brings Focus on Interdisciplinary Research

Industrial Strategy Brings Focus on Interdisciplinary Research

The UK government’s long-awaited industrial strategy has arrived. It brings with it a fund to support interdisciplinary research and funding boosts for both the research councils and quality-related research funding.

Francis Crick Institute's GBP700m Building 'Too Noisy to Concentrate'

Francis Crick Institute's GBP700m Building 'Too Noisy to Concentrate'

Some of the 1,250 people working at the year-old laboratory say its open plan layout, designed to produce collaboration, makes it hard to focus on work

UK Government Announces Research-Spending Hike Ahead of Budget

UK Government Announces Research-Spending Hike Ahead of Budget

Pledge to raise country's public research funding to £12.5 billion in 2021–22.

Brexit Threatens Reputation for Scientific Research

Brexit Threatens Reputation for Scientific Research

Leadership is ‘sorely lacking’ in key areas such as robotics and climate change, parliament’s spending monitor warns.

Mobility Principle Crucial to Keeping EU Funding

Mobility Principle Crucial to Keeping EU Funding

British researchers funded under Horizon 2020 will lose their grants if the UK stops allowing freedom of movement at any point during the length of their projects.

Collaboration on Science and Innovation With the EU

Collaboration on Science and Innovation With the EU

Paper outlining the UK’s objectives for an ambitious science and innovation agreement with the EU.

UK Employers Worry About Loss of Research Funding After Brexit

UK Employers Worry About Loss of Research Funding After Brexit

Britain must seek to protect research funding for its universities when it leaves the European Union or risk losing its leading role in innovation.

Will 'Picking Winners' Work?

Will 'Picking Winners' Work?

Why has the UK government returned to an industrial strategy abandoned in the 1980s?

Oxford University Professor Resigns in Donald Trump Protest

Oxford University Professor Resigns in Donald Trump Protest

Bo Rothstein quits Blavatnik School of Government post after learning that patron is a major financial backer of US president.

Cambridge University Press Accused of 'Selling Its Soul' over Chinese Censorship

Cambridge University Press Accused of 'Selling Its Soul' over Chinese Censorship

Academics and activists decry publisher’s decision to comply with a Chinese request to block more than 300 articles from leading China studies journal.

Brexit Is Quietly Strangling Science

Brexit Is Quietly Strangling Science

A Nobel Prize winning physicist considers taking his research elsewhere, while applications from foreign researchers have plummeted.