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UK Universities Welcome U-turn on Student Visas

UK Universities Welcome U-turn on Student Visas

The UK government’s announcement of its plans to offer extended post-study work visas for international graduates of UK universities has received an unusual response - unalloyed praise from the higher education sector.

Common Struggles: Policy-based Vs. Scholar-led Approaches to Open Access in the Humanities

Common Struggles: Policy-based Vs. Scholar-led Approaches to Open Access in the Humanities

The thesis argues that the UK governmental policy framework promotes a form of OA that intends to minimise disruption to the publishing industry. The scholar-led ecosystem of presses, in contrast, reflects a diversity of values and struggles that represent a counter-hegemonic alternative to the dominant cultures of OA and publishing more generally.

Research Funding Programmes Aiming for Societal Transformations: Ten Key Stages

Research Funding Programmes Aiming for Societal Transformations: Ten Key Stages

Societal issues such as poverty, water scarcity, and food insecurity make it more important than ever for science to produce knowledge that is relevant to address serious challenges on the ground.

How Can Postdoctoral Researchers Engage with Policy? - Networks of Evidence and Expertise for Public Policy

How Can Postdoctoral Researchers Engage with Policy? - Networks of Evidence and Expertise for Public Policy

Workshop concludes that early-career researchers can make important contributions to policy decisions and experimenting with various forms of communication (i.e. opinion pieces, youtube channels, and tweeting at MPs) had the potential to improve knowledge transfer.

Do We Need an Open Science Coalition?

Do We Need an Open Science Coalition?

What exactly is Open Science? Its lack of an appropriate common definition has meant Open Science can be a variety of things; a social justice issue, part of a political capitalist regime, or a form of traditional science. But this lack of consensus leaves room for Open Science to be co-opted and even exploited.

Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Does Knowledge Brokering Work?

Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Does Knowledge Brokering Work?

Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge broker organisation, the Wales Centre for Public Policy, to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking.