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As the pandemic worsened in the United Kingdom during spring 2020, political disputes turned in a strange direction. The UK government started to claim that the UK’s Covid-19 statistics could not be compared with any other country.
It is good that the authors of HEPI’s report ‘Regional Policy and R&D’ note that the UK, by most agreed measures, is significantly unbalanced economically (in terms of income, productivity and economic growth).
Graeme Atherton, Director of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), University of West London and Gordon Marsden, Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education and Skills from 2015 to 2019. You can find Graeme and Gordon on Twitter @NEONHE @GordonMarsden. Lighter days, brighter COVID statistics and the tremendous NHS achievement of mass vaccination across the […]
Vital international scientific work, including studies into how viruses spread, is being jeopardised by short-sighted cuts, says Prof Fiona Tomley
Analysis of remains of crew on Henry VIII's favourite warship sheds light on diversity in Tudor England
Research assessment exercises in the UK ostensibly serve to evaluate research, but they also shape and manage it. The author argues that the REF promotes a narrow vision and calls for a wider distribution of research funding to prevent fields being captured by dominant academic cultures.
A survey reveals Britain is a more popular destination for studying than the US, Canada, Australia and Germany.
Merging metrics for the REF, KEF and TEF would free up time for academics to become researchers once again, says Robert MacIntosh.
Peter Armstrong, 81, has been critical of management's financial competence and 'bullying' tactics
His claim that 'greed' was the driver behind the UK's vaccine success ignores the huge role of state funding, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato.
Lifesaving research on fighting drought and climate change at risk after snap decision to halt crucial funding.
Major research projects will be cancelled, including those designed to head off future disease threats, warn scientists.
The government promised to increase funding for vital scientific R&D to 2.4% of GDP - but its target is already slipping.
Sci-Hub has been described as "the Pirate Bay of science", but often receives praise for opening access to research.
A while ago I was invited to speak at the Westminster Forum in a panel session entitled “Research environments in the REF – stimulating positive cultures and wellbeing, academic independence and interdisciplinary research“...
A few days ago, the head of UK Research and Investment, Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, said the Government's target of having 2.4% of GDP spent on research and development (R&D) by 2027 was 'very challenging'. Here, Adão Carvalho of the Department of Economics at the Universidade de Évora in Portugal considers the poor record of such past […]
Projects tackling some of world's major problems - including the climate crisis - are set to be cancelled or cut back after budget cuts.
Advanced Research & Innovation Agency will be exempt from existing procurement rules for 'maximum flexibility', says government
The pandemic has exposed the impact of 20 years of turning higher education into a marketplace and students into increasingly dissatisfied customers.
