3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (798+ words) Chris McDonald says he wants fewer and longer-term grants, plus a “smoother and simpler system” The UK’s system for awarding grants is “destroying” the value of research, the new science minister has said, as he pledged to implement a model…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (703+ words) Image sources: Mizuno K, Pavel Danilyuk, via Pexels Academics fear link to government specialisation agenda but support reforms to address research system failings Reforms to English universities’ block grant research funding should not be tied to government policy objectives, experts…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (718+ words) Image: Matt Buck [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr UCU branch's strike action aims to fight “likely” redundancies across several research areas Redundancies are feared across music, modern languages and American and Canadian studies at the University of Nottingham, a University and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (187+ words) Image: Scottish Government [CC BY 4.0], via Flickr Ben Macpherson resigns from innovation, technology and tertiary education brief for health reasons Scotland’s minister for innovation, technology and tertiary education, Ben Macpherson, has stood down due to health reasons. In a letter…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (488+ words) Image: Canva Studio, via Pexels Innovative organisations that can “do things differently” should be eligible for funding, group argues A group of research bodies has urged UK Research and Innovation to lift a “de facto ban” on supporting new organisations,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (660+ words) Image:?????????????, via Adobe Stock Institutions recovered 67 per cent of research costs in 2024-25, as concerns over sustainability grow UK universities continued to face a research funding gap of more than £6 billion in 2024-25, according to new data, despite a marginal improvement in…...