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Vallance appointed chair of prime minister’s new AI taskforce
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (536+ words) Image: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology [CC BY 4.0], via Flickr Patrick Vallance has been appointed chair of the prime minister’s new artificial intelligence taskforce just days after resigning as science minister, the government has announced. On 24 July, the Cabinet…...
Environment should be ‘strategic priority’ in FP10, say funders
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (90+ words) Research Professional News Science Europe association calls for alignment of sustainability and research excellence, plus dedicated funding Environmental sustainability should be a “strategic priority” in the EU’s next research and innovation programme, according to Science Europe, a group of major…...
Surviving the funding crisis, KRUK’s translational accelerator returns, how to write a paper
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (80+ words) Research Professional News Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional News A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles This week, Funding Insight plots a course of action through the ongoing research funding crisis, gets the lowdown on Kidney Research UK’s…...
Chris McDonald in frame to be UK science minister
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (484+ words) Image: Laurie Noble [CC BY 3.0], UK Parliament MP appointed to new business and science department has industrial research background Chris McDonald is the frontrunner to become the next UK science minister after Patrick Vallance’s resignation earlier this week, Research Professional…...
From the archive: How to write a paper (1/2)
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (174+ words) Image: Rory MacLeod [CC BY 2.0], via Flickr Part one of a primer for early career researchers This week’s addition revisits some advice on a skill that every early career scientist will need to master to progress in their career—writing…...
Surviving the research funding crisis
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (130+ words) Research Professional News Four ways to respond to the new reality The traditional system of research grant funding is in crisis in many parts of the world, including in the UK, where I’m based. There are simply too many outstanding…...
France and Germany agree joint work on EU R&I policy and tech
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (91+ words) Research Professional News Stronger European Innovation Council, bottom-up collaboration, scientific freedom and various technology fields on joint agenda France and Germany have agreed to cooperate more closely on research, with particular focuses on European research and innovation policy as well…...
Africa’s open-access journals ‘run on hidden labour’
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (398+ words) Image: Erik Mclean, via Pexels Africa’s open-access publishing ecosystem is being kept afloat by unpaid academic labour and informal institutional subsidies that mask the true cost of running journals, according to a report. The report, published last month by the…...
‘Quiet research concentration’ underway at English universities
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (449+ words) Hepi report says institutions must assess “which research areas are sustainable without cross-subsidy” Policy changes are accelerating the concentration of investment in the most research-intensive universities as the sector reshapes itself under financial pressures, according a new report from the…...
Ministers rule out insolvency regime for struggling universities
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (485+ words) Government says institutions are “responsible for managing their finances” as Jacqui Smith retains ministerial role Ministers have rejected calls to establish a “special regime” for bailing out universities facing insolvency, saying that political intervention should not be the “default response…...