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US HIV strategy shift sparks data and research fears
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (88+ words) Research Professional News Changes to statistical systems and funding priorities threaten accountability and capacity, advocates warn HIV advocacy organisations have expressed concerns about accountability in US global health programming and the continuity of research infrastructure that has underpinned decades of…...
Call for ministers to curb "excessive risk-taking" at universities
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (94+ words) Research Professional News Former government adviser says Office for Students should be given "significant new powers" The government must act to curb "damaging behaviour" in the university sector and hand more powers to the Office for Students, a former Department…...
Startup relocation study offers retention recommendations
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (101+ words) Research Professional News More support for R&D and promotion of entrepreneurship suggested to help keep companies in Europe A study of how many European startup companies relocate outside the continent, and why they move, has offered recommendations to policymakers…...
Fight AI-driven resmearch with points for peer review
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (176+ words) Professor pitches high-quality reviews as antidote to firms using scientific techniques for own commercial ends High-quality peer review should be incentivised through a points system to tackle the growing risks from AI-driven "bullshit science" pushed by companies with ulterior motives,…...
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2+ day, 10+ hour ago (12+ words) EU's use of animals in science continues to fall'Research Professional News...
US news roundup: 27 March to 2 April
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (82+ words) Research Professional News Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional News This week: Artemis II mission celebrations, sunlight-on-demand satellite fears and NIH leadership changes In depth: The US Department of Education is writing to 7. 5 million people who borrowed money under former…...
Democrat leader blasts education department relocation
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (109+ words) Research Professional News Image: Thomas Hawk [CC BY-NC 2. 0], via Flickr Handover of headquarters after 40 years is "overt action" towards dismantling department, Bobby Scott warns A leading Democrat has criticised US president Donald Trump's administration for moving the Department of Education…...
US tells 7. 5 million borrowers to shift to new repayment plans
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (217+ words) Image: Brian Jackson, via Adobe Stock Universities warned to expect influx of students seeking advice over switch from Biden's "illegal" scheme The US Department of Education is writing to 7. 5 million people who borrowed money under former president Joe Biden's student…...
What's going on in Europe: 19 March to 2 April
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (115+ words) Research Professional News Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional News This week: Astronomy fears, Horizon association and Swiss-EU relations The European Research Council is the right organisation to steer a new kind of collaborative, institutional EU research funding, even if…...
Pandemic data talks extended after impasse in Geneva
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (112+ words) Research Professional News Image: Guilhem Vellut [CC BY 2. 0], via Wikimedia Commons Negotiations will continue after meeting fails to reach consensus on pathogen benefit-sharing Negotiations over how to share pathogen data and any resulting benefits during pandemics have been extended after…...