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SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
SCOTLAND DROPS ‘SCIENCE’ FROM JUNIOR MINISTERIAL TITLE New higher education minister Jamie Hepburn will be responsible for science despite the title change. Jamie Hepburn has been chosen as the Scottish government’s new minister for “higher education and further education, youth employment and training”, with responsibility for science. RHODES TO STAY AT OXFORD’S ORIEL COLLEGE The University of Oxford’s Oriel College has decided to keep its statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes, citing planning costs and government priorities as major obstacles to its removal. The college’s governing body said last summer that it wanted to take the statue down after campaigners called for it to go—notably during the SUBJECT-LEVEL TEF PILOT DELAYED BY PANDEMIC The Office for Students has confirmed that the coronavirus pandemic has delayed the publication of the subject-level Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework pilot results. In a letter to universities on 14 April, OfS chief executive Nicola Dandridge (pictured) said that in addition to the pilot results being put onhold, plans to
NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
HOME LEARNING COULD BE THE NEW NORMAL FOR INTERNATIONAL Transnational education will bloom as coronavirus keeps international students away, conference hears. Online and in-country teaching will become the “main type of normal” for higher education as institutions adapt to major shifts caused by the coronavirus, delegates at a virtual forum heard on 20 April. UK GOVERNMENT PROMISES £15BN FOR R&D IN 2021-22 The UK government has promised almost £15 billion for R&D over the next year, in a spending review dominated by the coronavirus. “We’re making this country into a scientific superpower with almost £15bn of funding for research and development,” chancellor Rishi Sunak told MPs as he outlined the government’s spending plansfor the year
SCIENCE FICTION REVEALS THE DARK SIDE OF IMPACT In this novel, time travel allows historians to visit the periods they study. Visiting the Middle Ages is seen as too risky, but the leadership of the University of Oxford’s history department bends the rules to send Kivrin, a young female researcher, to the 14th century. When the present suffers an epidemic, the public blames timetravel and
REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
SCOTLAND DROPS ‘SCIENCE’ FROM JUNIOR MINISTERIAL TITLE New higher education minister Jamie Hepburn will be responsible for science despite the title change. Jamie Hepburn has been chosen as the Scottish government’s new minister for “higher education and further education, youth employment and training”, with responsibility for science. RHODES TO STAY AT OXFORD’S ORIEL COLLEGE The University of Oxford’s Oriel College has decided to keep its statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes, citing planning costs and government priorities as major obstacles to its removal. The college’s governing body said last summer that it wanted to take the statue down after campaigners called for it to go—notably during the SUBJECT-LEVEL TEF PILOT DELAYED BY PANDEMIC The Office for Students has confirmed that the coronavirus pandemic has delayed the publication of the subject-level Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework pilot results. In a letter to universities on 14 April, OfS chief executive Nicola Dandridge (pictured) said that in addition to the pilot results being put onhold, plans to
NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
HOME LEARNING COULD BE THE NEW NORMAL FOR INTERNATIONAL Transnational education will bloom as coronavirus keeps international students away, conference hears. Online and in-country teaching will become the “main type of normal” for higher education as institutions adapt to major shifts caused by the coronavirus, delegates at a virtual forum heard on 20 April. UK GOVERNMENT PROMISES £15BN FOR R&D IN 2021-22 The UK government has promised almost £15 billion for R&D over the next year, in a spending review dominated by the coronavirus. “We’re making this country into a scientific superpower with almost £15bn of funding for research and development,” chancellor Rishi Sunak told MPs as he outlined the government’s spending plansfor the year
SCIENCE FICTION REVEALS THE DARK SIDE OF IMPACT In this novel, time travel allows historians to visit the periods they study. Visiting the Middle Ages is seen as too risky, but the leadership of the University of Oxford’s history department bends the rules to send Kivrin, a young female researcher, to the 14th century. When the present suffers an epidemic, the public blames timetravel and
EU ‘WORKING VERY HARD’ SO HEALTH AUTHORITY CAN IMPACT Planned new authority hoped to have R&D capacities, Slovenian presidency representative confirms. The EU is “working very hard” to get its planned new Health Emergency and Preparedness Response Authority up and running in time for it to have anPAYING THE PRICE
Money is announced for technical education, and data releases highlight higher education’s benefits and costs. The latest salvo in the government’s ‘please, everyone, stop wanting to do degrees’ campaign comes this morning in the form of an announcement of money to expand technical courses.. Education secretary Gavin Williamson has announced an £18 million Growth Fund to help further US NEWS ROUNDUP: 4-10 JUNE Here is the rest of the US news this week Fears resurface over ‘gain of function’ research. Frank Lucas and Mike Waltz, leading Republicans on the House science committee and research subcommittee, have written to the White House science office to ask about its support for research into enhancing pathogen capabilities—known as ‘gain of function’ research. WORLD DID NOT LEARN ITS LESSON FROM HIV, SAY EXPERTS ‘Tragic situation’ is recurring with Covid-19 despite treatments and vaccines. Leading HIV experts have said that the world’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic shows it learnt little from its experience with HIV. UNIVERSITIES TOLD TO TAKE THREAT OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE Changing security environment means Australian institutions must work more closely with “allies” and “like-minded countries” Australia’s universities have been told that better cooperation and compliance with existing security mechanisms is the path to avoiding further federal intervention. HOME LEARNING COULD BE THE NEW NORMAL FOR INTERNATIONAL Transnational education will bloom as coronavirus keeps international students away, conference hears. Online and in-country teaching will become the “main type of normal” for higher education as institutions adapt to major shifts caused by the coronavirus, delegates at a virtual forum heard on 20 April. WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP: 4-10 JUNE This week: Canadian high-risk funding, Japanese vaccination plans and more. In depth: Hardly any funders are proactively tracking data on how gender is considered in research, despite the need for such information to ensure a level playing field in STUDENTS COMPLAIN THEY WEREN’T CONSULTED ON EU COVID European Students’ Union says younger citizens should have more say over €750bn of recovery spending. Students have complained about not having enough input on how the EU should spend its €750 billion pandemic recovery fund, Next Generation EU. HANCOCK ‘BITTERLY REGRETS’ NOT OVERRULING SCIENTIFIC Sage “got it wrong” select committee hears, as it questions health secretary on Covid-19 advice . The UK’s health secretary has said he “bitterly regrets” not overruling some of the early science advice during the Covid-19 pandemic.CHANNEL SHIFT
Ivory Tower: The UK’s premier university media relations agency pitch some programme ideas. Somewhere in Great Portland Street BBC Commissioner: So good that you could come over, and isn’t it great that we can meet in person again? Juniper: Just the six of us at the moment. BBC Commissioner: Yes, this is Diane Robertson, head of scheduling, and in keeping with our charter HOMEPAGE - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Homepage - Research Professional News. Read more on BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. UK 28 May 2021. ico_lock. BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. Government must make sure UKRI cuts are “bump in road rather than change in direction”. ViewEU still split on R&D exclusions as latest plan branded ‘total REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
LATEST ODA BLOW: NEWTON FUND GRANTS CUT BY A QUARTER Cut is smaller than to GCRF scheme, so UKRI expects fewer cancelled projects. Researchers holding grants under the Newton Fund, which is paid for through international aid, have been told they will receive a 24 per cent cut to their funding this year. The news comes as a result of the government’s decision to reduce aid spending, slashing UK SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
NEW ZEALAND INVITES PROPOSALS FOR OVERSEAS EDUCATION Centres will “provide flexibility in how and where international students experience a high-quality NZ education” Education New Zealand, a government agency, has issued a call for partners to set up overseas education centres in an attempt to salvage the country’s international education industry in the wake of Covid-19. UUK TOUTS ‘LOW-COST’ OPTION TO BREAK PENSIONS DEADLOCK Vice-chancellors want entry-level route but union says proposal is ‘damaging’ and could lead to strikes. Universities UK has pitched a “low-cost” option for membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme as part of the group’s consultation on an “alternative path” for the vast but troubled pension scheme. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
HOMEPAGE - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Homepage - Research Professional News. Read more on BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. UK 28 May 2021. ico_lock. BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. Government must make sure UKRI cuts are “bump in road rather than change in direction”. ViewEU still split on R&D exclusions as latest plan branded ‘total REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
LATEST ODA BLOW: NEWTON FUND GRANTS CUT BY A QUARTER Cut is smaller than to GCRF scheme, so UKRI expects fewer cancelled projects. Researchers holding grants under the Newton Fund, which is paid for through international aid, have been told they will receive a 24 per cent cut to their funding this year. The news comes as a result of the government’s decision to reduce aid spending, slashing UK SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
NEW ZEALAND INVITES PROPOSALS FOR OVERSEAS EDUCATION Centres will “provide flexibility in how and where international students experience a high-quality NZ education” Education New Zealand, a government agency, has issued a call for partners to set up overseas education centres in an attempt to salvage the country’s international education industry in the wake of Covid-19. UUK TOUTS ‘LOW-COST’ OPTION TO BREAK PENSIONS DEADLOCK Vice-chancellors want entry-level route but union says proposal is ‘damaging’ and could lead to strikes. Universities UK has pitched a “low-cost” option for membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme as part of the group’s consultation on an “alternative path” for the vast but troubled pension scheme. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
HOMEPAGE - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Homepage - Research Professional News. Read more on BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. UK 28 May 2021. ico_lock. BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. Government must make sure UKRI cuts are “bump in road rather than change in direction”. ViewEU still split on R&D exclusions as latest plan branded ‘total UNIVERSITIES TOLD TO TAKE THREAT OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE Changing security environment means Australian institutions must work more closely with “allies” and “like-minded countries” Australia’s universities have been told that better cooperation and compliance with existing security mechanisms is the path to avoiding further federal intervention. RESEARCH COMMERCIALISATION IS TOP PRIORITY, SAYS TUDGE Education minister reiterates call for Australian universities to interact better with businesses. Australian education minister Alan Tudge has said that the commercialisation of university research is his “top priority” for the portfolio. SLIGHT INCREASE IN STAFF DIVERSITY AT OFFICE FOR STUDENTS Proportion of staff from minority ethnic backgrounds still far lower than student population. The proportion of staff at the Office for Students from an ethnic minority background has reached 10 per cent, a 1 percentage point increase on last year—but still RECTORS ‘SHOULD SHOW MORE COURAGE’ ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM Promoting freedom in institutional profiles would strengthen researchers’ right to enquire, academy head says. University heads should take a bolder stance on upholding academic freedom, according to Antonio Loprieno, the president of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (Allea). HORIZON EUROPE CLIMATE PLAN AIMS TO AVOID PREDECESSOR’S Allocation to climate aiming higher than R&D programme’s 35 per cent target. The European Commission has set out a plan for how the EU’s 2021-27 R&D programme Horizon Europe will achieve—or even exceed—its target to allocate 35 per cent of its funding to climate-related activities, after the predecessor programme Horizon 2020 underperformed against the same goal. PROFILE: WHO IS THE NEW UKRI CHAIR, ANDREW MACKENZIE The geochemist seems a natural choice—but his oil executive past may cause concern. In many ways, the selection of oil and mining executive Andrew Mackenzie as chair of the national research funding agency, UK Research and Innovation, was a natural choice.YES, EX-MINISTER
Chris Skidmore suggests that while ministers fear reshuffles, ex-ministers can still have a role . There’s nothing more ‘ex’ than an ex-minister, the saying goes, but with talk of a reshuffle around the summer recess, it might be helpful to reflect on life outside of ministerial office. WHAT PLACE FOR SCIENCE ADVICE IN JOHNSON’S CHUMOCRACY The government only seems interested in the answers it wants to hear, says David Walker. During his marathon evidence session at the Commons’ science and technology committee on 26 May, Dominic Cummings made much of the dangers of groupthink. TWO WRONGS - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Fears grow for student finance and cross-border research as temperatures rise “I hate it when I’m right,” says Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2, as he spends another Christmas Eve crawling through a ventilation shaft in an oil-stained vest, pursued by bad guys. REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. Responding to a question from Research Professional News on the impact of Brexit on vaccine development during a Science Media Centre briefing on 20 July, Hill said that while the Covid-19 vaccine did not rely on EU funding, the institute does rely heavily on funding fromthe European
BIONTECH CHIEF: EU R&D FUNDS HELPED DEVELOP COVID-19 Uğur Şahin’s company received funding from several EU R&D programmes. Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of the Germany-headquartered healthcare company BioNTech, has said the development of the technology used in its Covid-19 vaccine was made possible in part by sustained support from EU R&D programmes. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on NUS SETS OUT ACTION PLAN TO ‘TRANSFORM EDUCATION Pushing for a National Education Service tops the union’s list of campaign priorities. A plan to “transform education” in the UK has been published by the National Union of Students, with president Zamzam Ibrahim saying it will make it easier for students to get involved with the union. REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. Responding to a question from Research Professional News on the impact of Brexit on vaccine development during a Science Media Centre briefing on 20 July, Hill said that while the Covid-19 vaccine did not rely on EU funding, the institute does rely heavily on funding fromthe European
BIONTECH CHIEF: EU R&D FUNDS HELPED DEVELOP COVID-19 Uğur Şahin’s company received funding from several EU R&D programmes. Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of the Germany-headquartered healthcare company BioNTech, has said the development of the technology used in its Covid-19 vaccine was made possible in part by sustained support from EU R&D programmes. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on NUS SETS OUT ACTION PLAN TO ‘TRANSFORM EDUCATION Pushing for a National Education Service tops the union’s list of campaign priorities. A plan to “transform education” in the UK has been published by the National Union of Students, with president Zamzam Ibrahim saying it will make it easier for students to get involved with the union. HOMEPAGE - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Homepage - Research Professional News. Read more on BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. UK 28 May 2021. ico_lock. BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. Government must make sure UKRI cuts are “bump in road rather than change in direction”. ViewEU still split on R&D exclusions as latest plan branded ‘totalTHE COMPANY
Trusted intelligence for better decisions Research Professional provides authoritative news, analysis and comment that helps your entire institution make better decisions. Our focus is research policy, research funding and research politics. We cover government departments, funding agencies such as the research councils and the activity of universities themselves. SLOVENIA MAKES ‘RESILIENCE’ MAIN FOCUS OF ITS EU Specific aims include supporting EU action on health and boosting bloc’s defenses against cyber attacks . The Slovenian government has made ‘resilience’ the main focus of its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU beginning on 1 July, opting for the slogan:“Together.
STRESS ‘UNPRECEDENTEDLY HIGH’ AMONG POSTGRAD RESEARCHERS QAA publishes assessment of pandemic experiences among postgraduate research students and supervisors. Postgraduate research students suffered “unprecedentedly high” stress levels during the first year of the pandemic, the higher education quality watchdog has found.YES, EX-MINISTER
Chris Skidmore suggests that while ministers fear reshuffles, ex-ministers can still have a role . There’s nothing more ‘ex’ than an ex-minister, the saying goes, but with talk of a reshuffle around the summer recess, it might be helpful to reflect on life outside of ministerial office. BLAIR: PRIORITISE POST-COVID EDUCATION WITH NEW Tony Blair argues for expansion of higher education beyond 50 per cent target. Former prime minister Tony Blair has called for more universities to be created in towns without an institution of their own, as he defended his pledge for 50 per cent of young people to goto university.
SECTOR WELCOMES OIL AND MINING EXECUTIVE AS CHAIR OF UKRI Geochemist Andrew Mackenzie described as “brilliant” pick, despite questions over his environmental credentials. Scottish businessman Andrew Mackenzie, the former CEO of one of the world’s largest mining companies, has been named as the preferred candidate for the next chair of the national research funder, UK Research andInnovation.
ESTATE CHANGE AGENTS Mark Paget Skelin argues that Covid-19 will have a significant impact on university buildings . The pandemic has brought into question many aspects of university life taken for granted over the past 50 to 60 years, including the physical campus. WHAT PLACE FOR SCIENCE ADVICE IN JOHNSON’S CHUMOCRACY The government only seems interested in the answers it wants to hear, says David Walker. During his marathon evidence session at the Commons’ science and technology committee on 26 May, Dominic Cummings made much of the dangers of groupthink. TWO WRONGS - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Fears grow for student finance and cross-border research as temperatures rise “I hate it when I’m right,” says Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2, as he spends another Christmas Eve crawling through a ventilation shaft in an oil-stained vest, pursued by bad guys. REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. Responding to a question from Research Professional News on the impact of Brexit on vaccine development during a Science Media Centre briefing on 20 July, Hill said that while the Covid-19 vaccine did not rely on EU funding, the institute does rely heavily on funding fromthe European
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PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on NUS SETS OUT ACTION PLAN TO ‘TRANSFORM EDUCATION Pushing for a National Education Service tops the union’s list of campaign priorities. A plan to “transform education” in the UK has been published by the National Union of Students, with president Zamzam Ibrahim saying it will make it easier for students to get involved with the union. REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. Responding to a question from Research Professional News on the impact of Brexit on vaccine development during a Science Media Centre briefing on 20 July, Hill said that while the Covid-19 vaccine did not rely on EU funding, the institute does rely heavily on funding fromthe European
BIONTECH CHIEF: EU R&D FUNDS HELPED DEVELOP COVID-19 Uğur Şahin’s company received funding from several EU R&D programmes. Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of the Germany-headquartered healthcare company BioNTech, has said the development of the technology used in its Covid-19 vaccine was made possible in part by sustained support from EU R&D programmes. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on NUS SETS OUT ACTION PLAN TO ‘TRANSFORM EDUCATION Pushing for a National Education Service tops the union’s list of campaign priorities. A plan to “transform education” in the UK has been published by the National Union of Students, with president Zamzam Ibrahim saying it will make it easier for students to get involved with the union. HOMEPAGE - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Homepage - Research Professional News. Read more on BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. UK 28 May 2021. ico_lock. BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. Government must make sure UKRI cuts are “bump in road rather than change in direction”. ViewEU still split on R&D exclusions as latest plan branded ‘totalTHE COMPANY
Trusted intelligence for better decisions Research Professional provides authoritative news, analysis and comment that helps your entire institution make better decisions. Our focus is research policy, research funding and research politics. We cover government departments, funding agencies such as the research councils and the activity of universities themselves. SLOVENIA MAKES ‘RESILIENCE’ MAIN FOCUS OF ITS EU Specific aims include supporting EU action on health and boosting bloc’s defenses against cyber attacks . The Slovenian government has made ‘resilience’ the main focus of its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU beginning on 1 July, opting for the slogan:“Together.
STRESS ‘UNPRECEDENTEDLY HIGH’ AMONG POSTGRAD RESEARCHERS QAA publishes assessment of pandemic experiences among postgraduate research students and supervisors. Postgraduate research students suffered “unprecedentedly high” stress levels during the first year of the pandemic, the higher education quality watchdog has found.YES, EX-MINISTER
Chris Skidmore suggests that while ministers fear reshuffles, ex-ministers can still have a role . There’s nothing more ‘ex’ than an ex-minister, the saying goes, but with talk of a reshuffle around the summer recess, it might be helpful to reflect on life outside of ministerial office. BLAIR: PRIORITISE POST-COVID EDUCATION WITH NEW Tony Blair argues for expansion of higher education beyond 50 per cent target. Former prime minister Tony Blair has called for more universities to be created in towns without an institution of their own, as he defended his pledge for 50 per cent of young people to goto university.
SECTOR WELCOMES OIL AND MINING EXECUTIVE AS CHAIR OF UKRI Geochemist Andrew Mackenzie described as “brilliant” pick, despite questions over his environmental credentials. Scottish businessman Andrew Mackenzie, the former CEO of one of the world’s largest mining companies, has been named as the preferred candidate for the next chair of the national research funder, UK Research andInnovation.
ESTATE CHANGE AGENTS Mark Paget Skelin argues that Covid-19 will have a significant impact on university buildings . The pandemic has brought into question many aspects of university life taken for granted over the past 50 to 60 years, including the physical campus. WHAT PLACE FOR SCIENCE ADVICE IN JOHNSON’S CHUMOCRACY The government only seems interested in the answers it wants to hear, says David Walker. During his marathon evidence session at the Commons’ science and technology committee on 26 May, Dominic Cummings made much of the dangers of groupthink. TWO WRONGS - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Fears grow for student finance and cross-border research as temperatures rise “I hate it when I’m right,” says Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2, as he spends another Christmas Eve crawling through a ventilation shaft in an oil-stained vest, pursued by bad guys. REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
PARLIAMENT VOTE TO BRING EU CYBERSECURITY CENTRE ONLINE MEP says centre will help institutions shape European research priorities in “crucial” sector. The European Parliament has given the final approval to the creation of a central EU cybersecurity research centre in Bucharest, which will direct the use of relevant funding from the bloc’s R&D and digital programmes and oversee a network of similar centres at national level. WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. Responding to a question from Research Professional News on the impact of Brexit on vaccine development during a Science Media Centre briefing on 20 July, Hill said that while the Covid-19 vaccine did not rely on EU funding, the institute does rely heavily on funding fromthe European
BIONTECH CHIEF: EU R&D FUNDS HELPED DEVELOP COVID-19 Uğur Şahin’s company received funding from several EU R&D programmes. Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of the Germany-headquartered healthcare company BioNTech, has said the development of the technology used in its Covid-19 vaccine was made possible in part by sustained support from EU R&D programmes. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education has said. In its long-awaited response to the independent review of theTEF
PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa has been at the forefront of this, facilitating intra-Africa research collaboration with different institutions. Current funding decision models could be reviewed to spur on this development. By introducing changes that balance excellence with equity, and promotingintra-African
PARLIAMENT VOTE TO BRING EU CYBERSECURITY CENTRE ONLINE MEP says centre will help institutions shape European research priorities in “crucial” sector. The European Parliament has given the final approval to the creation of a central EU cybersecurity research centre in Bucharest, which will direct the use of relevant funding from the bloc’s R&D and digital programmes and oversee a network of similar centres at national level. WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC But to understand why Sweden chose this path, one needs to look more deeply, I suggest, to three features of the nation’s political philosophy and policymaking. First, Swedish policymaking emphasises rationality—it was evidence-based decades before the term became a buzzword. Decisions are seen as a matter of gauging the facts andfinding
FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. Normally, the heads of the country’s science funding agencies have a rough idea of what to expect based on a three-year medium-term spending framework, updatedannually, which
BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. Responding to a question from Research Professional News on the impact of Brexit on vaccine development during a Science Media Centre briefing on 20 July, Hill said that while the Covid-19 vaccine did not rely on EU funding, the institute does rely heavily on funding fromthe European
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PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on HOMEPAGE - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Homepage - Research Professional News. Read more on BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. UK 28 May 2021. ico_lock. BEIS R&D budget sparks fears over long-term targets. Government must make sure UKRI cuts are “bump in road rather than change in direction”. ViewEU still split on R&D exclusions as latest plan branded ‘totalTHE COMPANY
Trusted intelligence for better decisions Research Professional provides authoritative news, analysis and comment that helps your entire institution make better decisions. Our focus is research policy, research funding and research politics. We cover government departments, funding agencies such as the research councils and the activity of universities themselves. RESEARCH COMMERCIALISATION IS TOP PRIORITY, SAYS TUDGE Education minister reiterates call for Australian universities to interact better with businesses. Australian education minister Alan Tudge has said that the commercialisation of university research is his “top priority” for the portfolio. ESTATE CHANGE AGENTS Mark Paget Skelin argues that Covid-19 will have a significant impact on university buildings . The pandemic has brought into question many aspects of university life taken for granted over the past 50 to 60 years, including the physical campus. TWO WRONGS - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Fears grow for student finance and cross-border research as temperatures rise “I hate it when I’m right,” says Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2, as he spends another Christmas Eve crawling through a ventilation shaft in an oil-stained vest, pursued by bad guys. 24 HOURS IN HE: UNBOLTED Ivory Tower: our fly-on-the-wall documentary gains access to campus just as term concludes. Narrator: It’s exam time at Royal Dalton University, formerly the North by North West Midlands Institute and Technical College, one of Britain’s busiest higher education providers. This year the assessment period has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, again. WHAT PLACE FOR SCIENCE ADVICE IN JOHNSON’S CHUMOCRACY The government only seems interested in the answers it wants to hear, says David Walker. During his marathon evidence session at the Commons’ science and technology committee on 26 May, Dominic Cummings made much of the dangers of groupthink. ODA AMENDMENT ‘COULD SEE ARIA’S BUDGET QUADRUPLE’ IN A Tory rebel MPs pitch top-up to R&D funder’s budget to cover Official Development Assistance cuts. The UK’s new R&D funding agency, Aria, could see its total five-year budget quadruple in just a year if an amendment, described by one policy expert as “absurd”, is passed by the House of Commons next week. COMMISSION PITCHES ANOTHER HORIZON EUROPE EXCLUSION POLICY EU countries could get bigger role in writing rules on non-EU eligibility for some calls. The European Commission has again updated its approach to non-EU participation in strategically sensitive parts of the EU’s Horizon Europe R&D programme, it is understood. SWISS GOVERNMENT WANTS FULL MEMBERSHIP OF SKAO TO 2030 Government requests funding from parliament for participation in Square Kilometre Array Observatory. Switzerland’s government has said it wants the country to become a full member of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory—an international collaboration to build the world’s most sensitive radio telescope—until at least 2030. REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH Funding biases entrench gap between those who have and have not, says Alphonsus Neba. One fundamental trend we have witnessed in the last year or so is rising inequality and glaring income and social discrepancies heightened by the global pandemic. PARLIAMENT VOTE TO BRING EU CYBERSECURITY CENTRE ONLINE MEP says centre will help institutions shape European research priorities in “crucial” sector. The European Parliament has given the final approval to the creation of a central EU cybersecurity research centre in Bucharest, which will direct the use of relevant funding from the bloc’s R&D and digital programmes and oversee a network of similar centres at national level. FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC Controversial policies on Covid-19 stem from a deeply rooted view of evidence, says Morten Sager. When European nations locked down lastspring,
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ Anxiety as officials fly blind into Wednesday’s announcement. There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. BIONTECH CHIEF: EU R&D FUNDS HELPED DEVELOP COVID-19 Uğur Şahin’s company received funding from several EU R&D programmes. Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of the Germany-headquartered healthcare company BioNTech, has said the development of the technology used in its Covid-19 vaccine was made possible in part by sustained support from EU R&D programmes. BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE Jenner Institute out of pocket with expected loss of its largest funder, the European Commission. The head of a UK institute behind a promising coronavirus vaccine candidate is concerned about how to replace European Union funding after Brexit. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education hassaid.
PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on REMOTE WORKING DIFFICULTIES ‘UNRESOLVED’, FRENCH UNION Researchers continue to suffer from poor conditions and uncertainty, Covid-19 inquiry finds. Working from home has left French researchers struggling with rules surrounding leave of absence, a lack of adequate equipment, childcare and psychological distress—according to a survey undertaken by research union SNTRS. AFRICAN RESEARCH FUNDING NEEDS TO BALANCE EXCELLENCE WITH Funding biases entrench gap between those who have and have not, says Alphonsus Neba. One fundamental trend we have witnessed in the last year or so is rising inequality and glaring income and social discrepancies heightened by the global pandemic. PARLIAMENT VOTE TO BRING EU CYBERSECURITY CENTRE ONLINE MEP says centre will help institutions shape European research priorities in “crucial” sector. The European Parliament has given the final approval to the creation of a central EU cybersecurity research centre in Bucharest, which will direct the use of relevant funding from the bloc’s R&D and digital programmes and oversee a network of similar centres at national level. FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED TO BOOST IMPACT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Australian association’s framework provides “shared language” to help measure impact and improve communication. A Research Impact Framework has been launched in an effort to give Australian medical researchers a “shared language” to demonstrate the value of theirwork.
WHY SWEDEN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC Controversial policies on Covid-19 stem from a deeply rooted view of evidence, says Morten Sager. When European nations locked down lastspring,
SOUTH AFRICA'S 2021 SCIENCE BUDGET ‘UNCERTAIN’ Anxiety as officials fly blind into Wednesday’s announcement. There is more uncertainty ahead of South Africa’s science budget than in previous years, as the nation awaits its first post-Covid-19 budget on Wednesday 24 February. BIONTECH CHIEF: EU R&D FUNDS HELPED DEVELOP COVID-19 Uğur Şahin’s company received funding from several EU R&D programmes. Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of the Germany-headquartered healthcare company BioNTech, has said the development of the technology used in its Covid-19 vaccine was made possible in part by sustained support from EU R&D programmes. BREXIT FUNDING GAP FOR OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE INSTITUTE Jenner Institute out of pocket with expected loss of its largest funder, the European Commission. The head of a UK institute behind a promising coronavirus vaccine candidate is concerned about how to replace European Union funding after Brexit. NEW TEF RATING SYSTEM AS SUBJECT-LEVEL EXERCISE SCRAPPED Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes framework is to run every four to five years, while the rating system will be updated to highlight poor teaching performance, the Department for Education hassaid.
PLANS FOR ‘UK ARPA’ R&D FUNDING AGENCY FINALLY REVEALED Business secretary says legislation underway, aiming for the agency to be fully operational by 2022. The UK government has revealed the long-awaited plans for its £800 million “high-risk, high-reward” research funder dubbed UK Arpa and modelled on HOMEPAGE - RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS Ex Libris is focused on enabling the research community to obtain the most timely and trusted information surrounding COVID-19. We are responding to this challenge by providing free access to our coronavirus-related news, comment and analysis.THE COMPANY
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