Ex-minister: high-risk research funder must not be ‘destructive’
Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office

Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office
Announcement comes after Northumbria staff threatened industrial action over institution’s handling outbreak

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Georgetown analysis counts benefit of educated workers with better jobs

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Award for French researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier and US biochemist Jennifer Doudna is the first double win for female chemists

THE analysis reveals regions that could lose the most financially due to pandemic and policy-related decline

Data from WSJ/THE US College Rankings paint worrying picture for sector facing further financial woes
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Cambridge and Oxford jointly lead combined results of three main UK university league tables

Several institutions will not be enrolling doctoral students in autumn 2021 because of the pandemic

Michael Houghton calls for prize committees to allow six or seven winners, rather than Nobel’s limit of three

If governments commit extra funding and researchers accept the growing industrial emphasis, the European Research Area can fly, says Jan Palmowski

New R&D network will help Wales become more research competitive amid fears over loss of regional funds after Brexit