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But critics say windfall won’t compensate for the money stripped from basic research
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Talking leadership 18: Hideo Ohno on improving innovation and culture change
The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners
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UK regional innovation pilots ‘should shun Silicon Valley myth’
Levelling-up plans for ‘innovation accelerators’ bring hope for local decisions on R&D, but warnings against Whitehall’s ‘Stanford-Silicon Valley’ concept
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ߣߣƵn National University cuts ties with Russia
Invasion of Ukraine ‘threatens the peace, freedom and democracy on which freedom of inquiry and academic collaboration is based’
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Interview with Faezeh Marzbanrad
Biomedical engineer talks about problem-solving, the importance of monitoring foetal cardiac health and why no one has got it quite right on STEM education for women
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Will US universities’ labour pains be the mother of invention?
The Great Resignation, remote working and rapid changes in the graduate employment market are all forcing US higher education institutions to evolve – fast. But are institutions that have spent two...
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Extra £20 million to offset UK overseas research cuts
Impact of cuts to in-flight research mitigated by additional money but future budgets for aid-funded projects still uncertain, says UK science funder
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Kwarteng ‘vetoed appointment of Oxford college head to lead ESRC’
Business secretary reportedly concerned by Jonathan Michie’s ‘left-wing’ associations
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Red tape warning for research projects over national security law
‘Seemingly small regulatory requirements readily spawn large bureaucratic responses,’ says City president
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New network takes aim at natural disasters and workforce needs
While many governments struggle to predict workforce needs, ߣߣƵ’s new tropical alliance is giving it a crack
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Can universities manufacture a post-industrial future for the Midwest?
Freshly inaugurated US president Joe Biden owes his election victory to swing states in America’s Rust Belt. But is his plan to revitalise them by creating ‘millions of new manufacturing and...
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Research council head veto ‘will make vacancies harder to fill’
Ministerial intervention in research council appointment highlights growing politicisation of British science, experts warn
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Covid recovery projects held up for months by red tape
Tardy response to UKRI request meant greenlit research projects on pandemic could not begin, investigation concludes
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Canada pushes abundant PhD graduates towards industry needs
Doctoral glut seen as especially bad in nation that does too little research
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UK regions promised research funding boost under ‘levelling up’
Forty per cent increase in investment by 2030 pledged, with BEIS ring-fencing majority of its spending for areas beyond golden triangle