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ViewUniversities call for R&D boost ahead of budget vote

MEPs decide next week whether to back €300 million hike for Horizon Europe in 2022

ViewGetting on top of PhD supervision, confronting the reproducibility crisis, career-changing publication

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewGaps and gains

Figures on widening participation are released and the government is accused of no-platforming an academic

ViewInnovate UK applying Covid lessons to be ‘best in the world’

Funder’s chief Indro Mukerjee wants to learn from its successes of supporting businesses during pandemic

ViewScience minister seeks ‘300% growth’ of key industries

George Freeman says UK “led the saving of the world from the pandemic”

ViewThe reproducibility crisis and how to tackle it

Why the crisis matters and what researchers and funders can do about it

ViewParticipation gap grows for ‘free school meal’ students

Department for Education data show changing picture in university recruitment rates

ViewHancock’s Africa posting sparks ire from continent’s scientists

Former British health secretary’s “tone deaf” UN envoy appointment “beggars belief”

ViewUniversities fall short on careers advice for international students

Hepi report suggests that institutions need to improve their employment support

ViewStepping up: Supervising PhD students

The first of two articles about taking on responsibilities as an early career academic

ViewFrom the archive: I got published in Nature as a PhD student

How good fortune and determination combined to unlock a career goal for one young researcher

ViewUniversities ‘generate over £5bn for Welsh economy’

Report reveals institutions in Wales were responsible for over 60,000 jobs in 2019-20

ViewProfessional bodies want more investment in R&D and skills

Letter co-authored by Science Council calls for ‘predictable and signalled year-on-year rises’ in research funding

ViewJetsetting careers

Reports tackle international student careers and a possible new focus for the Social Mobility Commission

ViewPhysics firms reveal UK’s skills and funding woes

Institute of Physics survey calls for R&D investment amid negative impact of pandemic on firms

ViewKathleen Stock: row intensifies as union and university clash

UCU branch calls for transphobia investigation as University of Sussex issues defence of academic freedom

ViewRoyal Shakespeare Company gets research status

RSC becomes the first performing arts body to be classed as an independent research organisation

ViewUKRI international director steps down

Tim Wheeler leaves after three years in the role, during torrid time for international programmes

ViewUUK urges UCU to help break pensions deadlock

Universities UK wants union to help “urgently progress” negotiations

ViewFears mount over R&D targets ahead of spending review

Government urged to set out plan to increase public R&D spending to £22bn by 2024-25

ViewSkills bill amendments offer protection for BTECs

Two amendments passed by Lords during report stage

ViewEnergy loss

BEIS has its hands full—is it about to drop the ball on R&D?

ViewSocial mobility scheme aims to diversify young research talent

Paid placements offered at research institutions to help disadvantaged Stem students access academic careers

ViewMPs call to ‘protect and enhance’ R&D in wake of Covid-19

Select committees attribute success of vaccination to R&D investment, which should be “protected and enhanced”

ViewAdults who struggle to give consent left out of research

Academics say research outcomes are being harmed by not including some groups

ViewMPs accuse government of ‘significant error’ on Covid policy

Lack of adequate data and over-reliance on mathematical models responsible for pandemic missteps, say MPs

ViewUK ‘failed’ to turn science excellence on testing into success

MPs say “scientific excellence not enough” on Covid tests, and call for “greater operational competence”

ViewBlack graduates suffer racial injustice at work

Report calls for companies to offer more support to Black graduate employees

ViewSpringer Nature picks research integrity chief

Chris Graf joins publisher from rival Wiley, promising to work with researchers on responsible conduct

ViewMajor inquiry by MPs notes ‘big mistakes’ in UK handling of Covid

Parliamentarians detail failings of scientific advice, but some scientists highlight “glaring” omissions in their report