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ViewSo you’re new to…the National Institute for Health Research

The first leg of a two-part primer on the research arm of the NHS

ViewFrom the archive: Geology bids need rock-solid grantsmanship

Drilling down into what makes a firm Geological Society of London application

ViewB3 or not B3?

The Office for Students publishes its consultation on student outcomes

ViewOfS to introduce ‘requires improvement’ TEF rating

England’s higher education regulator says proposal will help students to identify high-quality provision

ViewOfS sets out student outcome ‘thresholds’

Universities that fall short could be fined or see tuition fees cut

ViewFrancis Crick Institute refreshes its strategy with five-point plan

London biomedical research institute aims to consolidate world-leading status, seven years after its foundation

ViewFailings identified in UKRI’s Covid-19 response

Response came at “substantial personal cost” with grant application system “unfit for purpose”, finds report

ViewFree-speech bill could have ‘chilling effect’

Head of Buckingham warns bill to safeguard academic free speech risks having the opposite effect

ViewAcademia urged to join fight against online misinformation

Royal Society calls for collaboration with tech companies, despite challenges in obtaining data from platforms

ViewMajority of teaching continued in most institutions during strikes

Ucea releases information showing the impact of December’s strikes by the UCU

ViewSpecial report: Future of UK research assessment

An in-depth look at the review of the Research Excellence Framework from Research Professional News

ViewUK research policy needs to face economic realities

Innovation in services and management is as important as funding basic science, says Paul Nightingale

ViewRed-tape review is a good start, but testing is crucial

Report from Adam Tickell plots a route to more efficient research, says Simon Kerridge

ViewEx-MRC head backed by new employer

Biology organisation Embo says it trusts Fiona Watt has learned from bullying probe

ViewFunding in 2022

A best guess at the UK research funding headlines for the year ahead

ViewERC winners explore plans to exit UK

Overseas institutions already looking to poach winners of European Research Council grants amid eligibility gridlock

ViewThe year ahead: Researchers, assemble!

Research Fortnight looks ahead to the battles facing research superheroes in 2022

ViewHitting home

Damage from Horizon Europe uncertainty is now impossible to ignore

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 19 January issue of Research Fortnight

ViewThe pitfalls of striving for progress

Working for equality, diversity and inclusion brings tough choices, say Sapna Marwaha and her colleagues

ViewGet better feedback

How to nudge draft bid reviewers to deliver meaningful responses

ViewWhat’s going on in the UK: 6-19 January

This week: JVT steps down, Wales steps up on net zero and more

ViewStrike warning

The UCU will meet today to decide the next steps in two industrial disputes

ViewUK-built Mars rover ‘set for lift-off’ in September

Rosalind Franklin Rover will be moved to launch site following final review in April

ViewGeorge Freeman: PM and cabinet ‘need to restore trust’

Science minister reveals his “anger” over lockdown parties at No 10, labelling them “damaging”

ViewDonelan: end use of NDAs to silence sexual harassment victims

England's universities minister urges vice-chancellors to sign pledge to end practice

ViewERC Starting Grant success rate set to skyrocket after plummeting

Projection comes as ERC grantees receive share of EU’s first-ever innovation transition awards

ViewTwelve more UK institutions vote to strike

But only a quarter of UCU reballots result in mandate for industrial action

ViewScientific community must act to restore publishing’s purpose

Commercially driven system does not serve modern science’s needs, say Geoffrey Boulton and Lizzie Sayer

ViewStock: ‘REF impact is undermining academic freedom’

Controversial philosopher Kathleen Stock says REF impact requirement discourages challenging work on difficult topics