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ViewBritish Science Association announces new CEO

Hannah Russell to support vision of making science “more relevant, representative and connected to society”

ViewNetwork of UK’s public R&D bodies need ‘long-term funding’

Campaign for Science and Engineering says Public Sector Research Establishments “critical” to strategic research spending

ViewREF 2021: Business and management studies top ten

Success for smaller universities as Lancaster beats Russell Group institutions to number one

ViewUlster to lead £50m data innovation hub for manufacturers

The hub will support businesses in developing, testing and adopting data-driven technologies

ViewUK universities perform well on entrepreneurial funding

But Research England report says UK entrepreneurial ecosystems can still learn from European equivalents

ViewREF adviser says work still needed on interdisciplinarity

Athene Donald says REF 2021 processes for flagging interdisciplinary research were not well understood

ViewREF 2021: Computer science and informatics top 10

Top positions taken by the big beasts while Essex outperforms its overall league ranking

ViewREF 2021: Engineering top 10

Major research universities dominate the topic that attracted the highest number of submissions

ViewCharity calls for action, not words, on dementia

Alzheimer’s Society responds to health secretary’s promise of 10-year plan for dementia

ViewREF 2021: Allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy top 10

Many leading universities missing as smaller universities show their strength

ViewTwo more UK universities join European University Association

Essex and Aston join nearly 50 other UK universities as group’s members

ViewUKRI had told Researchfish its tweets ‘set the correct tone’

Funder also told service “we got the result we needed” after academic deleted their tweet

ViewNUS ‘disappointed’ after DfE cuts ties over antisemitism claims

Government “disengaging” with the student union amid growing concerns about alleged antisemitism

ViewRussell Group: UK’s Horizon Europe deal ‘on the brink’

Meanwhile, Universities UK calls on Home Office to tackle research “immigration bureaucracy and visa costs”

ViewUK-US deal to help ‘cut red tape’ on spaceflight

Partnership to launch “cheaper, quicker and more streamlined” space flight operations in both countries

ViewNew forest research laboratory to help fight tree pests and diseases

While Kew’s virtual research network launches to protect trees, forests and woodlands

ViewMedical academy welcomes largest intake of BAME fellows

But admits there is still “long way to go” until fellowship reflects diversity of society

ViewREF 2021: Mixed bag for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Most top institutions keep their positions but smaller universities fall down rankings

ViewEPSRC survey identifies barriers for women scientists

Funder promises action after scientists complain of barriers that favour men or more established researchers

ViewSurvey: Covid-19 ‘spurred business innovation in UK’

Third of businesses cite pandemic as major reason for innovating, but pandemic also presented barriers

ViewAnimal Plant and Health Agency gets new boss as it upgrades

Former Intellectual Property Office deputy, David Holdsworth, appointed as chief executive of agency

ViewUK ‘overtaken’ as country with most powerful health data

“Chaotic and ad-hoc” approach to access has caused a lack of good work, says specialist

ViewVice-chancellors want block grant to make up for lost EU funding

Universities UK says institutions need government grant to “cushion” likely loss of Horizon Europe funding

ViewREF 2021: Sweeney says change to funding formula ‘possible’

Proportion of research deemed world-leading also rises 11 percentage points between 2014 and 2021

ViewREF 2021: The Research Professional News 2021 ranking

All 157 universities in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework ranked by power and intensity

ViewRobert Gordon University joins University Alliance

University’s mission “closely aligned” with UA, as it has “long history of working with industry”

ViewRoyal Society criticised over diversity of its 2022 fellows

Proportion of new female fellows drops and concerns are voiced over ethnic and regional representation

ViewScottish prototype space rocket unveiled

Scotland-based Orbex unveils first full-scale prototype of its orbital space rocket with low-carbon fuel

ViewQueen’s speech light on R&D and science

Speech setting out government plans for 2022-23, delivered by Prince Charles, mentions science only once

ViewUK public to have say on genome-edited farm animals

Consultation, run by BBSRC and bioethics group, comes as government tables legislation to relax regulations