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Research England is allocating nearly £2 billion in quality related funding based on research excellence

No new entrants in highest-earning institutions, but some big changes for other universities

London and south-east see smaller proportional lift to quality related research funding after REF results

John Krebs and Julia King urge next PM to “at least maintain science-superpower ambition”
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Tony Blair Institute and partners say UK government should fund such bodies to unlock progress

Despite leading on postgraduate research numbers, UK lags in number of researchers in industry

Peers call for “strong emphasis” on getting business committed to research-spending increase

Modernisation to support R&D activities of the lab’s partners in academia and the nuclear sector

Otherwise “science superpower” will remain “just an empty slogan”, warns Lords report

“Clear lack” of training on point-of-care testing cited, despite its importance for biomedical scientists

Isabel Creed picked as chair of Scientists for Labour, replacing Joseph Buckley

“Overlooked” incremental changes could be as important as larger ones for data organisations’ financial stability

PM candidate: “Our companies don’t invest enough in R&D so we’re going to cut taxes”

Article-processing charges for Nature Research and Palgrave journals will be eligible for UKRI funds

Campaign group urges Truss and Sunak to match other nations’ higher level of funding ambition

Survey will inform UK council’s future work on identifying and communicating new developments in bioethics

Experts from three regions describe how the funding will help boost local R&D and industry

Pharmaceutical companies urge prime ministerial candidates to increase R&D investment to reverse negative trends

Successful scientists will be invited to host a roundtable with agency’s new CEO Ilan Gur

PM contender’s Northern Ireland stance and dismissal of “arbitrary” funding targets suggest trouble for R&D

But expert says fleshing out details including finance is “key” for social sciences and humanities

Survey finds majority of genomics SMEs struggle to find enough staff with appropriate skills

Funder fears UK will be “left behind” on biomedical data, despite world-leading potential

Sconul hopes data will support libraries in benchmarking and developing equality, diversity and inclusion strategies

Engineers tell Tory leadership candidates engineering is “vital” to deal with climate and ecological crisis

Crick researchers report positive findings from tests on mice

But Ulster University executive says there is a “gap” between perception and reality

Spray “shows great promise”, with plans to bring it to “as many people as possible”

National funder promises to improve in response to independent review that found “risks to efficiency”

One in seven prevented from publishing OA due to lack of funding, study finds

Merger might look like “classic government blunder” but is the “right” move, says former adviser

But UK’s prime ministerial candidates pledge to unleash investment in innovation

Issues cited include how to reach open access and “eye-watering” article-processing charges

Chief executive apologises as funder announces updates to its standard operating procedure for whistleblowing investigations

Jessica Corner gets approval following appearance before House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

£40 million construction set to give “evolving” Culham Science Centre a “boost”

Draft legislation restricts, but still allows, claims for overseas research and development