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Source close to 2020 association deal pessimistic about UK’s prospects of joining EU’s research programme

Government-funded engines for linking research with industry given more access to research councils

Increase in high-quality research shown in REF 2021 raises prospect of funding changes

Memorandum of understanding sets out “independence” of £800 million funder from UK government
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Fund for commercialising university science and technology in the North set to make first investments

Military personnel, academic institutions and companies to work together to “push technological boundaries”

Specialists excel alongside smaller universities as major institutions are largely absent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many leading universities missing as smaller universities show their strength

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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