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Ben Upton

Washington, D.C., United States

Reporter at Freelance

Freelance reporter based in DC. Previously covered continental Europe from London for @timeshighered @ResearchEurope. Tips welcomed via [email protected]

Articles

  • 1 week ago | researchprofessionalnews.com | Ben Upton

    Building a close relationship with hosts is key to strong bids, say fellowsA longstanding cornerstone of Germany’s efforts to attract top scientific talent, Humboldt Research Fellowships for Postdoctoral Researchers support 6-to-24-month stays for early career researchers in any field in German labs. Offering €2,700 per month plus additional benefits, the fellowship is flexible enough that it can be spread over up to three stays within three years. It is open year-round, without a deadline.

  • 1 week ago | hospicenews.com | Ben Upton

    Health care’s hunt for treatment and cure can leave comfort overlooked. But if it is to meet growing demand for high quality palliative care, the United States needs interdisciplinary teams that can attend to patients’ complex clinical, social and emotional needs. Challenge enough, but these teams must also choreograph their work within Medicare’s fee-for-service coding system, which limits billing to a single provider.

  • 2 months ago | freethink.com | Ben Upton

    In January 2013, Paul Kolbe was at a hotel in downtown Mexico City for a meeting of oil and gas company BP’s global security team. He had joined the British multinational five years earlier, after serving 25 years in the CIA’s directorate of operations. Suddenly, his phone began pinging with calls and emails from BP headquarters. Just before sunrise, a group of armed men had attacked a gas plant in In Amenas, an Algerian town 6,000 miles (9,650 km) away.

  • Feb 25, 2025 | lexology.com | Ben Upton |Don Holborow |Dominic Toomey |James Hawes |Joanna Lim |Josh Cairns | +1 more

    Following our last article, the debanking debate has taken a new turn with NZ First MP Andy Foster's anti-debanking Member’s Bill being drawn from the parliamentary ballot barely a week after it was announced. The Bill raises questions about the balance between commercial freedom and the ‘right’ to banking services.

  • May 30, 2024 | lexology.com | Ben Upton |James Caird |James Hawes |Joanna Lim |Josiah Koh

    The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has opened consultation on phase 2 of the “fit for purpose” financial services regulation reform agenda. Many proposals are immediately sensible. Some could create new complications. We encourage those affected to engage with the proposals as this is a unique opportunity to reshape some important elements of the regulatory environment.

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Ben Upton
Ben Upton @benwupton
4 Apr 24

America why are you more excited by an eclipse than your election? You're never normally this irrational you're making me love you again. Is Politico launching a tracker on butterfly migration? Can we cut live to the birds for their reactions to a crisp Sunday morning??

Ben Upton
Ben Upton @benwupton
11 Oct 23

RT @Ike_Saul: People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-…

Ben Upton
Ben Upton @benwupton
13 Sep 23

RT @nexta_tv: Former Austrian Foreign Minister and close friend of Putin Karin Kneissl moved to Russia and transported her ponies to St. Pe…