Harriet Swain
Freelance Reporter at Freelance
Journalist writing mostly about higher education
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2 days ago |
researchprofessionalnews.com | Harriet Swain
Image: Impact Media Specialists / UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council boss discusses ‘complicated picture’ for subjects amid increasing financial pressuresWhat intrigues Christopher Smith about Rome’s early kings—the focus of his academic work for more than 30 years—is the story. “Romulus and Remus were not suckled by a wolf after having floated down a river,” says Smith, executive chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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2 days ago |
researchprofessionalnews.com | Sophie Hogan |Harriet Swain
Research council leader says UKRI will “look after” its commitments after fears of in-project cutsThe government “does not want to repeat” the difficulties of the 2021 cuts to development spending despite having slashed the aid budget again, according to UK Research and Innovation’s international champion.
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4 days ago |
researchprofessionalnews.com | Harriet Swain
The government has been laying the groundwork for its immigration white paper due todayWhatever today’s immigration white paper means for universities, it won’t be for lack of lobbying. Last week, nearly 40 organisations, including 37 involved in research, signed a letter to Westminster MPs with an interest in R&D, expressing concern that a “more restrictive immigration policy for skilled workers and international students would pose a risk to the UK’s world-leading R&D status”.
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1 week ago |
researchprofessionalnews.com | Harriet Swain
Will the UK follow the EU in committing to universities and science? Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. And whatever you do, don’t choose Donald Trump’s America. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen appeared to be channelling Renton from Trainspotting as she made an impassioned speech yesterday launching the Choose Europe initiative at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
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2 weeks ago |
researchprofessionalnews.com | Harriet Swain
What do alternative providers want from government reforms to higher education? Today, the body representing independent higher education providers in the UK unveils what it wants from government higher education reforms.
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Johnny Rich argues that Trumpian chaos presents opportunities that UK universities cannot ignore. https://t.co/rcy9k2uEvu
Ben Hunt says the OfS’s Student Interest Board is an opportunity to rethink student engagement. https://t.co/JJzLXN3zh4
In this week’s Sunday Reading, Lisa Roberts explains why R&D funding should be seen as an investment in the future. https://t.co/ba5vLL3pHJ