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1 day 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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2 weeks ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Chris Parr |Sophie Hogan
Image: UniversitiesUK Vivienne Stern defends current university funding system in England, dismissing calls for a graduate levy The chief executive of Universities UK has made an impassioned plea for the government to link tuition fee increases to inflation while defending England’s higher education funding mechanism as, “broadly speaking, the right thing”.
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2 months ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Sophie Hogan
Government’s proposed changes could “undermine not only scholarly publishing but academia more broadly”
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Sophie Hogan |Robin Bisson
Cardiff, Durham, Kent and UEA the latest institutions to join wave of sector redundancies
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Emily Twinch |Sophie Hogan
Government’s plan to increase AI supercomputing “twentyfold” follows previous cancellation of Edinburgh exascale projectThe need for an exascale computer in the UK is “well established”, the vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh has said in response to the government’s plan for boosting the UK’s artificial intelligence sector.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Sophie Hogan |Research Europe
Focus on competitiveness must not lead to overemphasis on industry and defence, sector leaders cautionThe Polish presidency of the Council of the EU offers “promising opportunities” for research, innovation and education, as long as it does not “deprioritise” funding “in favour of short-term industrial or defence-related needs”, according to sector leaders. Presidencies chair the work of the EU member state governments in six-month turns and have some scope to set priorities.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Sophie Hogan |Research Europe
Image: E4C, via Getty Images Experts caution against copying US tech model, as competitiveness fears drive the startups commissioner’s portfolioThe EU should avoid trying to replicate the US model of tech-led growth and find its own model, experts have cautioned, after a new research and innovation commissioner started in post, adding startups to the top of her portfolio.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Emily Twinch |Sophie Hogan
Think tank Future Health calls on chancellor for “fewer, bigger R&D bets” to galvanise sectorGovernment strategies to grow the UK’s life sciences sector have been “undermined” by political instability, according to the think tank Future Health.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Sophie Hogan |Research Europe
Community buoyed by mitigation of worst-case scenario but says “substantial” increases still neededResearch and innovation sector leaders have said they are “grateful” for the small boost agreed to the 2025 budget of the EU’s Horizon Europe R&I programme, relative to the original proposal. But they said that “substantial increases” in funding are still needed for Horizon Europe, as well as the EU’s Erasmus+ programme, which funds academic exchange.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Sophie Hogan |Research Europe
Images: European Union Leadership candidates were well prepared but avoided key issues, observers suggestConfirmation hearings for the candidates to lead the European Commission for the next five years were a missed opportunity to start grappling with coming challenges, research sector leaders have argued.
