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Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 11m
Generative AI ‘better than citation data’ for judging research quality.

Research (which is yet to be peer reviewed) suggests role for tools like ChatGPT in REF processes.

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Research yet to be peer reviewed suggests role for tools like ChatGPT in REF processes
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1h
UK ‘lacks coherence’ on foreign talent as settled status tightens.

Tougher conditions and higher costs raise fears of deterrent for overseas researchers prized by ministers.

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Tougher conditions and higher costs raise fears of deterrent for overseas researchers prized by ministers
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Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · 2h
Intriguing result in the 'should AI be used in the REF' debate: GenAI tools outperform citation data on matching expert quality assessments

@mikethelwall.bsky.social says his research gets “very strongly positive reactions and also a very strong negative reaction”

Quelle suprise!
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Research yet to be peer reviewed suggests role for tools like ChatGPT in REF processes
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 17h
‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay.

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‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay - Research Professional News
Two-week walkout planned on second anniversary of major cyberattack
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 21h
ERC’s budget is its number one issue, president says

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John Whitfield @johnwhitfield.bsky.social · 20h
Looking forward to the @rorinstitute.bsky.social evaluation of this mode of funding allocation.
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 21h
EU regions warn of ‘Hunger Games’ battle for funding as a result of Commission plan

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Anna McKie @annamckie.bsky.social · 21h
UKRI diversity spending set to hit new high in 2025 -

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 19h
Tech tycoon Larry Ellison gives Oxford institute fresh £890m.

Ellison Institute of Technology announces plans for expanded campus after change in leadership.

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Ellison Institute of Technology announces plans for expanded campus after change in leadership
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 21h
EU regions warn of ‘Hunger Games’ battle for funding as a result of Commission plan

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Jenny Sinclair @jsresearchpro.bsky.social · 1d
New Zealand: climate adaptation conference's Pacific focus (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...
Climate adaptation conference kicks off in Christchurch - Research Professional News
New Zealand event, part of UN programme, will focus on Indigenous and Pacific communities
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Harriet Swain @harrietswain.bsky.social · 1d
Mark Corver highlights the data sets that will direct higher education strategy this autumn www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Mark Corver identifies key numbers for higher education to watch this autumn
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 20h
UKRI diversity spending set to hit new high in 2025, figures show.

Experts welcome year-on-year increases in equality, diversity and inclusion spending, but impact remains unclear.

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UKRI diversity spending set to hit new high in 2025, figures show - Research Professional News
Experts welcome year-on-year increases in equality, diversity and inclusion spending, but impact remains unclear
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
Initiative to transform research support roles gets £4.5m.

Research Professional Futures initiative will aim to create a strategy for research professionals in roles that have “historically lacked visibility, recognition and clear career pathways”.
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Initiative to transform research support roles gets £4.5m - Research Professional News
Sector-wide collaboration to establish identities and pathways for research professionals receives Research England backing
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
Risk-averse universities ‘hindering own REF performance’.

Most-read on our site just now.

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Risk-averse universities ‘hindering own REF performance’ - Research Professional News
Hidden REF Festival: Institutions urged to “pull their socks up” and submit more non-traditional outputs
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
Universities ‘extremely worried’ about Horizon funding defence.

Proposed geographical restrictions on defence-related projects “require careful consideration”, association leader warns.

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 1d
Universities ‘extremely worried’ about Horizon funding defence

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 1d
There are growing calls for clarity on the planned links between the next EU R&I programme and a new European Competitiveness Fund

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
REF incentives stretch research funding, warns former UKRI boss.

Ottoline Leyser says quality-related distribution mechanism is leading to over-recruitment of principal investigators.

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Ottoline Leyser says quality-related distribution mechanism is leading to over-recruitment of principal investigators
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
REF incentives stretch research funding, warns former UKRI boss.

Ottoline Leyser says quality-related distribution mechanism is leading to over-recruitment of principal investigators.

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REF incentives stretch research funding, warns former UKRI boss - Research Professional News
Ottoline Leyser says quality-related distribution mechanism is leading to over-recruitment of principal investigators
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
Economics Nobel awarded for work on innovation-driven growth.

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt provided insights into scientific method and R&D funding.

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Economics Nobel awarded for work on innovation-driven growth - Research Professional News
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt provided insights into scientific method and R&D funding
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d
Will Labour cut fees at universities with ‘low quality’ teaching?

Martin McQuillan asks if rumoured plans will ever come to fruition in England.

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Will Labour cut fees at universities with ‘low quality’ teaching? - Research Professional News
Martin McQuillan asks if rumoured plans will ever come to fruition in England
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 1d
Grateful to @resprofnews.bsky.social for doing a write-up of our call for action to incentivise the publication of negative results. Now looking for world-leading funders and institutions to show some leadership on this issue…
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 2d
Research funders urged to drive culture shift on negative results.

Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 2d
Research funders urged to drive culture shift on negative results.

Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.

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Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · 4d
The ministerial migration to AI companies continues...Rishi Sunak, no less, has taken roles with Anthropic and Microsoft

Former PM joins a bunch of ex-DSIT ministers and officials in AI-land, as we reported last week

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Sophie Hogan @sophieatrpn.bsky.social · 4d
Spoke to several higher education leaders yesterday about TNE at @universities-uk.bsky.social International's annual TNE conference - the same day that two different institutions agreed deals to open Indian campuses.

Thanks to the team at UUKi for having me!
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 4d
Expansion of UK universities in India ‘like California gold rush’.

University leaders embrace transnational education but warn it will not be a “replacement income stream”.

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Expansion of UK universities in India ‘like California gold rush’ - Research Professional News
University leaders embrace transnational education but warn it will not be a “replacement income stream”
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