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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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‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library

Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”.

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Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays
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December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Will ERC’s Plus Grants boost European research?

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As some fear “wasteful” low success rate, senior figures welcome extra funding without political direction
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December 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Provisional Norwegian budget plan protects research

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December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Free to read: Academies welcome EU deal on genetically modified crops

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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Australia: ARC's restructure revealed (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australian Research Council’s ‘secret restructure’ revealed - Research Professional News
National funder confirms it is “aligning staffing levels” to meet public service standards
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December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Australia: CSIRO facing up to a decade of belt-tightening (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Csiro staff cuts may not be over - Research Professional News
Necessary infrastructure spending means more job losses could follow the 350 recently announced, Senate hears
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December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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There were warnings about this 2.5 years ago. (See www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...)

This is 60+ staff at one MRC unit in Cambridge

Cambridge has 6 MRC units
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Jacqui Smith: it's ‘legitimate’ to link student grants with growth.

Skills minister highlights industrial strategy context for maintenance funding, while hinting at future expansion.

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Skills minister highlights industrial strategy context for maintenance funding, while hinting at future expansion
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December 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Job losses loom at University of Cambridge’s MRC research unit.

Unions allege consultation “errors”, while university says funding council’s changes led to “difficult position”.

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Job losses loom at University of Cambridge’s MRC research unit - Research Professional News
Unions allege consultation shortcomings, while university says funding council’s changes led to “difficult position”
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December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library.

Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays.

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‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library - Research Professional News
Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays
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December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Will ERC’s Plus Grants boost European research?

As some fear “wasteful” low success rate, senior figures welcome extra funding without political direction.

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December 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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24 Hours in HE: end of term.

Ivory Tower (satire): We catch up with the higher education fly-on-the-wall documentary.

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Ivory Tower: We catch up with the higher education fly-on-the-wall documentary
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December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Opinion: The US research empire is in retreat.

Publication data suggest China will fill the vacuum created by US isolationism, says Jonathan Adams.

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Publication data suggest China will fill the vacuum created by US isolationism, says Jonathan Adams
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December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Make simplification a hedge trimmer, not a chainsaw.

Digital tools can make applying for funding easier without backsliding on values, says Daniel Spichtinger.

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Digital tools can make applying for funding easier without backsliding on values, says Daniel Spichtinger
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December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Exclusive: Publishers to trial removing fees from some journals in UK deals.

Agreements under negotiation will include open access pilots hailed as “fundamental shift in business model”.

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Agreements under negotiation will include open access pilots hailed as “fundamental shift in business model”
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December 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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The Council of the EU has said that elements of the planned close connection between the next Horizon Europe research and innovation programme and the European Competitiveness Fund remain “a major unknown”.

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December 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Major academic publishing companies will trial removing article fees from certain journals as part of deals being struck between publishers and the UK higher education sector

#OpenAccess pilots represent a “fundamental shift in business model”, says Jisc

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Publishers to trial removing fees from some journals in UK deals - Research Professional News
Agreements under negotiation will include open access pilots hailed as “fundamental shift in business model”
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December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Exclusive: Publishers to trial removing fees from some journals in UK deals.

Agreements under negotiation will include open access pilots hailed as “fundamental shift in business model”.

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Publishers to trial removing fees from some journals in UK deals - Research Professional News
Agreements under negotiation will include open access pilots hailed as “fundamental shift in business model”
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December 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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New Zealand: government wants to see economic growth embedded in university plans under new strategy (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...
Economic growth dominates NZ tertiary education strategy - Research Professional News
Government plan targets better research commercialisation and industry collaboration
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December 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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It was a pleasure to iv the Danish minister for science and higher education for Research Europe last week.

Christina Egelund told me that the EU must unite around investing in R&I to be able to compete with the US and China.

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Danish minister: ‘Europe must unite on research to be competitive’ - Research Professional News
Christina Egelund tells RPN that “massive investments” are needed to compete with US and China
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December 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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"I think we’re at a moment of testing the unity in Europe, seeing if we can actually be a united player [in] science and research."

As Denmark holds EU council presidency, @francesjones.bsky.social hears from its science minister, Christina Egelund.

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Danish minister: ‘Europe must unite on research to be competitive’ - Research Professional News
Christina Egelund tells RPN that “massive investments” are needed to compete with US and China
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December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Is Europe's best economic hope to follow Silicon Valley model of tech-led innovation?

Four economists, incl @neillee.bsky.social, debate a big question prompted by Philippe Aghion's Nobel prize for economics win and his agenda for European R&D.

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Does Nobel winner have R&D cure for Europe’s ills? - Research Professional News
Philippe Aghion wants Europe to emulate US innovation—four economists give verdicts on his model
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December 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Danish minister: ‘Europe must unite on research to be competitive’.

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Christina Egelund tells RPN that “massive investments” are needed to compete with US and China
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December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Four university efficiency projects backed by new Scottish fund.

Scottish Funding Council’s announcement follows Westminster government’s rejection of similar national fund.

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Scottish Funding Council’s announcement follows Westminster government’s rejection of similar national fund
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Reforms to university governance seen as ‘overdue and essential’.

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December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM