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10-year R&D budgets are on the cards from 2026, but what for? Department for Science, Innovation and Technology tells Sophie Hogan they are in line for industry partnerships, talent and global collabs But Bob Sorrell and Graeme Reid urge careful use to avoid "lock in" researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

EU ‘must find own innovation model’. The EU should avoid trying to replicate the US model of tech-led growth and find its own model, experts have cautioned, after a new R&I commissioner started in post, adding startups to the top of her portfolio. (€) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe…

Julia Gillard: ‘Researchers need to be active, vocal, engaged’. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

Universities are ‘asking how much research they can afford to do’ thanks to the crisis in their funding. Great to speak to Parveen Yaqoob, Rachel Hewitt, Simon Green and others about this issue. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

Most new programme directors at ARIA are likely to be from industry rather than academia, its CEO Ilan Gur has said With its budget only set up to 2025-26, Gur also said he has "no idea" of its funding level beyond that By Sophie Hogan researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-inn…

👀British-Chinese research and innovation projects have almost evaporated, with UK funding falling from £112 million in 2016 to a meagre £400k in 2022. Great exclusive by Sophie Hogan. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

Check out ResearchProfessionalNews' coverage of this year's New Years' Honours, with a raft of key sector players being recognised! researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

Interesting to cover this one after UCU published the letter over Christmas…

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‘Lots more’ universities could drop big subscription deals. The director of RLUK has suggested more universities could cancel major subscription deals with academic publishers, in the wake of three institutions dropping their agreements with Elsevier. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

It's a sign of the times that, pre-publication, this HE redundancies article started out as a story about UEA with Durham added. Then Kent was added...then Cardiff. A microcosm of UK HE right now, and a typical day in the life at the moment. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

This is welcome news - but why the secrecy? who in the Commission is assuring us (and with what authority) that the ERC's autonomy will be respected by the Commission? Given the (hopefully unnecessary) concerns caused, we need an assurance from the top! Ursula von der Leyen Ekaterina Zaharieva

The Data Bill is expected to become law in spring Two peers explain moves to change the bill’s definition of scientific research as being conducted “in the public interest”, after fears AI companies could have free rein Sophie Hogan reports researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

“We’re in difficult financial conditions—I’m not naïve about this—but what would absolutely help is to have a 10-year plan... that would actually spell out that science is central to this country and central to the government’s mission,” Nurse said. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

"Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined we would be here." Reality of NIH decision on foreign subawards rips through US' global research reach - by me for ResearchProfessionalNews researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-usa-20…

My week, by Bridget Phillipson. Ivory Tower gains access to more exclusive extracts from the diary of the education secretary. 😉 researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

Breaking: UK’s global talent visa route to be made ‘easier’ for scientists. High talent routes to expand but skilled worker salary threshold to rise, under immigration white paper plans. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

Govt's immigration white paper has dropped. A foreword by Starmer says the plan signals a “new era” in which “[the UK] will still be competitive in attracting the world’s best talent”. But the changes “will wean our national economy off its reliance on cheap labour from overseas”

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