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Paul Jump

Paul Jump

paul.jump@timeshighereducation.com

Paul Jump is features and opinion editor. He was previously senior science and research reporter as well as deputy features and opinions editor. He wrote on issues such as research funding, the research councils and the research excellence framework.

He was formerly politics, law and governance reporter for Third Sector magazine, and a freelancer at The Guardian. He has a BPhil in philosophy from the University of Oxford and an MA from the University of Edinburgh. He joined ɫ��ֱ�� in May 2010.

Paul can be found tweeting at

Articles by Paul Jump

Dutch universities dig in for long fight over open access

Institutions ‘unbending’ on fee-free demand as talks with Elsevier resume

8 January

ESRC’s block grant allocation is flawed, says academic

REF analysis suggests that new system for allocating funds has ‘no correspondence with excellence in research impact’

8 January

REF 2014 rerun: who are the 'game players'?

How do rankings shift when institutions are compared on research intensity, which takes into account percentage of staff submitted, rather than on standard GPA alone?

1 January

REF 2014: winners and losers in 'intensity' ranking

Alternative ranking of REF results maps university performance against the proportion of eligible staff submitted.

19 December

REF 2014: results by subject

Were new research stars born? Who was helped or hurt by impact? Times Higher Education dissects the results by discipline

18 December

REF 2014 results: table of excellence

Some post-92s gain, but traditional research powers dominate 2014 research excellence framework rankings

18 December

REF 2014 winners: who performed best?

King’s College London raised its GPA while submitting more staff. Who were the other notable achievers and underachievers?

18 December

Researcher claims to have answer to negative citations

Dividing citation into six groups could improve the accuracy of metrics in research assessment, paper argues

11 December

Warwick academics ‘treated like City traders’ with financial targets

UCU official attacks redundancy criteria at the university amid calls to reverse ‘dangerous’ process

11 December

Australia: Coalition takes second run at higher education reform bill

One day after a Senate defeat, the government renews efforts to pass controversial package of changes

11 December

Discovery and impact: no conflict in twin aims, EPSRC chief insists

Controversial capabilities policy retained as one of three strands in research council’s new plan

4 December

Campus close-up: Sheffield Hallam University

Provision of initial teacher training faces a huge upheaval but there is also scope for new networks and partnerships

4 December

‘Crick of the North’ confirmed for Manchester

But centre for advanced materials will still have “satellites” in Oxbridge and London as well as Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield

3 December

Private provider dropout rates and loan access laid bare by NAO

Dropout rates at nine alternative higher education providers were higher than 20 per cent in 2012-13, the National Audit Office has revealed

2 December

The (predicted) results for the 2014 REF are in

Research team hopes that predictions will help to clarify the value of metrics in assessment

27 November

Wellcome Trust to boost early career funding

Trust director Jeremy Farrar says more fellowships and seed grants will address pinch points

27 November

Get on board or get out, Murdoch University chancellor tells staff

David Flanagan’s email to 43 academics said that those who felt unable to support the institution’s ‘vision’ should leave

27 November

Amnesia in the outback

An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery

27 November

The strange tale of the University of Vigo’s physics programme

Closures, court orders, political intrigue: Paul Jump on a Spanish university’s bitter ongoing battle

27 November

Imperial College London back at top of research council income table

The London university, which was awarded £114 million, heads the list of grant winners in a ‘difficult funding climate’

20 November

‘Potatoes goin’ to potate’: Nigel Piercy has a dig at critics

Dean of Swansea School of Management used ‘unsupportive’ language to dismiss student complaints

20 November

Wellcome Trust announces major funding scheme changes

Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support

18 November

European Commission scraps chief scientific adviser post

Scientists and science bodies have reacted with dismay to the decision by the European Commission to axe the post of chief scientific adviser.

14 November

Can post-publication peer review endure?

The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?

13 November

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