ɫ��ֱ��

Sector’s worsening financial situation laid bare by new analysis conducted as part of wide-ranging review of university system

Science and universities have ‘weathered a collapse in trust’ in many major UK institutions, although ‘shallow’ public support has not been stress-tested, research by Campaign for Science and Engineering suggests

Neuroscientist Claudia Schrauwen says doctoral students are too eager to apologise for the limitations of their research rather than celebrate what they have found

Chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi says US policies inhibiting mobility and international cooperation as he heads for Tsinghua University

Sharper mission and team ethos of pharma companies make them more effective than university labs, says Nobelist Fred Ramsdell

Decision to close department signals Burnham government wants ‘fresh start’ on science funding, says ex-ministerial adviser

Former Covid-era chief scientific adviser and his boss confirm departures amid rumours their department is being disbanded

Loss of stand-alone Department for Science, Innovation and Technology risks research becoming ‘afterthought’ in governmental discussions, argue sector leaders

Growing pressure on probationary staff to win grants represents ‘material divergence’ from agreed policies, argue UCU leaders

Major research centres will be scaled back as Science and Technology Facilities Committee outlines plans to cut spending by £162 million

Altered minutes surrounding reasons for cuts to physics funding should be investigated, says science committee chair

Recent US restrictions highlight how foreign powers could remove access to key technologies, argues parliamentary committee report

Genetics pioneer Richard J. Roberts criticises plans to cut posts at ‘brilliant’ department that launched his scientific career

Nobel winner and mRNA vaccine pioneer criticises career-driven publications that lack scientific novelty

Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi says international research alliances must be scaled up to prevent environmental disaster

Neuroscientist-turned-policy-wonk Laura Ryan says the voice of researchers is often lost in debates over how AI-led ways of working can drive innovation

‘Pronounced penalties’ for those early-career staff with children may explain why PhDs postpone becoming a parent, finds study

Research-led institutions have driven Manchester’s success under Burnham’s mayoralty but likely next prime minister’s support could be contingent on spreading prosperity beyond cities, sector figures suggest

Finance minister backs task force’s call for ‘new breakthrough innovation entity’ to work with German equivalent

Faster rail services between major UK research hubs and stronger incentives to work together could deliver innovation benefits, says report

UK can become ‘most attractive place in the world’ to invest in innovative companies, say v-cs

Richard Scolyer dies aged 59 after undergoing world-first treatment for his brain tumour

Restrictions on how researchers can spend federal grants are unlikely to force publishers to lower costs, say publishing experts

Renowned research sleuth says Stanford University president scandal underlines need for external inquiries when senior staff are accused

Support for two major science projects is hailed by city’s mayor as an important turning point in UK science policy

Ministers urged to intervene as proposed cuts to highly regarded chemistry departments threaten UK government’s skills and growth plans

Plans to cut staff numbers in department that has produced four Nobel prizewinners will harm university’s research reputation, warns UCU

Didier Queloz urges UK funding bodies to rethink funding changes, with scientists also fearing Nottingham’s ‘first-rate’ department is under threat

Plans to limit reapplications to European Research Council will penalise bold and original proposals and early career researchers, senior researchers claim

Platform hosting the world’s largest biomedical data set has apologised after health information of 500,000 people is listed for sale in China

With politicians and science funders becoming more vocal about publishers’ profits, experts predict shift in focus to different forms of free-to-read distribution

Businesses charging up to $5,000 for lead author credit with textbooks and design patents also for sale

Scientific researchers urged to ‘reach beyond own circles’ after polling shows their views skew more to the left

After winning a spectacular legal claim against a Harvard University cancer centre, Eugenie Reich tells Jack Grove about the impact of the case, how universities ‘stonewall’ fraud allegations and why she quit journalism to help whistleblowers in science

Peer review panels will be overwhelmed unless longer restrictions on reapplying are introduced, according to Maria Leptin

Early career publishing success is a reliable guide to whether scientists will succeed long term, concludes international study

Science and Technology Facilities Council chair Michelle Dougherty confirms ‘top-up’ funding will enable more postdoc recruitment than anticipated

UK science minister says missed deadline for postdoctoral grants was ‘mistake’ unrelated to funding shake-up as he defends reform agenda

Closer links between universities and industry would help to fix 120,000 shortfall in required technical staff by 2035, says study

Science committee chair describes ‘widespread cuts’ to strategically important research as ‘failure’ of leadership

National Audit Office review highlights growing maintenance backlog as funders invest in building new laboratories

Universities and charities should provide at least 26 weeks’ full stipend under new charter to support female researchers, says science secretary Liz Kendall

Cancer diagnostics researcher Dina Haddad mixed ballet and pole dancing for science-inspired pop video

With supercomputing and other AI-related spending prioritised, Research England has told institutions to focus on maintaining existing facilities instead of building new ones

Science minister says way physics funding cuts were communicated was ‘pretty gruesome’ but insists most budgets will increase

Mega-donation from Ben Delo highlights growing interest from tech moguls in alternative science funding structures

Long-running atmospheric measurement aircraft no longer offers value for money in light of rising costs, says environmental research funder

Authors must put aside personal pride and seek retractions when their literature proves unreliable, says sleuth

York and Swansea latest to decline publisher’s offer, with latter also walking away from Springer Nature deal

Cheap research round-ups by ‘hallucination-free’ OpenScholar model preferred by experts, says Nature study

Ian Chapman tells MPs that some funding streams will be back online ‘in weeks’ amid uncertainty over impact of research changes

Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts

Former department store transformed into an institution focused on climate, energy, digitalisation and security

Reduction in funding by Science and Technology Facilities Council would be ‘most drastic’ cut to curiosity-driven science ‘in a generation’ warn scientific leaders

Early enthusiasm for compulsory datasets has given way to ‘more qualified views’ on compliance, finds long-running survey

Labour’s push for more research specialisation fits south coast institution’s growing focus on pensioner health, say professors

Reviewer bias and higher teaching workloads for women may explain why they have to wait much longer for accept or reject decisions, say study authors

More people sceptical that science makes life better compared with pre-pandemic, and public also doubting contribution to economic growth

Large numbers of editors publishing in their own special issue attacked as ‘academic narcissism’ and ‘scientific misconduct’ in first-of-its-kind study

Indian campaigner Achal Agrawal says research watchdog he founded gets tens of tip-offs regarding suspected malpractice every day