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To tackle deep-seated problems, party must resist both techno-hype and received wisdom, says Kieron Flanagan
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While universities resist broader submissions, grassroots campaign will continue, say Gemma Derrick and Simon Hettrick
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Time to restore the social sciences to their rightful place, says James Wilsdon
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Universities shouldn’t have to ask what a good research culture looks like, says Gemma Derrick
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Don’t let automation threaten broad scientific training, say Kieron Flanagan, Barbara Ribeiro and Priscilla Ferri
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Moves against emphasis on culture are mistaken, say Stephen Curry, Elizabeth Gadd and James Wilsdon
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Party’s conference mirrors Harold Wilson’s defining moment at 1963 gathering, says Melanie Smallman
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The assessment’s architects face many questions on what to value and how, says Grace Gottlieb
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Summit and new UKRI programme can drive a democratic approach to regulation, says Jack Stilgoe
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Proposals for REF 2028 are quietly revolutionary, say James Wilsdon, Stephen Curry and Elizabeth Gadd
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Women scientists don’t need to lean in, they need science to change, says Gemma Derrick
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Department is Conservatives’ latest effort to square industrial strategy with free-market ideology, says Kieron Flanagan
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Estimate that spending target has been hit will shake up innovation policy, says Kieron Flanagan
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National evaluation was invented to concentrate funding. Will that change this time, asks Kieron Flanagan?
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The REF is ripe for radical change, say Stephen Curry, Elizabeth Gadd and James Wilsdon
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Constructive advice on failed proposals is hugely valuable to early-career researchers, says Gemma Derrick
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The British approach to assessment is colonising the world—with mixed results, says Marta Wróblewska
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City-centre developments need social missions from the start, say Alina Kadyrova and colleagues
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From technopopulism, to Hawking, to words to live by, James Wilsdon picks his favourite titles
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Researchers may want emergency measures to continue, but public trust has eroded, says Cian O’Donovan
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The chancellor’s largesse won’t relieve all the pressures on UK research policy, says James Wilsdon
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How the technology will impact academic life is poorly understood, say Jennifer Chubb and colleagues
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Starmer’s science policy should also prioritise climate, biomedicine and a digital NHS, says Melanie Smallman
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A new guide captures a system in flux, say Gavin Costigan and James Wilsdon
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Not everyone vital to research has “researcher” in their job title, says Andy Dixon
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Pre-Covid approach to evaluation won’t necessarily work this time, say Gemma Derrick and Julie Bayley
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Government’s actions do not match its ambition to build a science superpower, says Kieron Flanagan
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MPs should ask Dominic Cummings why his pet funding agency is needed, says James Wilsdon
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Ethical issues around certification cut across scales of space and time, says Cian O’Donovan
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Talk with—not at—the public, or risk losing the argument again, says Jack Stilgoe
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The Political Science bloggers pick the books that helped them get to grips with 2020
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We know what the government wants, but not how it’ll get there, says Kieron Flanagan
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No more grand declarations—it’s time for action, say Stephen Curry and James Wilsdon
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Research is global, and the UK can't make its rules in isolation, says Gemma Derrick
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Survey of 2021 exercise will help shape future assessments, say Catriona Manville and James Wilsdon
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Unexamined assumptions and narrow worldviews riddle everyday academic practice, say Faith Mkwananzi and Melis Cin
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Expecting ‘The Science’ to settle controversial policy questions never ends well, says Angela Cassidy