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Support plan details action amid concerns over researchers’ low pay and high workloads

Results of third iteration of Knowledge Exchange Framework revealed by Research England

RPN Live: Sector is failing to properly meet equity, diversity and inclusion needs, webinar hears

Result gives Unite members mandate for industrial action
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European countries dominate 2023 Wipo ranking, with Switzerland, Sweden and UK also in top five

Marginal gains in knowledge exchange, a new Ucas head and a strike within a strike

Funding agency apologises for technical problem with new grant application system and extends deadlines
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Science minister tells R&D community to “watch this space for important announcements”

Announcements at UN meeting the latest sign of return to UK support for development research

Funders hope project will help “focus areas for future funding and better target needs”

Liberal Democrats seek Cancer Survival Research Act to tackle most deadly forms of the disease

Ofqual’s Jo Saxton will take over at Ucas in January

Longer student loan repayment terms, soaring rents and strikes await 2023 intake

More industrial inaction and a report on student volunteering

Pilot to gauge scale of problem in English universities

Royal Society of Chemistry among professional bodies “deeply concerned” as UK weakens net zero pledges

Royal Society and British Academy among organisations to host workshops for global artificial intelligence event

University disputes UCU claim that Newcastle threatened legal action following accidental sending of cancellation notice

Anonymity, transparency and collaboration in reviewing are all proving their worth, says Kim Eggleton

Dozens of branches withdraw from UCU strikes, while there’s another “crackdown” on low-quality courses

Vivienne Stern argues that universities face a turning point

Ivory Tower: students return as we rejoin our fly-on-the-wall documentary

Commercial partner sought to develop “quantitative and qualitative indicators of research culture”

University staff union says members will only walk out at 42 universities next week

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

Party declines to engage with questions on universities and research as its conference kicks off

The European learned society’s small grants can start big things

Medical research charities release a manifesto as general election nears

Optimism over re-kindling partnerships under Copernicus programme, but doubts linger of return to leadership roles

Tens of branches could withdraw from strikes as universities make their own arrangements with staff

Research Professional News examines the party’s past promises on R&D and higher education

Weakening the UK’s decarbonisation plans could “severely undermine” the 2050 net zero target

Ucas statistics show record number of young applicants using clearing

KCL staff hit out at UCU as union confirms other institutions will cancel strikes

Arts and humanities funder announces changes to doctoral provision to establish a “sustainable, balanced portfolio”

Part one of two on the run-up to grant or fellowship interviews

The British Academy’s International Interdisciplinary Research Projects programme prioritises early career researchers