Priority Generator
EPSRC's 'Concept Auditions'
'Heeelllooo Swindoooon!' Photo by James Barr on Unsplash Last year EPSR…
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South Africa
What You Need to Know: How other Countries Assess Research
Two ends of the South African research assessment scale: kak and lekker. Photo …
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Research Excellence Framework
The Breathless Pursuit of Excellence
'Excellence of physique': soon to be a REF category (Image: Wellcome CC…
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Horizon Europe
What You Need to Know: Horizon Europe
Cue 'Ode to Joy' (photo: Phil Ward) A proposal for Horizon Europe, the …
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UKRI
What You Need to Know: the UKRI Strategic Prospectus
You will have read the Boiled down Basics on the Prospectus, but what’s it real…
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UKRI
Boiled down Basics: the UKRI Strategic Prospectus
This week UKRI published its Strategic Prospectus, which outlines the new agenc…
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Horizon Europe
The Price of Prosecco
Kortrijk. Helps salve the horror of Brexit (image: R/DV/RS CC BY) With more det…
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Success rates
Conversion Conversations
Alchemy: like getting a research grant, only easier (image: Wellcome CC BY) Las…
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humour
To Infinity and Beyond
Horizon Europe: an artist's impression Those of you with long memories may …
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Times Higher
In Search of the Royal Society Success Rates
Somewhere behind the Palladian grandeur success rates lurk. Possibly (image: St…
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Vikki Boliver
Questioning the Cartel
Hotel Russell: Post-1892 (image: Tony Hisgett CC BY 2.0) Anyone whose children …
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The Smiths
Broken Ranks
The only rank that counts (Image: Brett Jordan, CC BY 2.0) A couple of years ag…
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research professional
Trumping Science
Trump (photo: Wikipedia) For the second time this year, I woke to news that win…
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Wellcome
Fundermentals Top Ten of 2017
As we stumble towards the end of 2017, our heads spinning with fake news and fa…
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research professional
OA: Challenging the Status Quo
In some ways open access doesn’t do itself any favours. It should be a no-brain…
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russell group
The Concentration of Mr Kipling
Alex Hulkes settles down for the winter There’s something wonderfully autumnal …
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KBS
Understanding Athena SWAN
Jess Cockell is Research Manager in the Kent Business School. Before that, she …
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paul allain
Figures behind the Figures: Prof Paul Allain
Each term I feature a different Kent award winner in the Research Services news…
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The Guardian
The Highs of the Hybrid: Bridging the Researcher-Administrator Divide
Last week I emailed all staff about a change to the names of the teams in Resea…
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research professional
Goldilocks Grants
The first, second and third reviewers disagree about the meritsof Goldilock'…
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