235 pieces
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· Comment
Five free(ish) things Labour could do on R&D
The new Labour government wants to reduce the deficit and boost research investment. James Coe squares the circle with five practical, prudent and potentially impactful ideas on R&D for the new government
· Comment
How not to respond to Labour’s securonomics agenda
Public First and Wonkhe recently brought together university vice chancellors, policy wonks, and defence experts to discuss securonomics. Jess Lister and James Coe discuss the economic policy PR problem
With Jess Lister
· Comment
Unless universities get on top of defence policy, defence policy is going to get on top of them
As Labour looks to both talk tough and think strategically on defence, James Coe charts universities’ difficult relationship with international politics
· Wonk Corner
Wellcome launches manifesto for science
Wellcome’s manifesto for science challenges the political parties to go big on research investment
· Comment
You can’t save research without saving universities
There is an idea doing the rounds that university research can be saved where a university fails. James Coe isn’t so sure
· Wonk Corner
The state of peer review
A new report by IOP highlights the fragility of the peer review ecosystem
· Explainer
What to look out for in the MAC review
James Coe explains the origins of the Migration Advisory Committee review of the Graduate route, and what might emerge
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Turning scrutiny on security into a new security strategy
For James Coe, there’s an opportunity to define a new university security agenda based on soft-power, economic cooperation and continual engagement
· Wonk Corner
With a bit of philanthropic funding the metascience programme gets real
James Coe takes a look at the Metascience Grants Programme and what it tells us about the changing research landscape
· Comment
Freeports are effective as convenors of place-based R&D – but that doesn’t mean they are necessary
Freeports are one of the government’s flagship place-based economic policies. James Coe investigates lessons from the ways that universities have got involved
· Wonk Corner
The sector has a new sustainability concordat
James Coe summarises the sector’s new concordat for research and the environment
· Comment
The creative arts and a broader definition of economic value
James Coe takes a look at whether there is a better way to measure the value of creative arts programmes
· Comment
The latest HE-BCI data shows the limitations of the spin-out review
James Coe takes a look at the latest HE-BCI data and asks how spin-outs fit in with other research priorities
· Wonk Corner
What happens if China is submitted to the enhanced tier of the National Security Act
There is an ongoing debate on whether to enhance scrutiny of China’s actions in the UK with potential consequences for universities
· Wonk Corner
REF2029 Open Access consultation opens
Here we go again
· Policy Watch
A bluffer’s guide to the Australian Universities Accord
There’s been a major review of higher education in Australia – with much to digest for the UK sector. Team Wonkhe walks you through the proposals
With David Kernohan, Debbie McVitty, Michael Salmon and Livia Scott
· Comment
Michelle Donelan pays damages following freedom of speech fallout
Michelle Donelan and DSIT have to pay costs and damages, while UKRI reconvenes EDI advisory group following minister’s missive
· Comment
Labour’s life sciences approach may be caution as a policy choice
James Coe takes a look at the cautious competence of Labour’s life sciences plan and asks how different a Labour government’s approach to R&D policy might be
· Analysis
Doing government spending on science differently
David Willetts has set out improvements to the science spending process. James Coe explains why the implications could be enormous
· Policy Watch
Movement on research bureaucracy as the Tickell review finally gets a response
The government looks to cut red tape in research – but it’s a much more complicated undertaking than a few simple snips. James Coe works out how it all fits together