235 pieces
Newest first, since April 2020 · page 9 of 12
· Wonk Corner
Reproducibility and research integrity report published
Crisis? What crisis? The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has taken a look at reproducibility in academia
· Comment
The quiet death of hanging out
Unless we take deliberate steps to preserve time for doing nothing it will become a luxury afforded to only the best off, argues James Coe
· Wonk Corner
Analysis of the call for input on the new deal for postgraduate research published
The analysis of input on the new deal for postgraduate research has been published and James Coe has found a lot of consensus
· Comment
Where the R&D money is spent
The R&D funding ecosystem just isn’t designed to level up the country. James Coe takes a look at where the money gets spent.
· Wonk Corner
What did we learn about the Nurse review at the Science and Technology Committee?
Nurse made an appearance at the Science and Technology Committee and made the case for evolution rather than revolution in science policy
· Comment
If we’re going to be a science superpower let’s do Horizon and Pioneer
James Coe wonders whether we can have our cake and eat it when it comes to science policy and associate to Horizon and pursue Plan B
· Comment
Universities may need to show they can be trusted to spend QR funding without interference
The beauty of QR is that nobody tells universities how to spend it. James Coe and Debbie McVitty wonder what questions might be asked if the lid were to be lifted
With Debbie McVitty
· Comment
The great, late, regulation debate
If we’re going to decide what research is for we’re also going to have to decide how to regulate it, says James Coe
· Comment
Making investment zones work
The government has a new place based innovation policy but should universities take part?
· Comment
What does Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse teach us about the UK innovation sector?
The government acted quickly to prop up the tech sector. For James Coe this raises questions about the right balance between public and private research funding
· Comment
Culture change in the Nurse review
The Nurse review is about priorities and processes but it is about people too. James Coe imagines a more permeable future for research
· Comment
Government Science and Technology Framework launched
The new Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology is proposing another in a series of grand government statements on research and innovation. James Coe finds what is new
· Wonk Corner
Horizon association is close but not quite there yet
Are we finally about to see movement on Horizon?
· Comment
The UK alone part two
Horizon association is still up in the air so James Coe turns to the USA to see how the special relationship is turning out
· Analysis
How independence really works
The framework agreement with the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology has been published and ARIA is at last, sort of, almost entirely, independent
· Comment
Bye Bye BEIS
Rishi Sunak has been Prime Minister for just over 100 days and he’s decided it’s time for change to the machinery of government. James Coe has the summary
· Comment
The messy world of tidy outcomes
For James Coe, the unique strengths of higher education are at risk from the excessive standardisation of targets and performance measures
· Wonk Corner
ARIA lives
The UK’s newest research funder becomes a real organisation with the appointment of additional board members
· Comment
The United Kingdom alone
As the UK searches for new international partners James Coe offers some travel advice.
· Comment
Catapults in context
Catapults are getting more funding and more political attention. But what do they do and what are they for?