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As the article states, the real story is that REF is still hugely efficient, with running costs of just 3-4% of the c.£15bn of funding it will distribute. By comparison, running costs for Research Council grants are c.12% of funding distributed annually.
REF costs ballooned in 2021 - Total price tag of last Research Excellence Framework was nearly half a billion pounds (£)
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“If you’re a business and you’ve got a product that’s in high demand, will grow for the next 20 years and is core to your finances, why would you walk away from that?” – Justin Bokor on Australian universities’ likelihood of reducing international revenue
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What a sick country this is: Robert Jenrick has cartoon murals painted over at children’s asylum centre theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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A privilege to visit Tigray where UK-funded @UNICEFEthiopia “Bete” is providing education, protection + life skills support to children with partner @imagine1day 🇪🇹 🇬🇧
Great to meet field staff + educators who are the backbone of this programme ✏️📚@UKinEthiopia @FCDOEducation
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This is happening right now. One day you’ll wake up and find the media are leading with a story like this and have experts talking with the passion that @BBCNews @BBCNewsnight @itvnew @lbc has journalists talking about party guest lists
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“We have more in common than that which divides us”.
On this weekend anniversary of the killing of our late great MP colleague Jo Cox, v proud to convene our 6️⃣th @BigTentIdeas Festival in her spirit & memory @JoCoxFoundation 🤝 with @SayeedaWarsi @SKinnock @RachaelMaskell &
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The cost of the latest Research Excellence Framework was £471 million – almost double the price tag of the 2014 exercise, a report has revealed. #REF
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Rail's share of Madrid-Barcelona air/rail market rises to 80% as 4 high-speed train operators compete on cost & service (and I gather Madrid-Barcelona is the 2nd or 3rd busiest air route in Europe!)
Remarkable surge in Spanish high speed rail ridership revealed in last couple of years as three operators started to compete (data from @Adif_es shared at @UNIFE #UNIFEGA2023 in Madrid #HS2
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NEW on Wonkhe: What stories can be told about the impact of research? The team behind a new analysis of Hong Kong RAE impact case studies explains @jonathancgrant @martinszomszor buff.ly/3OzXPTR
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'Tis done! The revised Seat 61 'Deerstalker' page now showcases a northbound journey on the Best Train in Britain, the London to Fort William @CalSleeper. The older version with a southbound journey in the old Mk3 cars can finally be retired. Phew... seat61.com/deerstalker.htm
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Professor Jane Memmott FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. She is a community ecologist, studying the networks of interactions between plant and animal species from the mountains of Nepal to the allotments of Bristol: #RSFellows royalsociety.org/people/jane…
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Latest piece on @wonkhe summarising our analysis of research impact case studies from the Hong Kong RAE.
@JAdams_Research @martinszomszor wonkhe.com/blogs/the-impact-…
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🚨 EVENT: A public polarised? Values, attitudes & beliefs in post-Brexit Britain.
Join @BBCMarkEaston, @ProfSobolewska, @DavidHalpernCEO, @gabyhinsliff & @BobbyDuffyKings to discuss what new findings from @WVS_Survey tell us about the state of the UK
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Pleased to co-author this important piece on the US #research base with colleagues from the ISI incl @JAdams_Research #innovation #USsciencepolicy
How do #globalization and #collaboration afftect U.S. research trends? Read our latest report from the Institute for Scientific Information for highlights on the trajectory of U.S. #research over the last 15 years: ow.ly/aLFV50NW7GR
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Cutting ties to China would damage UK research: Collaborations are significant both in their quantity and quality, say Jonathan Adams and Jo Johnson. (£) @JoJohnsonUK @JAdams_Research
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TPE is not just bad on cancellations but also rubbish on crowding and short trains. The Leeds-Manchester corridor is barely functional. bbc.co.uk/news/business-6534…
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Intel v-p: ‘research needed to open machine learning black box’ timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
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“International collaboration with our closest partners is at the heart of what we are trying to do”
@scullyp in response to debate on R&D and Horizon Europe🎙️
Full transcript👇
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