Universities want €200 billion research budget for next Horizon Calls for EU politicians to trim fat from next framework programme, better protect its budget from raiding for pet projects and create a new category for Switzerland and the UK Ben Upton 6月 28日
I’m a victim of ‘anti-male bias’ in science, says Nobel chemist Switzerland’s Kurt Wüthrich clashes with female researcher after he claimed he was discriminated against at major conference Jack Grove 6月 28日
Diversity not essential for research excellence – Nobel pioneer Germany’s only female Nobel scientist questions notion that diversity is key component of research success in modern science Jack Grove 6月 28日
Willetts: move universities from DfE ‘treating them like schools’ Tory former universities minister urges shift of responsibility to DSIT and binning of ‘Thatcherite rhetoric’ against industrial strategy John Morgan 6月 28日
Watchdog targets ‘misleading’ MBA adverts London-based provider told to remove text from website that implied it could award postgraduate degrees Tom Williams 6月 28日
AI must acknowledge scientific uncertainty, says Nobel laureate Chemistry laureate Avram Hershko says ChatGPT should be forced to cite its sources and state uncertainty levels Jack Grove 6月 27日
Open University plans in-person teaching with new campus move Distance-learning provider seeks to fill university ‘cold spot’ in Milton Keynes Tom Williams 6月 27日
UK’s National Cancer Research Institute to close Loss of organisation, blamed on funding ‘uncertainty’, described as ‘shocking news’ Chris Havergal 6月 26日
Nobelists divided over ‘sink or swim’ mentorship in science Laureate says research laboratories ‘are not kindergartens’, but other prizewinners urge a more supportive approach Jack Grove 6月 26日
Biology needs one journal, not 4,000, says Nobel prizewinner Aaron Ciechanover criticises profits of Nature publisher and backs mega-journal model Jack Grove 6月 26日
Plain-speaking or rude? Row over ‘disparaging’ psychiatry paper UCL and King’s researchers clash over ‘sarky’ critique of paper that questioned root causes of depression Jack Grove 6月 26日
Cambridge’s most diverse college defies expansion wisdom Student growth is a key reason why Lucy Cavendish is admitting more state school pupils than any Oxbridge college, says president Madeleine Atkins Jack Grove 6月 26日
