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Chemistry World
April 25, 2014
Emma Stoye |
EPSRC announces 83.5m boost for PhD training The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will invest an additional 83.5 million pounds this year in doctoral training partnerships in the UK, universities and science minister David Willetts has announced.   |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2012
Laura Howes |
10 million open access boost UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has today announced an additional investment of 10 million to help universities take up open access options. |
Chemistry World
November 1, 2012
Patrick McGhee |
Losing concentration In the UK, successive governments have held to the mantra that funding for university research should be heavily concentrated in a handful of universities. |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2011
Leila Sattary |
Higher education cuts hit home Universities in England will lose 940 million in funding in the next financial year with severe cuts to capital budgets and teaching. |
Chemistry World
December 10, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Fees hike could focus the mind The UK government voted in favour of tripling the university fees cap to 9000 last night, although the vote was passed by a slim margin of just 21 votes. |
Chemistry World
December 19, 2012
Laura Howes |
Home office to help student job seekers In a speech last week, the UK's home secretary announced that from April 2013, all international PhD students will be allowed to remain in the country for one year to find work or start a business after their course has finished. |
Chemistry World
July 8, 2014
Emma Stoye |
UK backs 52m pounds science industry training fund The government will contribute 32.6 million, with an additional 20 million coming from participating employers. |
Chemistry World
February 3, 2012
Patrick Walter |
NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants The UK Natural Environment Research Council is planning to ask institutes to winnow out 'uncompetitive' proposals in an effort to drive up its grant application success rates. |
Chemistry World
March 18, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Universities face cuts as Hefce deals with first funding drop in years As the Higher Education Funding Council for England announces how it plans to distribute 7.4 billion in funding, uncertainties over future cuts and shifts in the political landscape cause anxiety in academia. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2012
Maria Burke |
Settlement ups UK universities' dependency on fees In 2012-13, universities and colleges in the UK will increasingly obtain their income from publicly funded tuition fee loans. |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
UK faces scientific exodus The UK faces a 'significant' risk of researchers abandoning its shores and long-term damage to the science base if proposed funding cuts go ahead |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Budget cuts hit university teaching University teaching is bearing the brunt of cuts to higher education funding, while science has been afforded a degree of protection, according to the latest figures announced by the Higher Education Funding Council for England |
Chemistry World
October 26, 2012
Laura Howes |
Funding worries in UK higher education A recent report from the Higher Education Policy Institute suggests that the government's 'cost cutting' undergraduate funding reforms may in fact cost more than the scheme it replaced. |
Chemistry World
July 17, 2012
Laura Howes |
3.5 million for UK bioenergy research hub David Willetts, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, has announced the formation of the SUPERGEN bioenergy hub, to accelerate the deployment of sustainable bioenergy. |
Chemistry World
May 19, 2010
Hayley Birch |
Could rising graduate debt hit science hard? The Russell Group, which represents the UK's elite universities, has suggested that students should pay more towards the cost of university degrees. But increases in graduate debt could have unwelcome repercussions for scientific research and graduates with science degrees. |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2011
Maria Burke |
Higher education funding rises around the world 'While our universities are experiencing cuts, other nations are pumping billions more into their universities to gain a competitive edge,' says Wendy Piatt, director-general of the Russell Group, which represents 20 research intensive UK universities. |
Chemistry World
June 8, 2011
Laura Howes |
MPs warn funding reform threatens university places A cross party group of MPs has said that the new funding arrangements for UK higher education will result in a 'significant funding gap of hundreds of millions of pounds'. |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
New research assessment plan postponed over impact The UK's universities and science minister has announced a one year delay to a new research assessment system, saying that time is needed to resolve concerns over how the social and economic 'impact' of research is measured. |
Chemistry World
September 2007
Ian Pearson |
Comment: Global Science Matters The UK's new science minister says that an international perspective is vital for scientific growth. |
Chemistry World
January 15, 2014
Patrick Walter |
Funding confirmed for another 19 doctoral centers David Willetts, the UK's science minister, has announced an additional 40 million pounds for doctoral training in the UK. The extra money came from further industry support and academia, as well as 'renegotiating' some university contracts. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Chemistry departments running in the red in the UK UK university chemistry departments' finances are well into the red, according to a recent report on university balance sheets. |
Chemistry World
February 9, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Foreign Postgrad Vetting Proposals 'Absolutely Unnecessary' A controversial new scheme for vetting foreign postgraduate students wishing to study in the UK has been slammed as 'absolutely unnecessary, completely over-the-top and counter-productive' by a leading member of parliament. |
Chemistry World
July 24, 2012
Laura Howes |
Calls to match skills to industry A report, published today by the House of Lords science and technology committee has called for more science students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level, to drive the UK's economic growth. |
Chemistry World
November 3, 2010
Leila Sattary |
Universities to get 9000 fees option The UK government has announced today that university students in England will face tuition fees of up to 9000 per year. |
Chemistry World
November 25, 2013
Patrick Walter |
New doctoral training centers get go ahead UK science minister David Willetts has announced 72 new centers to train more than 3500 PhD students over the next four years. |
Chemistry World
December 21, 2012
Laura Howes |
New European universities ranking initiative The European commission is inviting universities to sign up to a new international university ranking system, U-Multirank, that is intended to take a broader range of factors into account, including reputation for research, quality of teaching, international orientation and more. |
Chemistry World
April 9, 2009
Nina Notman |
UK launches materials chemistry brokering service A multi-million pound center acting as a one-stop-shop for firms looking to contract out their materials chemistry research has officially opened in the north of England. |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
Austerity measures hit higher education UK universities have been hit with further cuts as the government introduces stringent measures to reduce the budget deficit. |
Chemistry World
October 12, 2012
Laura Howes |
Government adds 200 million to research partnership fund At the Conservative party conference earlier this week, UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne pledged 200 million of new money to the Research Partnership Investment Fund which supports university capital projects. |
Chemistry World
January 29, 2013
Laura Howes |
Five green chemical feedstock projects launched The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced 10.7 million pounds, in combination with 1.1 million pounds from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to fund five projects to develop new bio-based feedstocks for the chemical industry. |
Chemistry World
October 17, 2006
Ned Stafford |
Chemistry Takes Back Seat Among German Elite First-round funding has been announced in a science funding scheme to create a German elite, or ivy league, of universities. Chemistry-related programs account for only a small slice of the funding pie. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2010
Laura Howes |
Research impact rating to stay Impact assessment will remain a key part of the UK's new research assessment framework, following the results of a pilot scheme at a number of universities. |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2013
Eugen Gerden |
Russian universities benefit from private funding bonanza Russian big business has significantly ramped up the amount of money it is putting into national universities in recent years, according to the presidents of Russia's top universities. |
Chemistry World
December 6, 2012
Patrick Walter |
Autumn statement science boost to offset cuts The UK science community has welcomed an additional 600 million pounds of investment in research infrastructure. The money was announced in the autumn statement by George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer. |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Higher education funding boost confirmed for England The UK government has confirmed that it will increase funding for higher education in England by approximately 1 billion pounds in the forthcoming financial year. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2015
Maria Burke |
Tuition fees set to rise in wake of UK budget Universities offering 'high teaching quality' will be able to increase their tuition fees in line with inflation from 2017 -- 18, UK chancellor George Osborne announced in his summer budget. |
Chemistry World
June 28, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Turbulent ride for impact pilot Universities involved in a Higher Education Funding Council for England's pilot scheme pilot exercise to establish how to best assess research impact have found it a difficult and time-consuming process. |
Chemistry World
March 3, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
UK must avoid 'neglected decline' in research Investment in science should be a government priority and PhD programs should last four years, according to a report from the UK's Council for Science and Technology. |
Chemistry World
September 28, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
US public research universities in jeopardy, board warns The US's public research universities are in serious jeopardy, the National Science Board is warning. |
Chemistry World
July 15, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Science minister replaced in UK cabinet reshuffle Greg Clark, MP for Royal Tunbridge Wells, has been appointed minister for science and universities in the UK government's latest cabinet reshuffle |
Chemistry World
February 2009 |
Column: Undercover academic Late last year, the success rate for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council first grant scheme was dropping alarmingly. |
Chemistry World
February 14, 2014
Maria Burke |
Science cash preserved by UK government The government has decided to protect investment in science and research as part of its plans to have this sector drive the UK's economic recovery. |
Chemistry World
October 23, 2007
Ned Stafford |
Chemistry a Winner in German Funding Boost for Elite Universities The second and final round of Germany's so-called 'Ivy League' competition is over, with six new universities christened as elite and several chemistry related programmes bolstered with fresh funding and prestige. |
Chemistry World
November 21, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Russian universities face bleak future Russian universities are on the verge of massive cuts and restructuring after the publication of an audit of the country's state run universities branded 25% as 'inefficient'. |
Chemistry World
December 18, 2014 |
UK science strategy leaves many questions unanswered The government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community won't be answered until the next spending review. |
Chemistry World
January 28, 2013
Maria Burke |
Plan for UK's 'eight great technologies' outlined Advanced materials and energy are two of the 'eight great technologies' that the UK government wants to use to propel the country to future growth. |
Chemistry World
March 23, 2010
Leila Sattary |
MPs warn science cuts will harm economy Stop spending cuts now or risk devastating British science and the economy, says a report published today by the UK government's Science and Technology Committee. |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2014
Ageli Mehta |
Cash for science in autumn statement given cautious welcome The UK chancellor, George Osborne, has told MPs that science is 'a personal priority' but the commitments in yesterday's autumn statement drew only a cautious welcome from science bodies. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2015
Angeli Mehta |
Business unable to access knowledge locked up in universities A bewildering array of organizations and schemes to support collaborative research between businesses and universities in the UK is leading to frustration and confusion, and needs to be simplified. |
Chemistry World
September 2009 |
Education and wealth It seems that the UK government is interested in answering the question: what return does the UK get for the money it puts into academic research in chemistry? |
