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February 14, 2014
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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
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
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
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
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
December 3, 2009
Nina Notman |
English university funding squashed again English academics won't be feeling the festive cheer, after yesterday's announcement that a further 135 million pounds has been chopped from the country's higher education funding. |
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
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. |
Information Today
August 6, 2015 |
Jisc Supports OA Efforts in Higher Education Jisc will work with universities and researchers to help meet requirements for open access in response to Research Councils UK reviewing its OA policy and HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) updating OA requirements. |
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
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
March 5, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
Hefce announces how RAE money will be distributed This includes 1.6 billion for research, based on the outcome of the revamped Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). |
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 10, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Research bodies urge UK government to protect science funding Nearly 200 research organizations have signed an open letter urging the UK government to protect science funding in the 2015 UK spending review. |
Chemistry World
February 25, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Nobel laureates warn on European science funding cuts A letter has been sent by 27 Nobel laureates to Jean-Claude Juncker, the European commission president, criticizing the proposed budget cuts. |
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 9, 2015
Emma Stoye |
UK science's 'superpower' status at risk The UK government must commit to spend more on science R&D in the long-term if the UK is to remain a 'scientific superpower', according to a report published by the House of Commons |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Nurse review backs shake-up at research councils Royal Society president Paul Nurse has released his long awaited review of the UK research councils that are responsible for allocating around 3 billion pounds of arts and science funding every 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
July 20, 2011
Leila Sattary |
REF looks to help academics who take a career break The Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) has released it guidelines detailing how universities will be assessed in the upcoming Research Excellence Framework. |
Chemistry World
November 23, 2015
Patrick Walter |
Chop and change The plans for how much money the nation's science base will be allotted over the next five years will currently be sitting on the U.K. chancellor's desk |
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
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
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
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
March 2009 |
Column: Undercover academic With new restrictions on Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) first grant schemes, funding may become even more elusive |
Chemistry World
October 21, 2015
Maria Burke |
Chemists' anxiety mounts as spending review nears The UK government will publish its spending review, setting out funding commitments and priorities for the next five years. This review will include funding levels for scientific research and wider public investment in science and engineering. |
Chemistry World
December 11, 2009
Anna Lewcock |
Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget Money is being sucked out of the research pot |
Chemistry World
October 27, 2009
Leila Sattary |
Scientists reject economic impact assessment Almost 4,000 academics have signed a petition which claims that the UK's planned Research Excellence Framework is founded on a lack of understanding of how knowledge advances, and calls for the UK funding councils to withdraw the current proposal. |
Chemistry World
December 2006
Mark Peplow |
Editorial: A Shot in the Arm for Science Education University science education has received a significant boost with the announcement that the Higher Education Funding Council for England will provide an extra 75 million pounds for courses in chemistry, physics, and engineering. |
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
October 11, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Scientists protest against planned funding cuts Two thousand people joined a rally outside the UK Treasury on Saturday to protest against the government's plans to slash research funding as part of measures to cut the budget deficit. |
Chemistry World
October 12, 2010
Leila Sattary |
Browne Review: Scrap university fees cap Universities in England should no longer be restricted in the fees they can charge, according to a high profile report for the government published today. |
Chemistry World
January 12, 2011
Andy Extance |
EPSRC plans represent 'huge change' Academics are concerned that research grant cuts through to 2015 at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, changes in how students are funded, and more centralized control will threaten science careers. |
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
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
March 29, 2010
Leila Sattary |
REF refined The Higher Education Funding Council for England has made changes to the proposed Research Excellence Framework following an extensive consultation with stakeholders in the research community. |
Chemistry World
October 22, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Investment rekindles interest in science A recent upturn in the number of university students taking science and maths in England suggests interest in the sciences is on the rise again |
Chemistry World
December 16, 2009
Anna Lewcock |
Research funding plan should be abandoned, say academics A petition bearing 18,000 signatures calling for the abandonment of economic impact assessment in research funding applications has been delivered to the Higher Education Funding Council for England |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2013
Laura Howes |
Science survives latest UK spending round Setting out a spending plan for 2015-16, the UK's Chancellor George Osborne described investment in science as 'an investment for the future.' |
Chemistry World
June 2, 2010
Leila Sattary |
Universities face hard years ahead A new report warns that widespread cuts being made to higher education funding across Europe is likely to impact the quality of European teaching and research for years to come. |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2014
Maria Burke |
Spending on UK science and engineering continues to fall The latest figures on UK spending on science, engineering and technology make gloomy reading for the new science minister Greg Clark. |
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
August 2009 |
Building on a science base Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat science spokesman, underlines the importance of funding, careers, and evidence-based government policy for the future of UK science |
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
March 12, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
Funding Shift Worries Researchers Government and research funding bodies are shifting funding towards projects with measurable societal and economic impact -- triggering protests from many academics, who see the strategy as dangerously short sighted. |
Chemistry World
January 31, 2014
Patrick Walter |
EPSRC names new chief executive The next chief executive of the UK's main chemistry funding body will be Philip Nelson, currently pro-vice chancellor of the University of Southampton. |
Chemistry World
March 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Funding Council Powerless to Intervene in Department Closures Investigations into proposals to cut chemistry teaching at Sussex University have highlighted weaknesses in the Higher Education Funding Council for England's (Hefce) strategic powers, according to politicians. |
Chemistry World
June 18, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
US urged to invest in its research universities The US's prosperity and security depend upon greater public investment in its research universities over the next decade, the US National Research Council concluded in a 14 June report. But not everyone is in agreement. |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2010
Leila Sattary |
Hefce takes more hits over impact A poll of UK professors finds that over a third would consider pursuing their academic career abroad if current UK plans to assess and reward research impact are implemented. |
