China steps up targeting of European academics Beijing has banned dozens of China researchers and their families, while the country’s embassy to France called an expert a “petty thug” on Twitter David Matthews 3月 25日
Sir Paul Nurse: UKRI cuts are ‘existential threat’ to science Nobelist and Crick director calls on UK government to ‘come to its senses’ over possible ‘triple whammy’ hit to science funding Jack Grove 3月 24日
Oxford career oasis gives scholars time to escape tunnel vision At the Future of Humanity Institute, early career researchers are given two years to work out which questions are really worth asking David Matthews 3月 24日
Tory ex-minister warns PM against ‘devastating’ UK research cuts Cutting existing research budgets by up to ?2 billion would put ‘science superpower’ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson John Morgan 3月 23日
Swansea sociologist assembles recollections of a year of Covid Rich accounts of how we screamed at the television, went swimming and adapted to the ‘surrealness’ of life during a pandemic fill a new archive Matthew Reisz 3月 23日
UK universities put on ransomware alert ‘Significant increase’ in attacks recorded by National Cyber Security Centre since February Chris Havergal 3月 23日
The European Union is legitimising Israel’s illegal settlements An open letter from academics across more than 20 European countries and Israel Contributors 3月 23日
Keep West Bank settlement university out of Horizon, say scholars Open letter on Ariel 51国产视频 from academics across Europe and Israel says EU has acted against its own position on settlements Ellie Bothwell 3月 23日
UK research review will target ‘unnecessary red?tape’ Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings’ diatribe against ‘process horror’ in research Jack Grove 3月 22日
It is not regressive for universities to aggregate and create content In a world accustomed to beautiful, frictionless digital experiences, most online education looks like websites from the 1990s, says Louise McElvogue Louise McElvogue 3月 22日
Non-EU scientists face exclusion from sensitive Horizon projects Most collaboration will continue, but emphasis on building the EU’s ‘strategic autonomy’ means academics in Israel, the UK and Switzerland could be shut out of some areas David Matthews 3月 22日
