Open-access policy scrapes the barrel A disastrous open-access policy lashes the promise of the digital age to an outmoded buggy of a model, laments Martin McQuillan 7 March
RCUK takes open-access green targets off fast track Policy continues to worry academics despite research councils’ concession By Paul Jump 7 February
Research councils' 'green' open-access policy 'will not be enforced' RCUK has announced it will not enforce its stated embargo periods for green open access during the first five years of its new open-access policy. By Paul Jump 30 January
Outside the triangle, it's not so golden Regions could be hurt by research concentration, conference told. Elizabeth Gibney reports By Elizabeth Gibney 13 December
Science ring-fence may be trampled as the Treasury hunts for savings The government’s drive for cuts in the next spending review could jeopardise the ring-fence for science funding, as well as putting additional pressure on student finance and numbers, the sector has been warned. By John Morgan 13 December
Not monkeys, so why the peanuts? Graphene discoverer takes aim at applied bias and short-term thinking. Paul Jump reports By Paul Jump 29 November
Research intelligence - Now she'll work by her own rules Astrid Wissenburg helped set the policies she will be bound by in her new OU role. Paul Jump writes By Paul Jump 29 November
EPSRC grant: now no crystal ball required Council’s chair ditches ‘misleading’ wording on strategic importance of research. Paul Jump writes By Paul Jump 29 November
Hard line pays dividends (but not hard cash) Grant awards success rates rise but income falls for some research-intensives. Elizabeth Gibney writes By Elizabeth Gibney 15 November
Is RCUK's open-access cash a 'reckless' road to ruin? Senior scientists critical of allocation rules and assumptions behind ?100m grant for ‘gold’ fees, writes Paul Jump By Paul Jump 15 November
Grant application success rates, 2012 Research councils benefit from external and internal pressures. Paul Jump reports By Paul Jump 15 November
Antarctic merger is frozen out Survey stays intact after politicians and scientists put proposal on ice. Paul Jump writes By Paul Jump 8 November
Long-term forecast: grey will go, leaving clear sky between elite and rest Research will be focused in just 25 universities by 2025 as the UK sector becomes increasingly stratified, higher education experts have predicted. By Jack Grove 25 October
