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[Thomas Fitzgerald @TFT_develop]

ResFortnight: Antisemitism on campus “continues to be a threat” Jewish students face at university, and institutions must improve their approaches to tackling it, a report has found. (£) @FiJMcIntyre @HE_Analyst https://t.co/qP44exb3cx

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ResFortnight: RT @emmarubyfrancis: @ResFortnight have reported on the @NatureHumBehav piece @neuroblonde and I wrote (https://t.co/ADRP2jZEij).

“There is a need for increased investment in research in the UK and it’s time postgraduate researcher issue… https://t.co/rBXUTBycjp

[Research Fortnight @ResFortnight]

PhD students have called for more action from funders and universities to address the cost of living crisis. @emmarubyfrancis @neuroblonde @PandemicPGRs @UCUPostgrads https://t.co/ScolBkkWkO

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ResFortnight: RT @ChrisJParr: Braverman announces visa crackdown.

Not necessarily the biggest story about the home secretary today, but a biggie for #highered. https://t.co/Sgw8vgvSXX

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ResFortnight: Suella Braverman has announced a crackdown on international students bringing family members to the UK, with all but those on postgraduate research programmes to be banned from bringing dependants from January 2024. @HE_Analyst @ChrisJParr https://t.co/Sgw8vgvSXX

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ResFortnight: ICYMI @RobinBisson takes an in-depth look at life after Je-S, as UKRI replaces its creaking grant application system (complete with Beyonce and classic Nokia phone references). (£)
https://t.co/elz1bkq3WY

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ResFortnight: PhD students have called for more action from funders and universities to address the cost of living crisis. @emmarubyfrancis @neuroblonde @PandemicPGRs @UCUPostgrads https://t.co/l763J5QziS

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ResFortnight: National funder UK Research and Innovation has been criticised for “excluding” independent researchers from its newly published Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy. (£)
@DrHelenKara @DrLBA_OX12 @LSEImpactBlog
https://t.co/XhCGViyUhu

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ResFortnight: The government has announced a policy framework for global health, including ambitions to maintain UK research leadership and increase international capacity for tackling health threats. (£) @RobinBisson https://t.co/6jXHg1q1to

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ResFortnight: The UK must act to reverse the decline of industry clinical trials, a group representing the pharmaceutical sector has warned. (£) https://t.co/EQf6VC1EgF

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ResFortnight: The Welsh government has announced £10 million to build R&D capacity in Wales—as universities increase their warnings that researchers face falling off a funding “cliff edge” following the UK’s departure from the European Union. (£) https://t.co/K955eGrfE9

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ResFortnight: International students could miss out on post-study work visas because of the University and College Union marking boycott, university and union leaders at the University of Cambridge have said. (£) @FiJMcIntyre @ucu @HE_Analyst https://t.co/pRxXmhvjeS

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ResFortnight: RT @AnEmergentI: Great write by @sophie_inge up of the part of my talk at UCL that was about ARIA .
Key quote is I 'said Aria “could not be in better hands”, following the appointments of its founding chief executive Ilan Gur and chair Mat… https://t.co/orc3HWlsiI

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ResFortnight: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s “small budget” and micromanagement from government could pose future challenges for the nascent £800 million funder, a former science adviser to Number 10 has warned. (£) @AnEmergentI @ARIA_resea… https://t.co/Atx4G3aLsb

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ResFortnight: RT @acmedsci: Our recent FORUM workshop report on greener biomedical research was covered in @ResFortnight: https://t.co/wvFohc0FOn

The report calls for a 'top-down' approach to drive environmental sustainability.

🌱🔬Read the full #Gr… https://t.co/2BLTFN5MUJ

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Call for leadership to help UK research sector decarbonise: Funders consider building sustainability into grant requirements as calls grow for standardised carbon reporting. (£) @royalsociety

https://t.co/t4tVE7ssBQ

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ResFortnight: University spinout clusters growing outside golden triangle: Manchester and Bristol have highest growth by proportion of spinout population, data reveal. (£)

https://t.co/HLVOMo9YHk

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ResFortnight: UK puts R&D at core of new semiconductor plan: Semiconductor strategy promises £1 billion for sector amid global chip shortage. (£)

https://t.co/2EvlDAVpcH

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ResFortnight: UK officials admit Horizon ‘limbo’ is damaging: Civil servants unwilling to give a timeframe for ongoing talks on joining EU R&D programme. (£)

https://t.co/VhIpbDZRvg

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ResFortnight: R&D sector sets out expectations for a Labour government: Labour has “significant opportunity” to think afresh on building stronger connections between research and policymaking. (£)

https://t.co/GwNAmpfNvr

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ResFortnight: Call for leadership to help UK research sector decarbonise: Funders consider building sustainability into grant requirements as calls grow for standardised carbon reporting. (£) @royalsociety

https://t.co/K2wblQoE2G

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ResFortnight: Funders are becoming ever more exacting when they assess patient and public involvement on bids.

PPI adviser @DrAmandaBates gives an overview on how to live up to their expectations – and improve your project in the process. (£)

https://t.co/tdWwwAartD