Paul Jump is features and opinion editor. He was previously senior science and research reporter as well as deputy features and opinions editor. He wrote on issues such as research funding, the research councils and the research excellence framework.
He was formerly politics, law and governance reporter for Third Sector magazine, and a freelancer at The Guardian. He has a BPhil in philosophy from the University of Oxford and an MA from the University of Edinburgh. He joined THE in May 2010.
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Articles by Paul Jump
Academics invited to publish papers, solicit reviews on new scholarly site
David Cope defends merits of ‘monetising’ in impact-focused era
The research excellence framework risks turning British economics into “a purely quaint academic subject with no connection to the real world”, an academic paper has warned.
The ?1.1 billion annual investment in science capital announced in last month’s spending round is the biggest “for decades” and must not be wasted.
London mayor Boris Johnson has provoked a storm of criticism on Twitter after joking that women in Malaysia need to go to university to find a husband.
The University of Manchester has become the latest university to launch a bond issue to raise money for capital investments.
Former home secretary David Blunkett is to become a visiting professor at the world’s first centre for the public understanding of politics, at the University of Sheffield.
Canadian researchers call for volte-face on global funding trend
Union passes motion of no confidence in University of Northampton’s restructuring exercise
A paucity of suitable sites, a “stand-offish” attitude and a lack of coordinated, long-term planning are all to blame for the scarcity of large international scientific facilities on UK soil, the Lords Science and Technology committee has been told.?
Australia’s new higher education minister is to consider re-imposing a numbers caps on undergraduate admissions amid concerns about quality
The European Union’s next research and innovation funding programme, known as Horizon 2020, looks set to begin on schedule next year
Students offered ‘fun, novel’ way to learn how to write paper ‘abstracts’
University defends short-term contracts as source criticises ‘game-playing’
Science should be able to bid against other spending areas such as road-building for capital investment, the chief executive of the Science and Technology Facilities Council has argued.
Study suggests women more likely than men to turn down invitations to speak
Consultation to consider use of metrics and case studies in research assessment
The number of journals denied an impact factor for taking part in citation cartels has risen sharply this year, pushing up the total number of excluded journals.
Academics and others discuss a typical working week
OIA can overrule verdicts only in rare circumstances, High Court finds
Russell Group’s latest members have agreed to stump up ?500,000 each
South Australia strategy to be decided via mass brainstorming session. Paul Jump writes
New v-c aims to crowdsource strategy via online meet-up
The publisher Elsevier has disassociated itself from an article by a trade association it belongs to that condemns proposed open-access mandates in several US states.
