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
Newcastle University is to launch a new ?7 million centre for undersea and offshore engineering on the site of a famous former shipyard.
Colin Hay insists that work as chair of politics subpanel will be unaffected by new Sciences Po job
Jonathan Hart was in two positions at the same time - literally
Senior humanities and social science academics come out in support of move to ‘take knowledge out of silos’
All threatened strike action at the University of Birmingham has been called off after the University and College Union reached an agreement with the institution’s management over compulsory redundancies and performance management.
Secretary general points to body’s valuable support for the developing world
In a further demonstration of the lure of the so-called golden triangle, pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has announced plans to relocate its UK-based research and development activities from Cheshire to Cambridge.
The University of York has unveiled Belgian cognitive psychologist Koen Lamberts as its new vice-chancellor.
The UK needs to boost its output of science, technology, engineering and maths graduates by almost 50 per cent to satisfy market demand, a thinktank has calculated.
Council unveils five-year strategy
‘Common principles’ plan aims to protect research from risk-averse committees. Paul Jump reports
Revised open-access guidance leaves unanswered questions
There is no case for further scientific investigation into the “manifestly nonsensical” mechanism by which homeopathy is supposed to work, the government’s outgoing chief scientific advisor has said.
Department head Jenny Saul tells Paul Jump what she is doing to combat the bias against women
University of Birmingham professor appointed post-Higgs boson ‘spokesperson’. By Paul Jump
Sir Mark Walport looks back at a highly successful decade in charge
Whoever wins the next election, uncapped enrolments and a big student loan book must be addressed, say observers
Longer embargo periods of up to 24 months for green open access will only apply when universities’ annual block grants for “gold” article fees have run out, Research Councils UK has confirmed.
Two planned strikes over compulsory redundancies and performance management at the University of Birmingham have been called off.
They say ‘lessons have been learned’ after Research Councils UK is condemned for lack of dialogue
Research gains in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea are not necessarily in their strongest suits, finds Thomson Reuters
Universities and research institutes that do not investigate research misconduct properly could have their research council funding removed.
The UK’s higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks.
The UK’s higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks.
