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
The Natural Environment Research Council should suspend its controversial plans to merge the British Antarctic Survey with the National Oceanography Centre, MPs have claimed.
Australia's new funding chief aims for open access and a pragmatic, flexible ERA. Paul Jump reports
UK’s future prosperity ‘relies on boosting the quality of master’s and PhD research’. Paul Jump reports
Professor says he was suspended by Sheffield for mentioning a touchy subject. Paul Jump writes
The University and College Union has condemned the appearance of another advert for an "honorary" research position.
There is a "strong case" for a limited state-backed student loan scheme to be introduced for master's degree students, the Higher Education Commission has concluded.
More than 40 scientific organisations, including 15 universities, have pledged to be more open about the animal research they carry out in the wake of an opinion poll indicating declining public support for the use of animals in research.
Two American academics have won the Nobel Prize in economics for work that has led to more efficient ways of matching doctors with hospitals and organ donors with transplant patients.
Non-profit, scholar-run publisher impresses with its open-access monograph list. Paul Jump reports
Universities 'falling over themselves' to hire staff to handle REF case studies. Paul Jump reports
Strike action considered after Birmingham plans to make department history. Paul Jump writes
There will be no Nobel Prize this year connected to the apparent discovery of the fabled Higgs boson particle, according to a citation analyst with a history of successfully predicting winners.
Science Media Centre's rapid rollout of experts' views sway most media. Paul Jump reports
Research councils try to convince that their open-access policy is not monotone. Paul Jump writes
Queen Mary, University of London, could see strike action within a month after members of the University and College Union voted to take industrial action over a redundancy scheme at two of the college's schools.
Research misconduct accounts for a much higher proportion of retractions in biomedical literature than previously believed, a new study has concluded.
The UK needs to educate at least an extra 10,000 science graduates a year just to maintain its current industrial position, a major new report has concluded.
Former student 'disgusted' at Leeds' decision not to uphold allegations. Paul Jump writes
A demonstration that brain researchers can detect meaningful neural activity in dead fish is among the research projects honoured in yesterday's Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
The planned ending of the UK’s national census will harm social science research in both government and the academy, MPs have warned.
Speculation rife on GPA thresholds as sector gears up for submission process. Paul Jump reports
Minister frustrated by lack of 'lively debate' about issue key to sector's future. Paul Jump reports
Cardiff University has confirmed that it is to launch a formal investigation into alleged research misconduct in the laboratory of its dean of medicine.
