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
Brickbats for additional ?10 million in open-access cash aimed at big boys. Paul Jump writes
Union claims Birmingham introduced new regime without consultation. Paul Jump writes
The government has pledged an extra ?10 million to help the 30 most research-intensive universities manage the transition to full open access.
Doctoral student told to 'completely rewrite' PhD takes sense of injustice to OIA
Only a fifth of humanities and social science academics regard it as acceptable for academic publishers to make a profit that is not reinvested in their disciplines.
The University of Glasgow has declined to publish the findings of its investigation into suspected research misconduct by a former professor of immunopharmacology.
Researchers fear basic science is being sidelined by impact-driven funding body. Paul Jump reports
Academic performance is not a predictor of whether researchers remain in the academy, a study has concluded.
A renowned immunologist whose life was turned upside down when it emerged that one of his postdoctoral researchers had falsified experimental results tells Paul Jump that the sector needs a culture change if it is to fulfil its duty to expose research misconduct
Scholars unhappy with 'crude' journal metrics are looking to Mendeley and its ilk. Paul Jump reports
Birmingham benefits from huge rise in income from research council grants. Paul Jump reports
Cardiff University is to investigate multiple fresh allegations of research misconduct relating to papers produced in the laboratory of its dean of medicine.
A record ?7 million donation to the University of Leicester will see the institution double its fundraising for the fourth year in a row since setting up a development office.
Council defends decision to withdraw a third of its PhD project studentships. Paul Jump reports
Paul Jump on scientist's undiluted zeal for probing alternative 'cures' despite lack of Exeter successor
Impact factor manipulation in spotlight as Thomson Reuters targets offenders. Paul Jump reports
The University of Edinburgh’s department of chemistry has become only the second department to win the UK’s top accolade for addressing the under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.
Paul Jump on dubious open-access journals keen to attract unwary academics - and their cash
The anti-doping facilities serving the London 2012 Games will become a “groundbreaking” research centre into personalised medicine after the Olympics have ended, it has been announced.
Read report carefully before panicking about costs, Finch insiders advise. Paul Jump writes
QAA not set up to ensure universities are raising quality, analysis claims. Paul Jump reports
Universities need to toughen up the mathematical content of their entry requirements for science students if employers’ needs are to be met.
The Royal Society of Chemistry is to waive its open-access publication fees for researchers from universities that subscribe to all its journals.
A new ?2 million research council programme that aims to identify the non-economic benefits of culture could help to protect government funding for it in the future.
