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
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.
Government and RCUK open-access plans will hit funding, senior figure warns. Paul Jump writes
A study of UK academics has found that research policy is causing restless nights
Queen Mary, University of London is advertising for up to 30 new academic staff in a school that is in the midst of an acrimonious redundancy programme.
The UK research councils have announced that they will provide block grants to help organisations cover the cost of open-access article fees after the government confirmed that it wants to see all publicly funded research made open access.
Agreement to prevent misconduct 'will reassure public and international partners'. Paul Jump writes
Impact makes Australian comeback after successful UK tour. Paul Jump reports
A former journal editor has lost his libel claim against the journal Nature over an article reporting allegations that he had abused his position to publish numerous self-authored papers without subjecting them to peer review.
A university vice-chancellor who is a member of the Finch group said he is untroubled by a new study that finds that a unilateral move to "green" open access would be much cheaper for UK universities than a unilateral shift to "gold" open access.
Games procession honours heroes, athletes, v-cs and pro v-cs. Paul Jump reports
The AHRC's knowledge-transfer quartet wants to highlight impact of research. Paul Jump reports
Queen Mary makes Fanis Missirlis, persistent thorn in management’s side, redundant
The University of Birmingham has withdrawn a job advertisement for an “honorary” unpaid research assistant after critics claimed the position was exploitative.
Research elite say cost of gold plan could cripple the sector as publishers profit. Paul Jump writes
A senior government official in Thailand has finally had his doctorate rescinded more than two years after a university investigation concluded that 80 per cent of his thesis on organic asparagus production had been plagiarised.
Session at ESRC festival to reveal secrets of a successful grant application. Paul Jump reports
But professor claims Sleep Research Centre has been sidelined by REF strategy. Paul Jump reports
Accessible information could spark ‘second open science revolution’, report says. Paul Jump writes
Moving to gold model could cost sector an extra ?60m a year, says Finch group. Paul Jump reports
A low-cost open-access journal aims to modernise the act of publication. Paul Jump reports
A transition to full open-access publishing will cost UK higher education an extra ?50 million or ?60 million a year, according to a long-awaited report on how the country should make the change.
A new open-access journal that will allow researchers to publish a paper every year for a one-off fee of just $99 (?64) has prompted hopes that a more competitive market in open-access fees may soon emerge.
At least 30 per cent of the membership of a reformed House of Lords should be independently appointed if scientific expertise is not to be lost, a lobby group has claimed.
Job losses and 'crude metrics' add up to mandate for walkout vote at Queen Mary. Paul Jump reports
