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Articles by Paul Jump
Josh Howgego and Paul Jump report on EPSRC efforts to train researchers with all-round acumen
Astronomers have welcomed a partial reprieve granted to the UK’s northern hemisphere telescopes, but have described the closure of two major facilities in Hawaii as a “sad day for British astronomy”.
Publishers of humanities and social science journals could go bankrupt if all academic papers became freely available after six months, a report commissioned by publishers has warned.
Open-access advocates have attempted to build up a head of steam in the US by launching a petition on the White House website calling on the Obama administration to require all publicly funded research in the country to be made freely available online.
The sole surviving chick from a pair of peregrine falcons nesting on a Nottingham Trent University building has been cooed over by more than half a million people since its first appearance via the institution's webcam.
The results of a new method of distributing money for bioscience institutes based on their contribution to strategic programmes and national capacity have been announced by the government.
Europe's first chief scientific adviser aims to inform policymakers and the public. Paul Jump reports
Researchers into complementary and alternative medicine are disregarding “basic rules of publication ethics” by routinely failing to report the potentially serious side effects of treatments, an academic has claimed.
Universities will be able to bid for up to ?35 million in matched public funding for major research capital projects as part of a new programme, the government has announced.
A university has decided against a controversial proposal to establish a chair in a brand of alternative medicine that advocates mistletoe as a cure for cancer.
'No scientific content' the sticking point as second mathematics treatise is retracted. Paul Jump writes
Middlesex fellow faces 'Kafkaesque' scenario over failure to win Follow-on cash. Paul Jump writes
But publishers dismiss Willetts’ suggestion as not a ‘game changer’. Paul Jump reports
As the next spending review looms, opinion is split on keeping the current set-up. Paul Jump reports
Sector prepares to repel raids on research budgets as spending review looms. Paul Jump writes
David Willetts has reaffirmed his support for full open-access publishing and has drafted in the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to advise the government on how best to make the transition.
A committee of senior Harvard academics has urged the university’s staff to publish in open access journals amid concern that the cost of journal subscriptions is becoming “untenable”.
The overreaction of university managers to the impact agenda is narrowing the kinds of research scholars feel able to carry out, academics have warned.
Critics decry plans for an alternative medicine chair funded by 'holistic' clinic. Paul Jump writes
The proposed "concordat" on research integrity will impose more burdensome regulation on social science, even though the disciplines show no evidence of misconduct problems, according to the Academy of Social Sciences.
Scholars criticise methods to judge ‘at-risk’ peers in Queen Mary restructuring. Paul Jump reports
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has insisted that the appointment of more than 200 new members to its peer review college is unrelated to a spate of resignations last year.
