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
Researchers are being “strongly encouraged” by state-sponsored funding bodies to consider whether their bids could be strengthened by collaborating with other groups and institutions.
European funder puts faith in 'the cunning of reason'. Paul Jump reports from Brussels
Paul Jump on the Birmingham Fellows programme drawing 50 rising stars into the university's orbit
Staff and students 'pinching themselves' over monarch's choice of launch pad. Paul Jump writes
Chief executive tells Paul Jump how he plans to keep council afloat amid choppy financial waters
Vitae uncovers gap between PhD students' career aspirations and destinations. Paul Jump writes
Recent 榴莲视频 Office concessions over immigration rules have not eliminated the threat posed to the UK's research base, according to a senior official at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The expansion of higher education over the past 15 years has largely benefited middle-class rather than working-class children, a study has suggested.
Two leading scientific journals are likely to publish in full two controversial papers detailing a new version of the bird flu virus that may be transmissible between humans despite a US federal advisory body warning of its potentially "catastrophic" misuse by "malevolent individuals, organisations or governments".
Debts of ?65,000 seen as 'huge disincentive' to further study in Stem subjects. Paul Jump writes
Researchers, industry and NHS must deliver results, Academy of Medical Sciences' head tells Paul Jump
The quality of US physics has been surpassed by that of both Canada and the UK over the past decade, new analysis commissioned by the Institute of Physics suggests.
The UK Research Integrity Office has welcomed calls for it to be placed at the centre of a toughened research integrity oversight regime in the UK.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has deferred until the end of March more decisions on which areas of mathematics and physical sciences will grow or shrink.
The poor research record of US for-profit institutions makes them unworthy of the term "university", UK academics have claimed.
Studentships will be restricted to 20 centres as council keeps numbers steady. Paul Jump reports
Commissioner accelerates plan to ease flow of EU researchers and funding. Paul Jump reports
Open-access online journal will speed release of data and encourage feedback. Paul Jump writes
Researchers in business and management are much more communicative than those in pure mathematics or foreign languages.
As 2014 race begins, reports Paul Jump, maternity provision is the only big change from draft document
Scientists should agree not to publish experiments into increasing the virulence of potentially dangerous microbes such as the bird flu virus until wider society can agree on “the balance that must be struck between academic freedom and protecting the greater good of humankind from potential danger”.
UCL's vice-provost urges research-intensives to enlighten as well as inform. Paul Jump reports
Clarification needed on how any of the proposed consortia partners would benefit. Paul Jump writes
The number of research council-funded doctoral students remaining in the academy beyond graduation is increasing, new figures reveal.
