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
Group will be made up of experts and prominent figures from across higher education
Oxford blogger publishes citation count for autism expert, who ran two Elsevier titles
Funding for science and innovation should increase by at least 10 per cent in real terms over the next Parliament, according to the Campaign for Social Science
Battle continues between staff and management including senior figures Nigel and Niall Piercy
The REF’s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?
Keele-based title applied for charitable status after audit revealed assets
The John Rylands Research Institute pairs collections and curators with scholars and scientists
The next government should create a new lead regulator, the Council for Higher Education England, and toughen rules for private providers
Sector challenged to share data on REF costs and come up with less ‘disingenuous’ figure than official estimates
Chief scientific adviser is ‘amused’ by funding conspiracy theories but dismisses them as ‘complete invention’
The government has effectively confirmed that England’s quality-related research budget will still be distributed on the basis on 3* and 4* research.
Papers from Birkbeck master’s research group among ‘an unspecified number’ being looked at by University College London
Journal prices could rise further if Springer-Macmillan deal goes ahead, some fear
Geoffrey Crossick, author of the report ‘Monographs and Open Access’, argues that the format is resilient but must embrace open access
Submission patterns reveal how institutions responded to rules
Science and universities minister says more must be done on issue
The publisher of Nature is to merge with the world’s second largest science publisher, Springer
The vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, Philip Jones, has announced that he is to retire next spring
Scrutiny of Swansea dean’s communications follows latest email furore
The UK synchrotron seeks more university groups to set up second homes at the site to create a genuine research campus
Institutions ‘unbending’ on fee-free demand as talks with Elsevier resume
REF analysis suggests that new system for allocating funds has ‘no correspondence with excellence in research impact’
How do rankings shift when institutions are compared on research intensity, which takes into account percentage of staff submitted, rather than on standard GPA alone?
Alternative ranking of REF results maps university performance against the proportion of eligible staff submitted.
