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
Open letter from researchers decries AAAS journal’s high fees and points to Anderson’s combative views on open access
Analysis suggests that male physicists and mathematicians author nearly 50 per cent more papers than female colleagues
1,700 students apply for 350 places on biggest programme ever run in the UK
Fears about how much research funding is being wasted on fraudulent projects may be overstated.
Head of Swansea University School of Management also complains about external examiner’s behaviour
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aims to accelerate both scientific breakthroughs and social and economic impact.
The medical journal The Lancet has defended its decision to publish an open letter condemning Israel’s military action in Gaza
Scientific publishers producing model copyright licences will make it harder for academic research to be a “first class citizen of the web”.
Paper turned down for plagiarising surfaces in another of publisher’s journals
England urged to learn lessons from country’s experience of steep rise in undergraduates after relaxation of controls
John Allen, who wrote to The Lancet about the role of metrics in redundancies, has been dismissed for refusing to teach a course
A number of protesters have been evicted from the University of Birmingham building they were occupying in reaction to the suspension of two students
Open access science articles are read and cited more often than articles available only to subscribers, a study has suggested.
Action follows decision to suspend two students and reprimand a third
Uncapped student numbers will test the relationship between universities and their local communities
Departing vice-chancellor’s 15 years on the job helped to cement a Midlands university’s reputation
Researcher at University of Montreal laments the difficulty of recruiting male scientists to her all-female unit
John Green is the man behind a researcher-led effort to cook up sound institutional comparisons
Highly cited researchers’ other roles help to elevate Saudi university
Greg Clark has been unveiled as the new minister for universities and science
Move follows critical report and ‘discussion’ with minister
Crowdsourcing advocate Andy Hudson-Smith discusses the funding and social-media mining potential of mass appeals
Maintenance and upgrading should not be overlooked when budget allocations are made
Yorkshire powerhouse puts accent on interdisciplinarity, research themes and life lessons for undergraduates
