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We talk to the AHRC chief executive as he prepares to move to the School of Advanced Study

Postponement of responsive mode grants partly aimed at preserving success rates while research council makes ¡®additional large investments¡¯

BIS confirms it is looking at how to cut costs, after news emerges of ¡®quick and dirty¡¯ McKinsey review

Director of knowledge exchange hub says that the arts and humanities can play a key role in bringing creative companies and academics together

Asking R&D-heavy companies to help plug gaps in the science budget has implicit appeal but, in reality, only increased public spending is likely to keep global firms in the UK, says Paul Jump

Plunging MoD research spend compensated for over past decade by rising research council budget

The launch of Jo Johnson¡¯s One Nation Science strategy has put place firmly on the research policy agenda, says Holly Else

Regional audits of science activity will identify areas of emerging scientific strength, says minister

We talk to the latest S¨ºr Cymru research chair

?246 million is big money but it is probably much less than the hit the research budget would take if the REF did not exist, says Paul Jump

Just 13 per cent of open call applications to social science funder were successful in 2014-15

Complexity of government initiatives to help commercialise university research under scrutiny 

Women made only 13 per cent of applications to flagship scheme for senior research leaders, council points out

SUSTAIN programme includes year-long training programme

The UK¡¯s only national humanities research festival has announced funding awards to 41 universities and cultural organisations

Lobby group presses the case for UK science in the wake of BIS cuts of almost half a billion pounds

The UK needs to stop using greater efficiency in research as justification for funding cuts, a vice-chancellor and ex-research council head has said.

The Russell Group will spend ?9 billion on capital projects over five years, ¡°comparable¡± to the UK¡¯s spend on hosting the Olympics, a report claims

Humanities scholars must use dash and pluck to win research cash

A disastrous open-access policy lashes the promise of the digital age to an outmoded buggy of a model, laments Martin McQuillan

Policy continues to worry academics despite research councils¡¯ concession

RCUK has announced it will not enforce its stated embargo periods for green open access during the first five years of its new open-access policy.

Regions could be hurt by research concentration, conference told. Elizabeth Gibney reports

The government¡¯s drive for cuts in the next spending review could jeopardise the ring-fence for science funding, as well as putting additional pressure on student finance and numbers, the sector has been warned.

Council¡¯s chair ditches ¡®misleading¡¯ wording on strategic importance of research. Paul Jump writes

Graphene discoverer takes aim at applied bias and short-term thinking. Paul Jump reports

Astrid Wissenburg helped set the policies she will be bound by in her new OU role. Paul Jump writes

ESRC offers grants for ambition

Senior scientists critical of allocation rules and assumptions behind ?100m grant for ¡®gold¡¯ fees, writes Paul Jump

Research councils benefit from external and internal pressures. Paul Jump reports

Grant awards success rates rise but income falls for some research-intensives. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Survey stays intact after politicians and scientists put proposal on ice. Paul Jump writes

Research will be focused in just 25 universities by 2025 as the UK sector becomes increasingly stratified, higher education experts have predicted.