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£900M Future Leaders investment will sustain the UK as global home of research talent
Business Secretary Greg Clark unveiled a major new £900 million investment in the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme.
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Over 80% of research outputs meet requirements of REF 2021 open access policy
Sixty one per cent of research outputs known to be in scope for the REF 2021 are meeting open access deposit, discovery and access requirements, with a further twenty per cent reporting a known exception, a report published today shows.
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Queen's Birthday honours for leaders in education and higher education
Research England congratulates seven colleagues on their recognition in the 2018 Queen Birthday Honours list.
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Strength in Places Fund call open
UK Research and Innovation’s Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) is an ambitious scheme that will help areas of lower economic activity benefit from the world-class research and innovation capability spread across the UK.
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Postgraduate researchers need tailored mental health support
Postgraduate researchers face mental health and wellbeing issues just as undergraduate students do. But the factors driving these issues are different, and mean a tailored approach is needed to support postgraduate researchers.
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Research England
Research England is a new council within UK Research and Innovation, operating from April 2018. As a key component of the research funding system, Research England oversees UK Research and Innovation’s England-only functions in relation to university research and knowledge exchange. This includes providing grant funding to English universities for research and knowledge exchange activities; developing and implementing the Research Excellence Framework in partnership with the UK Higher Education funding bodies; overseeing the sustainability of the Higher Education research base in England; managing the £900 million UK Research Partnership Investment Fund; and administering Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF).