Research England blog
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- 05 July 2018
- Fighting cancer's drug resistance with an evolutionary approach to research
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Dr Sam Dick of the Cancer Research Institute, London, talks about how a £30m grant from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund will go towards constructing a new multidisciplinary Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery.
- By Dr Sam Dick
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- 06 July 2018
- How the Maxwell Centre is bringing together the full spectrum of science and engineering in west Cambridge
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Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics, Director, Maxwell Centre, University of Cambridge explains how funding from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund has helped create new activities in science and engineering in Cambridge.
- By Professor Sir Richard Friend
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- 31 August 2018
- Research England – Staff circumstances and submissions to REF 2021
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Draft guidance on making submissions to the Research Excellence Framework (REF), published in July 2018, proposes how researchers’ personal circumstances should be accounted for when making submissions for the next REF.
- By Dianne Berry, Kim Hackett
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- 03 September 2018
- Busting REF myths
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We’ve heard many REF myths in our time, and with the publication in July of the draft guidance and criteria, we’ve been keeping our ears to the ground to stay alert for any that are gathering particular momentum.
- By Kim Hackett, Catriona Firth
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- 16 October 2018
- REF consultation round-up
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Kim Hackett and Catriona Firth reflect on the responses they have received in response to the REF 2021 Draft Guidance and Panel criteria.
- By Kim Hackett, Catriona Firth
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- 15 October 2018
- Interdisciplinary research and the Research Excellence Framework
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Professor Dame Athene Donald, chair of the Research Excellence Framework Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Panel, sets out the proposals for IDR assessment as set out within the guidance and criteria.
- By Athene Donald
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- 05 October 2018
- REF and Open Access
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Anna Grey, Research Strategy and Policy Manager at the University of York, talks about REF submissions and Open Access in our latest blog
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- 09 July 2018
- The missing ingredient in innovation: patience
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The following article from Professor David Gann of Imperial College, with Mark Dodgson of Queensland University, re-published from the World Economic Forum, describes why ‘patient capital’ is so crucial for universities and government working to achieve a target of 2.4 per cent investment in research and development by 2027.
- By Mark Dodgson, David Gann, Alice Frost