Thomas Fitzgerald

ResFortnight: Antisemitism on campus “continues to be a threat” Jewish students face at university, and institutions must improve their approaches to tackling it, a report has found. (£) @FiJMcIntyre @HE_Analyst researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

ResFortnight: RT @emmarubyfrancis: @ResFortnight have reported on the @NatureHumBehav piece @neuroblonde and I wrote (rdcu.be/dcOEZ). “There is a need for increased investment in research in the UK and it’s time postgraduate researcher issue… twitter.com/ResFortnight/s…

ResFortnight: RT @ChrisJParr: Braverman announces visa crackdown. Not necessarily the biggest story about the home secretary today, but a biggie for #highered. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

ResFortnight: Suella Braverman has announced a crackdown on international students bringing family members to the UK, with all but those on postgraduate research programmes to be banned from bringing dependants from January 2024. @HE_Analyst @ChrisJParr researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

ResFortnight: ICYMI @RobinBisson takes an in-depth look at life after Je-S, as UKRI replaces its creaking grant application system (complete with Beyonce and classic Nokia phone references). (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…

ResFortnight: PhD students have called for more action from funders and universities to address the cost of living crisis. @emmarubyfrancis @neuroblonde @PandemicPGRs @UCUPostgrads researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

ResFortnight: National funder UK Research and Innovation has been criticised for “excluding” independent researchers from its newly published Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy. (£) @DrHelenKara @DrLBA_OX12 @LSEImpactBlog researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…

ResFortnight: The government has announced a policy framework for global health, including ambitions to maintain UK research leadership and increase international capacity for tackling health threats. (£) @RobinBisson researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

ResFortnight: The UK must act to reverse the decline of industry clinical trials, a group representing the pharmaceutical sector has warned. (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

ResFortnight: The Welsh government has announced £10 million to build R&D capacity in Wales—as universities increase their warnings that researchers face falling off a funding “cliff edge” following the UK’s departure from the European Union. (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

ResFortnight: International students could miss out on post-study work visas because of the University and College Union marking boycott, university and union leaders at the University of Cambridge have said. (£) @FiJMcIntyre @ucu @HE_Analyst researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

ResFortnight: RT @AnEmergentI: Great write by @sophie_inge up of the part of my talk at UCL that was about ARIA . Key quote is I 'said Aria “could not be in better hands”, following the appointments of its founding chief executive Ilan Gur and chair Mat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

ResFortnight: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s “small budget” and micromanagement from government could pose future challenges for the nascent £800 million funder, a former science adviser to Number 10 has warned. (£) @AnEmergentI @ARIA_resea… researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

ResFortnight: RT @acmedsci: Our recent FORUM workshop report on greener biomedical research was covered in @ResFortnight: ow.ly/Gauz50Ot4k6 The report calls for a 'top-down' approach to drive environmental sustainability. 🌱🔬Read the full #Gr… twitter.com/ResFortnight/s…

ResFortnight: University spinout clusters growing outside golden triangle: Manchester and Bristol have highest growth by proportion of spinout population, data reveal. (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

ResFortnight: UK puts R&D at core of new semiconductor plan: Semiconductor strategy promises £1 billion for sector amid global chip shortage. (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

ResFortnight: UK officials admit Horizon ‘limbo’ is damaging: Civil servants unwilling to give a timeframe for ongoing talks on joining EU R&D programme. (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

ResFortnight: R&D sector sets out expectations for a Labour government: Labour has “significant opportunity” to think afresh on building stronger connections between research and policymaking. (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

ResFortnight: Call for leadership to help UK research sector decarbonise: Funders consider building sustainability into grant requirements as calls grow for standardised carbon reporting. (£) @royalsociety researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…

ResFortnight: Funders are becoming ever more exacting when they assess patient and public involvement on bids. PPI adviser @DrAmandaBates gives an overview on how to live up to their expectations – and improve your project in the process. (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-kno…