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Category Archives: Public Sector
Reflections on #ResearchFishGate
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My defined contribution to the UCU strike ballot debate
At the time of writing, UCU are balloting on strike action in response to (among other things) draconian cuts to USS. My gut reaction is also three letters…. FFS. Continue reading
Prêt-à-non-portability? Implications and possible responses to the phasing out of publication portability
Last week Recently, I attended an Open Forum Events one day conference with the slightly confusing title ‘Research Impact: Strengthening the Excellence Framework‘ and gave a short presentation with the same title as this blog post. It was a very interesting … Continue reading
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‘Unimaginative’ research funding models and picking winners
Times Higher Education recently published an interesting article by Donald Braben and endorsed by 36 eminent scholars including a number of nobel laureates. They criticise “today’s academic research management” and claim that as an unforeseen consequence, “exciting, imaginative, unpredictable research … Continue reading
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HEFCE publishes ‘Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021)’
In my previous post I wrote about the Stern Review, and in particular the portability issue – whereby publications remained with the institution where they were written, rather than moving institutions with the researcher – which seemed by some distance … Continue reading
The rise of the machines – automation and the future of research development
In the wake of this week’s Association of Research Managers and Administrator‘s conference in Birmingham, Research Professional has published an interesting article by Richard Bond, head of research administration at the University of the West of England. The article – … Continue reading
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MOOCing about: My experience of a massively open online course
I’ve just completed my first Massively Open Online Course (or MOOC) entitled ‘The mind is flat: the shocking shallowness of human psychology run via the Futurelearn platform. It was run by Professor Nick Chater and PhD student Jess Whittlestone of … Continue reading
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The consequences of Open Access: Part 1: Is anyone thinking about the “lay” reader?
The thorny issue of “open access” – which I take to mean the question of how to make the fruits of publicly-funded research freely and openly available to the public – is one that’s way above my pay grade and … Continue reading
ESRC success rates by discipline: what on earth is going on?
Update – read this post for the 2012/13 stats for success rates by discipline The ESRC have recently published a set of ‘vital statistics‘ which are “a detailed breakdown of research funding for the 2011/12 financial year” (see page 22). … Continue reading
On strike…..
I hate having to take strike action. I hate having to take action short of a strike, which recently involved the highly radical step of, er, working to contract. I particularly hate it at the moment because tomorrow will be … Continue reading
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