Parliamentlive.tv Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Some thoughts on the select committee appearance by the boss of UKRI, Ian Chapman yesterday. It’s a long watch but can be seen here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Some initial reactions to the 'published on a Sunday afternoon' letter from the CEO of UKRI. 🧵

www.ukri.org/news/open-le...

Happy #RedforResearch Day! Thank you to everyone who makes research happen.❤️

Clinical trials help create new medicines & vaccines. In 2022, trials contributed £7.4 billion to the economy & the NHS. www.abpi.org.uk/publications...

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How should universities be responding to attacks from the Trump administration on their first amendment rights? Like this.

Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.

BREAKING

The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.

The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.

An absolute pleasure to be in Manchester today with Prosper, focussing how best to support postdocs and their career development. It’s great to see a genuinely national community of practice committed to collaboration.
#ProsperPE25

Isambard 3 Supercomputer: Image Credit: Christy Nunns/University of Bristol

GW4 Isambard 3 #Supercomputer is officially online🎉🧠 !

Part of a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter, alongside partners HPE, NVIDIA and Arm, Isambard 3 will push the boundaries of science.

🔗 https://buff.ly/4g7HtMK

‘Grave concern’ over drop in NHS clinical researchers.

The declining number of clinical academics in the National Health Service is “of grave concern”, according to the author of a recent report on the NHS.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

The image shows a silhouetted hand, holding up a light bulb with ideas springing from it. The image depicts the GW4 logo and the text reads: Building Communities Generator Fund - Apply now for up to £20k. www.gw4.ac.uk/generator-fund

Exciting news!

The #GW4GeneratorFund is now open for applications. 💡

Open to new, or existing, GW4 research and innovation communities interested in collaborating on research projects - with funding of up to £20k available 🌎🔬.

Don’t miss out 👇
🔗 gw4.ac.uk/generator-fund

Why are fewer Welsh 18-year-olds applying to university? - HEPI Fewer Welsh 18-year-olds are applying to university due to financial pressures, regional inequalities, and limited local higher education access.

The number of Welsh 18-year-olds applying to university is decreasing. Here are the reasons why. ⮛

From @hepi-news.bsky.social | #AcademicSky · #EduSky |

Spending on university students in England ‘back to 2011 low point’, says IFS Government’s underestimation of inflation has eroded teaching resources, according to thinktank

Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK said: “Universities currently incur an annual £1bn loss in teaching domestic students and an annual £5bn loss in their delivery of research.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Not the best timing to be quoted alongside Michele Donelan but £225m for a national AI supercomputer is still a super exciting development for Bristol Uni and really pleased this stems from a GW4 project - tinyurl.com/4mnb7uap