All United Kingdom articles – Page 6
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OpinionUK researchers need to know academic freedom is safe from political interference
The UK science secretary’s recent statements are causing alarm in the research community
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NewsWhat will the next election bring for UK researchers?
What the major parties are saying about spending, research clusters and academic freedom
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NewsPension deal agreed for UK academics but divisions over pay remain unsolved
Joint statement by employers and union hails reversal to pension scheme cuts
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NewsTwo year clean-up of Scottish beach clears radioactive material from second world war planes
Multi-million pound operation removed over 6000 particles of highly radioactive radium-226 and associated radionuclides
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NewsDiamond Light Source upgrade receives £500 million funding boost
The modernisation programme will turn the facility into a fourth generation synchrotron with five new beamlines
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NewsHorizon deal looks to have come too late for 2023 winners of EU grants in UK
European Research Council award winners still face unenviable choice of deciding between their grant and their UK institution
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OpinionThe UK has rejoined Horizon Europe, but the delays have been costly
The deal to rejoin the EU’s science programme makes sense for the country and it’s well overdue
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NewsUK rejoins Horizon Europe, Copernicus satellite programme but opts against Euratom return
Scientific organisations overjoyed by news that returns chance to secure major collaborative grants
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NewsUK to invest £210 million in global effort to monitor antimicrobial resistance
Funds will support upgrades to laboratories and staff training
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NewsEnergy costs and supply shortages hit European research infrastructure
The Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine have impacted work across Europe’s largest research facilities
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NewsUK public sector scientists end strike action
Prospect union calls off strikes after deal reached with UK government
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NewsCancer research charity to ‘reluctantly’ close after 22 years
UK’s National Cancer Research Institute to shut its doors
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NewsUK government urged to act on Stem training and visas
Campaign for Science and Engineering says skills shortage is costing economy £1.5 billion a year
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BusinessUK diverges from EU rules with cosmetics animal testing ban
UK will no longer allow Reach-required animal tests intended to prove worker safety
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NewsDedicated committee needed to tackle research reproducibility problems in the UK
UK House of Commons report suggests government needs to play a bigger role addressing issues affecting science
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NewsIChemE welcomes government decision to remove EU law deadline that could affect safety
Move allays concerns that safety legislation could have been revoked
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NewsUK and India sign research agreement to work on AI, decarbonisation and sustainability
Governments agree to support collaboration on AI, sustainability and decarbonisation
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NewsUK government outlines Horizon alternative, as negotiations drag on
Science community urges swift association to Horizon Europe, following publication of government’s back up plans
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NewsGene-edited crops and animals get the green light in England
Legislation holds out hope for agri-biotech industry that has found itself stifled by EU rules
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NewsNitrous oxide ban in UK ‘not based on scientific evidence’
Government action on of N2O goes against recommendations of drug advisory committee