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Jack Grove covers research and science policy for Times Higher Education, as well as on issues relating to PhD, postdoctoral and early career researchers. He has a BA in English from the University of Bristol, and previously worked on newspapers including the Cambridge News and the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.
Jack can be found on Twitter at @jgro_the
Articles by Jack Grove
Researchers say precariously employed academics will lose out if universities are required to stump up fees for open access
Further government investment is needed to ensure UK is a ‘leading country in the G7 on R&D’, say universities, research charities and learned societies
New vetting committee for candidates is reminiscent of ‘eastern-bloc style managed democracy’, says Conservative MP
University of Miami president Julio Frenk explains how his institution is reaping rewards from the tech and finance influx to south Florida
Pilot to test potential indicators announced amid sector uncertainty
Editors express concern over dating of soil samples ‘not associated with manmade features’, but authors attack ‘unjust retraction of groundbreaking research’
Swift clarification of exemption for mass-market books follows claims that REF open access requirements would destroy publishing opportunities for scholars
Growing use of chatbots within higher education is likely to foster unoriginal and ‘solipsistic’ thought, says IE president
London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses
Emotional strain of facing near-empty auditoriums should prompt review of university lecturing, says psychologist
Improved settlement for UK’s ‘biggest-ever’ doctoral training investment will deliver fewer funded PhD places than in previous years, UKRI confirms
Heilbronn Institute director Catherine Hobbs warns that graduates of highly selective institutions are less likely to work in school sector
Plans to introduce 20 per cent ‘baseline’ for research time will harm university’s standing in academia and beyond, warns critic
President Hugh Brady says new structures will provide ‘sandbox’ for interdisciplinary thinking and ‘shop window’ for industry engagement
Former universities minister warns that Conservatives’ ‘talking down’ of higher education sector will hit UK economy
Open peer review has ‘potential to be more thorough, inclusive and collegial’ than traditional journal-led route, funders and publishers say
Payment of almost £5,000 would enable doctoral graduates to refocus on the job market and avoid burnout, says Hepi-British Academy report
Cornell University philosopher Kate Manne is calling out the discrimination – often blatant – faced by scholars deemed overweight
Innovations such as wearable tech and mobile apps are expected to revolutionise healthcare and generate fortunes. But which researchers and institutions are taking their 10,000 steps, and what should those steps be? To coincide with THE’s Digital Health Summit at Stanford, Jack Grove examines Clarivate’s data and talks to those going the extra mile
Animal behaviour expert Weliton Menário Costa wins international prize for flamboyant take on how marsupials have distinct personalities
Those seeking game-changing research should draw inspiration from the Premier League’s most innovative manager, says US-based nanoscientist
Sharing resources and commercial risk will allow Midlands universities to better support research spin-outs, says Aston University leader
University of Oxford professor Simon Marginson says populist targeting of higher education by Trump, DeSantis and others is finding favour with both graduates and non-graduates alike
Growing scrutiny of empty departmental workplaces has revived the fraught debate over whether academics should retain their own assigned office
