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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
As the Trump administration proposes enormous cuts for the US’ world-renowned science agencies, Jack Grove looks into what is driving the attacks beyond political malice – and what, if anything, can be done to plug the huge funding gaps
June spending review reveals real-terms increase in science department’s budget as student levy remains on the table for universities
Increasing focus on sustainable development agenda must be matched by evaluation of student learning, says expert
MPs grill science minister on significance of new scheme that puts innovation spending in hands of mayors
UK institutions urged to go beyond their legal responsibilities to help staff with caring commitments
With EU reviewing Israel’s Horizon Europe participation, some believe research boycott should form part of Keir Starmer’s potential ‘targeted sanctions’
Fairness, social justice and town planning must be part of template for innovation-led growth in UK university cities, according to Irene Tracey
Pilot exercise will gather information on how quality-related funding is used to address EDI, according to new action plan
Spending money on ‘hugely expensive Americans’ not a good use of limited resources when talent development structures at risk, warns report author
Even extreme interest in Covid-19 science was not enough to overcome citation loss associated with switching to a different research track, say US economists
Race lacks obvious front runner, with Mohamed El-Erian largely unknown outside academia and Sandi Toksvig proving divisive
Cambridge’s 347th vice-chancellor may have spent the whole of her previous career at Princeton, but she has no plans to tear up local or national traditions as she seeks to turn the UK government’s big hopes for the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor into reality, she tells Jack Grove
Strong career outcomes of fellowship holders underlines importance of early career support, says academy
Redundancies blamed on ‘unprecedented financial challenges’ including ‘rising costs, flat or declining income and uncertainty in student recruitment’
Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10
Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts
Other UK government departments outside science will be encouraged to allocate a proportion of their research budgets to long-term funding
From next year, the AHRC will fund vastly fewer student-initiated PhDs, focusing more of its reduced funding on specific challenges. Critics say this will undo a decade of improvements in PhD supervision and limit vital opportunities to exercise intellectual autonomy. Jack Grove reports
Science department will publish specific objectives with ‘corresponding key performance indicators’ for the £9.6 billion research funder this summer, reveals NAO report
Bentley-driving vice-chancellor George Holmes put on leave after PwC investigation into university payments
Two-year visa will cover alumni at other high-ranking institutions, as study highlights challenges related to ‘ridiculously expensive’ route
Academics at UCL’s law school challenge sector’s embrace of technology, claiming students’ over-reliance on ‘shortcuts’ damages skills acquisition
Leading research institutions endorse experimental non-profit journal as it loses its impact factor
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen steps up efforts to attract American academics while taking aim at Trump’s ‘miscalculation’ of failing to support research
