Pleased that the BBC, ITV, Independent, Evening Standard and others have picked up our story on the legal costs associated with the Michelle Donelan ‘extremism’ letter saga.

Total spent has passed £60k.

Here's the original story, free to read: researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

Editorial: As new opportunities open up for Europe’s researchers, the sector’s need for knowledgeable professional support is increasing as well, writes our chief editor Sarah Richardson (€)

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‘Nothing wrong’ with ‘easily fixable’ university funding model, says former HE minister Jo Johnson.

Although his suggestions would mean eye-watering tuition fee levels in England (about £13k, if adjusted for inflation).

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Free to read from our latest issue:

Kamila Kozirog sets out what EUA wants from the next EU R&I programme

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Guardian now reporting the £19k legal costs paid by taxpayer following Michelle Donelan's libel case (plus £15k settlement too).

Here's our story that first broke the news (Guardian info is from a different source to mine, so no issues journalistically).

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The government spent more than £23,000 on legal services related to science secretary Michelle Donelan’s letter to UK Research & Innovation about members of an advisory panel, bringing the total cost of the incident to more than £60,000.

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ICYMI: New visa rules a ‘threat’ to UK science, warns trade union.

The UK trade union Prospect has analysed new visa rules and their impact on science, technology, engineering and maths occupations.

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Exclusive.

The government spent more than £23k on legal services related to Michelle Donelan’s letter to UK Research and Innovation about members of an advisory panel, bringing the total cost of the incident to the government & UKRI to more than £60k.

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Science department’s ODA spending hit new low in 2023.

Dsit development spending totalled just £167 million, compared with £607m for R&I in 2020.
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From February but popular on the site just now (free to read).

Elsevier parent reports 10% hike in profits for 2023. Net profit of £1.79 billion delivered on revenue of £9.16bn.

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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult leader to stand down: Andrew Jamieson has led the UK research and technology centre since its creation. (£)

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