UK to reprioritise £1.6bn a year of R&D budget for defence: Prime minister’s defence spending increase will not lead to a bigger overall public R&D budget. (£)

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In this week’s #IvoryTower we have a musical interlude, book by Learner & Low: My Fair Access researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

Spy chiefs meet with universities to discuss hostile states.

MI5 and National Cyber Security Centre join Russell Group representatives to talk about sensitive research.

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MPs to scrutinise financial reliance on international students.

Education committee will look at cash-strapped universities’ potential over-reliance on overseas fees

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UKRI steps back from role in sustainability agreement: National research funding agency is not following health charities in adding requirements to grant rules. (£)

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Advisers call for regulation of space technology: Report sets out how to stop space becoming new “Wild West”. (£)

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‘I am not welcome’: MPs say visa changes will hinder academics.

Of one researcher: 'The Home Office have led him to think, ‘Why am I doing this? Why would I incur so much expense when the government make me feel as if I am not welcome?’”

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Westminster hears from MPs concerned about visa reforms.

One researcher: “Why am I doing this? Why would I incur so much expense when the government make me feel as if it is not worth it and that I am not welcome?”

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Student progression: how to improve university dropout rates.

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UK funding at a glance: 11-25 April. This week: green fellowships, teaching cuts, lived disability PhDs, wind energy and more. (£)

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Government ‘left door to student loan fraud hanging wide open’.

Inadequate oversight from the Westminster government has left a back door to student loan system abuse ‘hanging wide open’, according to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

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Health research funders bring in new sustainability rules: Wellcome and CRUK policies on environmental impact coincide with launch of sector-wide sustainability agreement. (£) Wellcome Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK

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Ethnic minorities ‘unheard’ in key area of health research: Research into multimorbidity leaves out people who are more likely to be affected, review finds. (£)

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Very grateful to ResearchProfessionalNews for the excellent write up of my new paper on drop-out rates today. If you don’t have time to read the whole paper on the HEPI website, do read Martin McQuillan’s summary. Also grateful to HEA for prompting the piece in the first place:

UK to plough ‘at least’ 5% of defence budget into R&D: Prime minister Rishi Sunak also announces plans for Defence Innovation Agency. (£)

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British Academy welcomes review of R&D for creative industries: But learned society calls for AI guidance to ensure “fair balance” between creators and AI developers. (£) The British Academy

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Hands-on science work falls short of school students’ expectations: Survey also reveals decreasing interest in science, especially among girls. (£) The Royal Society EngineeringUK

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This morning, the House of Commons public accounts committee publishes a report on franchised HE provision.

It is uncomfortable reading for all involved: the universities, the franchised providers, the government, the SLC and the OfS.

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