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Introduction The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) was announced in last year’s spending review (December 2015), and came as somet...

The Researchfish system is used to collect information on the outputs, outcomes and impacts that have arisen from Research Council-funded r...

A successful Research Council applicant awaits his grant. Following on the heels of the BBSRC's announcement that it would be delay...

Groundbreaking 'tri-breast' logo. RCUK , the umbrella organisation for the UK's Research Councils, announced a major breakt...

Sting. Possibly. In December 2014 the Government published its new Science Strategy . It announced that it would launch a review of the ...

Last week saw an international focus on Open Access (OA) , and the University played a part by hosting  an event  to explore the brave new p...

It's holiday season, even for the good folks at Death Star Avenue . Now read on. A holiday cottage on the west coast of Wales. Rai...

A previously funded large project. The Times Higher last month published an article by Prof Bill Amos of Cambridge, who questioned the...

'We've got a record of  the number of bodies. Who cares about the original bodies?' As many of you will be aware, the Resea...

Pope: Catholic, apparently. Well, you may have noticed that things have been somewhat quiet over at Fundermentals Towers. Yes, I've ...

Shelby SuperCars Inc. Share an acronym with the Shared Services Centre. Oh! The glamour! There's good news from the Shared Servic...

Making a virtue of criticism Last week we had an impromptu  Grants Factory workshop, prompted by the visit of the  EPSRC 's Jane ...

An advisory panel has today criticised the STFC for having 'too narrow a focus', Research Fortnight reports . 'For far too ...

'No sir, a reduction in applications is a definite Feather in your Cap' As any research administrator worth their salt will kno...

'100% you say? Well I'm sure I could make my Chaucer project fit  'Environmental Change'' Now here's a good ne...

Last week RCUK published impact case studies . The intention of this was, I think, twofold: to highlight to external bodies (such as the T...

I'm worried about those clever people at Polaris House . Our great and glorious research leaders, those academic taste makers who hold...

Ever wondered how the RCUK chiefs come up with the strategic priorities? Do they sometimes seem - well - slightly random? Well Fundermen...

Tim Harford , the self-styled Undercover Economist , wrote an interesting piece on his blog about the need to break out of disciplinary silo...

Prof Rick Rylance (Chief Executive of the AHRC and Chair of RCUK Executive Group ) will be visiting the University on Friday 17 February. ...