This report provides an analysis of the usage and impact of a number of research data centres, representing a cross-section of research disciplines in the UK.…
An opportunity to hear the Government Chief Scientific Advisor on communicating risk and scientific advice in emergencies was always going to be a draw.…
This guide aims to describe the nature, roles and responsibilities of the different Government bodies involved in research policy and funding, and the relationships between them.…
The new European Commission was sworn in a couple of weeks ago, several months late owing to the time it took for the appointees to be approved by the European Parliament.…
‘Impact’ has been the word of the year in higher education research policy - Impact Plans, Impact Assessment, Impact Pilots. As funding cuts loom, the Treasury is looking to justify the investment of tax-payers’ money in research.…
The RIN is working on a project to set up additional information, guidance and resources on its website to support key stakeholders in their contributions to the scholarly communications process, particularly in relation to policy.…
Sobering news from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which points to less than rosy prospects for recruitment into the science sector of the economy in a report published this week.…
Here we go again.…
The RIN and Universities UK have published new detailed and practical guidance for all those who deal with the arrangements for paying for open access publication charges. News release - 21 April 2009 …
Research data are fast being recognised as valuable resources in their own right, as opposed to being secondary to scholarly outputs such as a journal articles.…
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