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BIS axes annual survey of industry R&D
Last one shows UK corporate spending holds up in recession. The government will no longer produce its annual R&D Scoreboard, which analyses R&D spending among the…
Open Sesame
A synchrotron under construction in the Middle East brings hope for both science and peace. “It’s like a parallel universe,” says Eliezer Rabinovici, director of the…
Is industry walking away from academia?
Recession-hit companies scale back university liaison offices. Universities could find it more difficult to find industry research partners as hi-tech companies look to scale back or…
Industry and academics square off over future of Framework
The negotiations on Framework 8, the EU’s research funding programme scheduled to begin in 2014, are now well and truly underway. With the mid-term review of…
LibDem grassroots wait and see on science
Liberal Democrat activists at the party’s conference in Liverpool have adopted a ‘wait and see’ attitude to the coalition’s science policy. “I think the jury’s still…
Steady on, Damian!
Immigration minister Damian Green wants to crack down on foreign students who stay in the UK after graduating. Research Fortnight news editor Brian Owens wonders if…