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How can the REF support international development?
How can the REF support international development. © NASAJSC The Research Excellence Framework (REF) assesses the quality and impact of research in the UK, and in 2014 was...
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Research collaborations: fairness, trust and equity
Partnerships are vital to achieve sustainable development and as a result, it is Goal 17 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Critically, it is recognised...
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Research calls: Best CCI Practices
After a meeting with the UKCDS Advisory Board, we decided to explore best practice in fostering competition, collaboration, impact (CCI) in international research...
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Early-career scientists are vital to shape sustainable science agendas
Much has recently been highlighted about the challenges for early-career researchers around funding, career-progression, publish-or-perish culture and the requirement...
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How to make research accessible to policymakers
Working at the science-policy interface is diverse and it led me to completely rethink my own research interests, methods and impact. I spent 18 months seconded to the...
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Trends that will affect research for development
Last year was a pivotal time for global development. With several agreements relevant to sustainable development and a changing funding landscape in the UK, I wanted to...
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Research partnerships: Establishing Fairness and Trust
Research partnership – what does it mean? I think of it as a marriage of sorts because they come in many shapes and guises. Fairness and the degree to which...
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Work on research systems are varied and crucial
Research Councils UK has launched a call for evidence on the GCRF Collective Fund, part of the new £1.5 billion Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). Nick Perkins,...
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Key priorities for the GCRF Collective Fund
Research Councils UK has launched a call for evidence to gather views on the high-level challenges and delivery the GCRF Collective Fund, part of the new £1.5...