Breaking: Ministers confirm cut to Strategic Priorities Grant for universities. Teaching funding reduction will be sharply felt by some institutions, says Office for Students. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

This week’s #IvoryTower for @resprofnews.bsky.social

This week’s #IvoryTower for @resprofnews.bsky.social

Ivory Tower: Gov Island. The summer reality TV smash returns for 2026. Our comedy column, free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

A message from our publisher. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

London? He's going to LONDON? New Ivory Tower column up on @resprofnews.bsky.social news today ⬇️

Andy Burnham’s Coronation (Street). In Ivory Tower this week, a new political soap opera begins with Andy heading off to that London. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Proportion of universities cutting research jumped in 2026. Universities UK survey shows worsening picture but more optimism about need for future research cuts. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Breaking: EU Council presidency proposes 4% smaller budget for 2028-34 research and innovation programme and Erasmus+ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Ivory Tower comedy column: The beautiful sector The World Cup of universities and research, live on Sky Sports HE. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Exclusive: Office for Students spent almost £450,000 on Sussex court case. Experts say “extraordinary sum” for legal costs in free speech case will “raise eyebrows”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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British performance in Horizon bounces back to pre-Brexit levels. UK share of EU research funding rose in 2024, reversing downward trend since 2016 referendum. Good news! Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Ivory Tower: Even more weak in politics. The latest (satire) from the diaries of the good and the grating. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Breaking: Government set to cut strategic priorities grant. The government is on the cusp of cutting public funding for higher education teaching, the head of Universities UK has told MPs, placing institutions under even more financial pressure. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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Ivory Tower: Acid test. It’s exam season, so please turn over your paper and begin. Today it is the final exam for the BA in Higher Education and Research Policy. (It’s a fine art, not an exact science) www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

La rovesciata di McTominay diventa una banconota, l'iniziativa della Bank of Scotland L'iniziativa celebra il gol valso i mon... https://www.calcionapoli1926.it/nazionali/rovesciata-mctominay-banconota-scozia-mondiali/?intcmp=gazzanet-calcionapoli1926

More weak in politics. Ivory Tower: Further leadership turmoil from the diaries of higher education’s good and grating. Satire, of course. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Jessica Corner to step down as Research England head. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

I think maybe this point, in my report below, went under the radar a little last week as the Hesa data in question came out on the same day as the OfS financial report.

It's Friday afternoon, so it must be time for our comedy Ivory Tower column! This week: The weak in politics. We've gained exclusive access to the diaries of education’s good and grating. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

UK universities urged to exploit EU programmes while they can. Skills minister and officials push for participation before negotiations on Horizon and Erasmus+ restart. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Indecision time 2026. Our Ivory Tower column has the election results from the Sky Sports HE team. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

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An article for the jaded tv viewer. This is very funny and highly recommended. I haven’t read one of these Friday posts for a couple of years. Am glad to see that @mgmcquillan.bsky.social has not lost his touch. Courtroom drama www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Courtroom drama! Our satirical Ivory Tower column takes aim at the case of Sussex versus the OfS. All rise! Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Think Hole: curriculum Reform. Ivory Tower: Reform makes history, on the show with ideas keeping you awake at night. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Tory plan to redirect £6bn of R&D funds to defence slammed. Campaign for Science and Engineering raises alarm over proposal to stop UKRI funding “nonsense” subjects. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Euro trash talk. Our weekly satirical comedy column, Ivory Tower, gains exclusive access to the government’s Erasmus+ WhatsApp group. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Orbán defeat seen as ‘victory for democracy’ and universities. European universities celebrate opportunity for Hungarian institutions to restore academic freedom. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

🟨 Print Edition — Paul Conroy – ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’ John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul Conroy, a frequent contributor to Byline Times who died on 28 February

Make it a very good Friday with the Easter edition of #IvoryTower for @resprofnews.bsky.social The Book of Liz www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v... featuring the archangel Brian Cox

Make it a very good Friday with the Easter edition of #IvoryTower for @resprofnews.bsky.social The Book of Liz www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v... featuring the archangel Brian Cox

There seem to be some inconsistencies between what Patrick Vallance and Ian Chapman wrote about #STFC funded postdoc numbers in their letter to the Commons science committee and recent reports from the chairs of STFC's own grant panels 🧵

The Easter edition of #IvoryTower for @resprofnews.bsky.social featuring the archangel Brian Cox: The Book of Liz www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

The Easter edition of #IvoryTower for @resprofnews.bsky.social featuring the archangel Brian Cox: The Book of Liz www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

The @resprofnews.bsky.social Ivory Tower column this week made me cry with laughter, well worth a read: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

HE Springwatch www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Not newly released. RPN reported on this weeks ago www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

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The chair of the House of Commons science committee has described impending cuts to physics funding as “wholly unacceptable” and “a failure” in an excoriating letter to the science minister and the leader of UKRI. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Breaking: Looming physics cuts a ‘failure’, says science committee chair. Chi Onwurah says science minister and UKRI leadership must “bear responsibility” and “win back trust”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

New series! Patrick Vallance’s Blankety Blank. Our comedy Ivory Tower column returns with a game show favourite with a new host. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Germany news: Overhaul student aid to avoid ‘disaster’, government told www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Sussex VC warns of ‘profound consequences’ from study visa ban. Sasha Roseneil appeals to parliamentarians over suspension of visas for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

The NY Times writes about DOGE and their assault on the NEH... USING CHATGPT TO DECIDE WHETHER A GRANT WAS DOING WOKE DEI. Just appalling. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...