According to @politico.eu the UK wants to form a steel alliance with the EU to avoid collateral damage in a trade war with the US. www.politico.eu/article/brit... A European steel alliance, now where have I heard that one before? 🤔https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community

Tremendous long read from @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social in the FT on the mysterious owner of the notorious Brittania Hotels group, Alex Langsam. on.ft.com/46B1bhO

The REF announcement is really interesting, including because This is all very interesting, and in particular this: I can’t recall the funding allocation mechanism (for England, which is already under review) being so explicitly discussed as part of the REF design before now.

Are UK universities doing too much research? If so, what should we do about it? Debates about how to address the financial sustainability of university research have a familiar ring to them, as I write in @resprofnews.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-poli... #scipolicy

A major new report published for anyone interested in #innovation, #productivity, #industrialstrategy, #econsky. I'll now do a short thread that pulls out the main findings and recommendations...

Really interesting history piece accompanying launch of the UK #Metascience Unit's first report by @rorinstitute.bsky.social's James Wilsdon, @ludowaltman.bsky.social, Andre Brasil and the unit's own Ben Steyn assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/685bcd... One small correction though...

Looks great!

Interesting anecdote in this article on comments about potential future changes in UKRI's stance towards AI in the application/review process in Research Professional... www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk...

honored to join this @historyofscience.bsky.social roundtable @kathrynolesko.bsky.social's invitation. my contribution "Make Silicon Valley Boring Again!" argues that today's broligarchs aren't just aberrant relative to you & me, but even relative to the history of Silicon Valley...

Security fears are creating new pressures and expectations on national research systems across Europe. My @mioir.bsky.social colleague Andrew James and I have written a piece for @resprofnews.bsky.social summarising some key findings from our new report on the topic. #scipolicy #security

A cautionary tale for today’s public sector relocations? This was one of the flagship relocations of the early 90s - starchitect building and all. Of course the relocation itself was essentially driven by the need to cut costs… www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

New report! #scipolicy in Europe has long considered internationalisation as a driver of excellence and soft power. Geopolitical tensions are changing this calculation. We examined #researchsecurity concerns and responses for 7 EU countries (CZ, FR, DE, NL, ES, IT, SE) Read more: bit.ly/4kLbXGt

Core research under ‘intense pressure’ in spending review Thanks to Nancy Rothwell, @andywestwood.bsky.social, Richard Jones, @kieronflanagan.bsky.social & @graemetr.bsky.social for speaking to me for this piece. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

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Made it to Bluesky! Will try to get back into habit of posting here on #scipolicy + related issues. In meantime here's a picture of myself & my colleagues representing @mioir.bsky.social at the (great) 10th Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy