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Introduction The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) was announced in last year’s spending review (December 2015), and came as something of a surprise to the sector. The previous spending review (2010) had protected the research budget from the worst ravages of austerity, but it was still a flat settlement, and funding was looking a little threadbare five years in. George Osborne, the

Amidst all the resignations and reshuffles following the EU Referendum, some of you might not have noticed that top BBC politico Nick Robinson has been sworn in as the new head of the British Academy. And not before time. After all those hours standing in front of Downing Street, and then getting up at 3am to present the Today programme, it's about time he had a job that included civilised

Maddy Bell. Or possibly Carrie Bradshaw Maddy Bell joined the University of Kent in December 2015 in the new role of Impact & Engagement Officer in Research Services, after 6 years supporting academic clinicians at the Royal College of Anaesthetists in London. In this debut blog post, she reflects on the past 7 months in her role and considers the important role of empathy in achieving

Just a little bit 'meh' Last month I mentioned that the University of Kent had been going through the process of drafting a new Institutional Plan, with an associated Research and Innovation Strategy. The strategy’s vision is for the university to be “clearly recognised worldwide for the quality of its research...[to undertake] radical and innovative research [with] broader impact...to be

After the storm, the clear up. Or rather, after the storm, the running for cover. As the UK political infrastructure goes into meltdown, and politicians shake their heads sadly and claim that it was nothing to do with them - it's the 'will of the people' - a number of colleagues have asked about how Brexit will affect the UK’s ability to access European research funding, Horizon 2020.