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The ERC Workshop last month Last month we held a workshop on applying to the European Research Council. As well as getting an overview from UKRO, we heard from Dr Tracy Kivell, who won a Starting Grant in 2013, who talked about her experience of applying to the ERC. The Project   Tracy is a paleoanthropologist, who looks at fossil remains to understand human evolution and development. Her €

Schrodinger's REF: Portable and Non-Portable Yesterday David Sweeney unveiled his initial plans for REF2021. ‘We’ve responded fully to the recommendations of the Stern Review, together with the comments and feedback we received in the consultation that followed,' he said. ‘Although they were diametrically opposed to each other, I’m delighted to say we’ve managed to create a hybrid framework

Liz Allen Last month I attended a session at KBS on the Future of Research Assessment. I wrote up some notes from this, and particularly the talk by Prof John Mingers, here.  Also speaking at the event was Liz Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives at F1000. She published some thoughts on it on the F1000 blog, and has kindly allowed me to republish them here.  ______________________