🚨Breaking🚨 Patrick Vallance appointed chair of prime minister’s new AI taskforce. Story: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Science secretary urged to review withdrawal of Cern project funding. The new science secretary in Andy Burnham’s government has been urged to review a decision to cancel UK funding for upgrading a key Cern experiment. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

STFC’s true cost overrun revealed as nearly £700m. The shortfall in the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s budget compared with its forecast costs is more than four times the figure previously thought, RPN can reveal. Story: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

The shortfall in the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s budget compared with its forecast costs is more than four times the figure previously thought. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Two-thirds of Aria spending remains in greater south east. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Chapman: Research community ‘must adapt’ to speed up grants. Peer review “not fit for purpose”, says UKRI leader, as funder looks to increase automation. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Updated: Major science facilities to be scaled back. UKRI has confirmed cuts at major domestic science facilities over the next four years, despite providing £135 million in extra cash to “avoid” harsher cutbacks. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Single international student cohort ‘to generate £40bn for UK’. Updated with latest Home Office visa application figures: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Concentrating research in fewer UK universities splits vice-chancellors. Birmingham leader’s call to focus on 20-30 institutions amid surging applications contested by fellow VCs. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Burnham ‘fantastic’ for materials R&D, but ‘stability needed now’. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Regional universities ‘heartened’ by Burnham’s local growth plans. Prime minister-in-waiting’s statements on university-led regional economies hailed as a “sharpening of the argument”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

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Our reporting team has been in Harrogate this week reporting from the 2026 ARMA Annual Conference, for which we were delighted to be media partners. #ARMA2026 Here's a 🧵 of our reporting. You can get all stories all on our dedicated ARMA page, too: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/category/arm...

ICYMI, the latest edition of Research Europe came out yesterday! www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro... Here are some of the highlights.🧵

Australia not ready for ‘disease X’, research council warns. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

🎉We are in celebratory mood! Today's Research Fortnight is the 700th edition too be published since we began back on October 1994🎉 Get it here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p... So, what do we have for you?🧵

Public disconnect from R&D ‘a real threat’ amid febrile politics. New Royal Society of Biology president raises concern that “political buy-in could weaken”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

‘Only 22 UK universities should be allowed in REF’, says think tank. Policy Exchange report arguing most universities should refocus away from research garners right-wing support. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

UUK wants investment in university innovation doubled to £10bn. University leaders aim for new spinout and scale-up fund amid concerns over slowing investment. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

UK ministers announce ‘new £750m national AI supercomputer’ Plan also heralds doubling of AI Research Resource power and more PhDs in “critical fields”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Widespread concern over reforms to research infrastructure funding University groups fear shift towards more competitive funding could worsen repair backlog sitting at £5.6bn. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Push to build evidence for UK research policy launches. Current decision-making not “sufficiently evidence-based”, say founders of new “policy and research studio” Science Works. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Plan to triple publications and patents from OxCam corridor. Ambition outlined for Oxford to Cambridge region to break into top 10 global innovation clusters. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

UKRI lacks ‘heft and punch’, Peter Mandelson told Patrick Vallance. Disgraced former US ambassador pushed for more ministerial direction at national funder, new documents show. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Government urged to ‘slow down’ physics funding changes. Institute of Physics warns of “irreparable damage to UK scientific capability” beyond areas facing cuts. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Chinese funders contributed to more engineering papers with UK authors than British funders last year, Research Professional News analysis suggests, with the development seen as both a success and warning for the UK. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Leru calls for ‘robust safeguards’ on EU dual-use research. University group urges Commission to keep “explicitly military” research outside next research framework programme. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Historians slam ‘marketisation and neglect’ of higher education. Royal Historical Society issues stinging rebuke of English model amid escalating cuts. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

EPSRC reforms doctoral funding to become more ‘strategic’. Research council leader warns UK lacks enough PhDs in “key areas” amid rising training costs. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

UAL chief: ‘I feel the pain’ of universities facing arts crisis. Interview: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...