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Funding, governance and careers
Overview
The strong international reputation of UK research relies on funding excellence in science as well as the ability of researchers to collaborate and be mobile.
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Brexit and UK science
Following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, the Royal Society is seeking the best possible outcome for UK research and innovation.
Changing expectations
This project aims to understand how best to steward research culture through a shifting research landscape and investigate the evolving relationship between the research community and the wider research system.
Reforms to the UK’s higher education, research and innovation system
The Royal Society is working closely with its Fellowship and the research and innovation community to engage with changes to the UK's higher education, research and innovation system.
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- Mobility of researchers
- Research Councils review
- Higher Education and Research Bill
- World-class R&D in the UK
- Doctoral students’ career expectations
- UK research and the European Union
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Mobility of researchers
Evidence to the Migration Advisory Committee on the mobility of researchers.
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Submission to the Nurse Review
The Royal Society response to Sir Paul Nurse's review, with Research Councils, into how they can evolve to support research in the most effective ways.
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Reforms to the UK’s higher education, research and innovation system
We are working closely with the Fellowship and the broader research and innovation community to engage with the Higher Education and Research Bill.
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Building a stronger future: Research, innovation and growth
The UK National Academies set out key priorities and actions for the next Government to make the UK the location of choice for world class research, development and innovation.
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Doctoral students’ career expectations
This project explored doctoral students' careers expectations, and how they can be best managed so that students and their supervisors understand the wide range of careers that a PhD can lead to in and outside of science.
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UK research and the European Union
Gathering evidence about the influence of the UK’s relationship with the EU on research.
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Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS
Elected 2003
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Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS
- Fellow
- Elected:2003
- Visiting Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Astrophysics, University of OxfordPro Chancellor, Trinity College DublinPresident, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist best known for her role in the discovery of pulsars - considered to be one of the greatest astronomical discoveries of the 20th century.
Dame Jocelyn has since become a role model for young students and female scientists throughout the world. Notable awards include the Michael Faraday Prize and the Royal Medal.
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Professor Richard Jones FRS
Elected 2006
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Professor Richard Jones FRS
- Fellow
- Elected:2006
- Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of SheffieldCouncil Member, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research CouncilProfessor of Material Physics and Innovation Policy, University of Manchester
Professor Richard Jones
An experimental polymer physicist, Professor Richard Jones has also has written extensively on the wider issues surrounding nanotechnology.
He was the Senior Strategic Advisor for Nanotechnology for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) from 2007 to 2009, and in 2013 he was appointed to the Council of the EPSRC.
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