Grants Factory 2013-14

This year sees our most ambitious Grants Factory yet. Not only are we continuing with the programme of workshops run by experienced academics, but we're building on the success of last year's Early Career Researcher Network to offer a forum for ECRs to meet and discuss issues around developing their careers, and we're complementing both with a series of Writing Group drop-in sessions.

OA: Finch Hits Back

Following this week's report from the Select Committee on Open Access, Dame Janet Finch has hit back.

The MPs had questioned her preference for Gold OA, saying that, 'at a time when the budgets of universities are under great pressure, it is unacceptable that the government has issued an open-access policy that will require considerable subsidy from research budgets in order to both maintain journal subscriptions and cover article processing charges.'

Finch's response was clear: 'That's exactly what I said.'

'The Aggregation of Marginal Gains'

Bradley Wiggins: what's easier, the Tour de France
or winning a Research Council award?

When you think about the world of research funding, Bradley Wiggins might not be the first person that comes to mind. However, I couldn't help conjuring up Wiggo as I reviewed the first year of the Kent Peer Review (KPR) system.

Visit by Director of Leverhulme Trust: 9 Oct

Prof Gordon Marshall

The new Director of the Leverhulme Trust, Prof GordonMarshall, will be visiting the University on 9 October.