Research Active Vol 06 Issue 2 Jan 2012

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Research Active The Newsletter of University of Kent Research Services, Vol 6, Issue 2, January 2012

NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTED Simon Kerridge has been appointed the new Director of Research Services. With 17 years experience— including panel secretary for the RAE and REF—Simon brings considerable knowledge and understanding to the role.

Welcome Professor John Baldock, PVC Research, welcomed Simon’s appointment. ‘At a time of uncertainty Simon’s experience and knowledge will be invaluable. I look forward to working closely with him in ensuring that Kent delivers a strong submission to the REF, and fulfils its research funding potential.’

Background Simon has had experience as both a researcher and an administrator, as well as an entrepreneur. After graduating from Durham (Maths, Computing and Geology) he set up and ran a software consultancy company for 3 years. He returned to Durham as a researcher for a Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC) grant and 2 EUfunded projects.

He moved to Sunderland in 1994, and shortly afterwards became a Research Development Officer. He was promoted to Deputy Director in 2000, and to Head of Research Support in 2007.

Understanding Simon has a comprehensive understanding of current issues in research management. He is one of the Directors of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), and has been closely involved in running their courses and conferences.

In addition, he has served on various Research Council groups, advising them as they implemented the Joint Electronic Submission System (Je-S) and the Research Outputs and Outcomes System (see page 4). He is a veteran of three RAEs and is finishing a stint as a REF panel secretary.

Thanks Prof Baldock also paid tribute to the work of the Acting Director of Research Services, Dr Kathy Bennett. ‘For much longer than initially anticipated, Kathy has been an effective and enthusiastic leader of Research Services. Despite having to deal with competing demands from both Finance and Research, she generously took on all aspects of the Director’s role. I am enormously grateful to her.’

Kathy will return to Financial Planning when Simon joins the University in February.

Other Changes in Research Services The New Year will see the departure of three members of staff in Research Services.

Kate Ferguson, Research Contracts Manager, is leaving to relocate to Cheshire. Her husband, a former chemist at Pfizer, is taking up a new role at Astrazenica.

Jacqueline Aldridge, Research Funding Officer, will be taking on a new role as Research & Impact Manager at KBS. Stephen Ford, Accounts Clerk, will be taking up a job at UCL. I’m sure you’ll join with us in wishing them all the best for the future.

INSIDE THIS EDITION Overview of Funding

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New Grants

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Research Council News

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European Commission News

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REF Update

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Welcome to New Staff

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Grants Factory

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Choice Cuts from the Blog

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ResearchActive is edited by Phil Ward. Contact him for more information or clarification on any of the items in this edition. In addition, 1 for the latest from the world of research funding, go to fundermental.blogspot.com, or Twitter @unikentresearch & @frootle

An Overview of Research Funding, Sept—Dec 2011

Featured Award The Role & Future of National Constitutions in European and Global Governance

Largest Individual Awards (titles of projects listed opposite) Humanities: Prof Jon Williamson (AHRC, £308,228), upper left.

Sciences: Prof Simon Thompson (EC, £443,305), lower left.

Dr Albi will examine the tensions, synergies, and interplay between national constitutions and supranational governance, such as through the European Union.

Social Sciences, £1,572,723

Social Sciences: Dr Anneli Albi (EC, £1,057,760), see panel below, left.

Humanities, £769,803

Sciences, £1,733,728

Award Value ESRC 2% GEF NIHR 3% 3%

Royal Other (<1%) Society Lonza 4% 1% 2%

Leverhulme 6%

EPSRC 11%

EC 39%

BBSRC 13%

Dr Anneli Albi (KLS) has been awarded a £1m Starting Grant from the European Research Council.

These prestigious awards support up-and-coming research leaders with less than 12 years postdoc experience to establish or consolidate a research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe.

Total Value of Awards

by Faculty

AHRC 16%

Award Number 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

AHRC EC BBSRC Leverhulme EPSRC NIHR Lonza GEF ESRC Royal Society KCC MRC Cairn Astex Durrell Wenner-Gren UACES BA EPS

European Commission funding dominated the figures for the Autumn Term. On average 10% of the University’s research funding comes from the EC; however, with big awards for Anneli Albi (KLS, see below) and Simon Thompson (Computing), this figure rose to a little under 40%.

With Research Council funding increasingly competitive, it certainly makes sense to consider turning to Europe. Its research funding is ringfenced until the end of 2013, and budgets are projected to increase in that time.

The second largest total came from the AHRC, which also provided the most awards: six grants, totalling approximately £700k.

An overview of award value percentages and number is given in the charts, right.

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FULL LIST OF AWARDS: 1 Sept—31 Dec 2011 In past editions space limitations have meant that we haven’t been able to feature all the awards made.

With the expansion of the newsletter we can now do so. Below are all awards for more than £1000 made during the Autumn Term. It does not include extensions or supplements.

System for Rapid Generation of Recombitant Proteins; and Defining and Preventing the Mechanisms Responsible for Disulphide Bond Reduction of Monoclonal Antibodies during Processing (Lonza, £30,000 for each)

Medway School of Pharmacy Prof Alistair Mathie: The Structural Mechanism of K2P Channel Gating HUMANITIES (BBSRC, £200,253); and Assessing Block of TASK Potassium Levels English Dr Stella Bolaki: Transatlantic Sis- (Galleon Pharma, £17,010) terhoods: Audre Lorde & Europe Biosciences (BA, £2,420) Dr Sarah James: Spreading the Light: Dr Mark Howard: Evaluation of Isomapping the vernacular Elucidarium tope-Edited NMR Screening for Pepin medieval England and France tide and Fragment Based Drug Discovery (Astex Pharma, £15,000) (AHRC, £173,995) Dr David Stirrup: Culture and the Dr Dan Mulvihill: Development of Canada-US Border (Leverhulme, FLIM Analysis Tools for the In Vitro Study of Cellular Distribution of Re£98,362) gions of Protein Stability within MiEuropean Culture & Languages (SECL) crobial Systems (Cairn Research, Dr Abby Day: Belief in Cultural Re- £15,600) lations (AHRC, £42,643); and The Prof Mick Tuite: Induction of Yeast Death of the Christian, Female Gen- Prions by Reactive Oxygen Species eration A: social, religious and eco- (BBSRC, £328,877) nomic impacts (AHRC, £80,070) Computing Prof Gordon Lynch: The Sacred in the Modern World: a psychosocial Prof Simon Thompson: RELEASE: High level paradigm for reliable largeapproach (AHRC, £41,099) Prof Jon Williamson: From Objec- scale server software (EC, £443,305) tive Bayesian Epistemology to InducEngineering & Digital Arts (EDA) tive Logic (AHRC, £308,228) Dr Jim Ang: Kinetic User Interfaces and Multiuser 3D Virtual Worlds for History Dr Karen Jones: Epiphany in the Older People (EPSRC, £97,397) Wilderness: hunting and nature in Dr Ania Bobrowicz: Supporting the the American West (AHRC, Use of Social Networks by Young People to Address Concers Around £22,986) Antisocial Behaviour—Phase 2 SCIENCES (KCC, £31,500) Dr Richard Guest: EID: An exploraCentre for Molecular Processing tion of ‘Super-Identity’ (EPSRC, Dr Emma Hargreaves: Determining £342,922) Control of mRNA Translation via Dr Yiqing Zhou: Mitigation of the Changes of Translation Factor Levels Doppler Effect in ROF-Based Broad(Leverhulme, £86,657) band Wireless Communications for Prof Mark Smales: Defining Novel High Speed Trains (Royal Society, Mechanisms of mRNA Translational £66,000) Control upon Cold-Shock in Mammalian Cells (MRC, £26,500); De SOCIAL SCIENCES Novo Sequencing of the Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Genome Kent Law School (KLS) (BBSRC, £2,707); Development of a Dr Anneli Albi: The Role & Future CHOK1SV Transient Expression of National Constitutions in Euro3

pean & Global Governance (ERC, £1,057,760) See panel, opposite.

Anthropology & Conservation (SAC) Dr Metin Eren: Paleolithic Stone Axes and the Origins of Cultural Diversity (Leverhulme, £46,000) Dr Jim Groombridge: Population Genetics, Inbreeding and Metapopulation Management of Free-Living and Captive Pink Pigeon (Durrell Trust, £10,000) Dr Bob Smith: Climate Change and Protected Areas in West Africa (Global Environment Facility, £111,067) Politics & International Relations (PolIR) Prof Richard Whitman: European Foreign Policies in Translation: Continuity and change in the European Union new member states’ foreign policies (UACES, £2,563) Psychology Dr Heather Ferguson: Examining the Time Course of Brain Responses to Factual and Counterfactual Alternatives (Experimental Psychology Society, £2,000) Social Policy, Sociology, and Social Research (SSPSSR) Dr Ben Baumberg: Addictions & Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe: Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP) (EC, £128,441) Prof Simon Coulton: A Pragmatic RCT to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Collaborative Care for People with Dementia in Primary Care (NIHR, £9,689) Dr Charlotte Faircloth: What’s New about Parenting? Comparative Studies in kinship, self & politics (Wenner-Gren, £9,483) Prof Phil Hubbard: Sexualisation, Nuisance and Safety: sexual entertainment venues and the management of risk (ESRC, £87,933).

Dr Annette King: A Study into the Effectiveness of a Postural Care Education Programme for Parents and Teachers who Are Responsible for the Postural Care Needs of Disabled Children at Home and School (NIHR, £107,787).

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Research Outcomes Project Goes Live Four of the Research Councils (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC and EPSRC) have been developing a system to collect data on outcomes from all their funded research. Its development has not been without controversy. In June last year Research Fortnight reported on disquiet within universities about the additional work that would arise from inputting data on to the system.

However, whilst there are still some teething issues, RCUK are going ahead with launching the system. The system will collect details of the following: • Publications • Other Research Outputs • Collaboration • Communication • Exploitation • Recognition • Staff Development • Further Funding • Impact

EPSRC: Planned Funding EPSRC has published its funding plans for the next four years. Whilst the average research budget is some £500m, it will be increased to £750m in 2012-13, before slumping to £250m in 2013-14. Therefore any academics who are considering

applying to the Council are encouraged to apply in 2012-13. For more information on EPSRC’s plans, or help with your application, contact Carolyn.

EPSRC & ‘National Importance’ EPSRC has introduced 'national importance' as a criterion for judging funding applications. It is currently envisaged as research that will have an impact in 10-50 years time, and that: • is key to maintaining the health of other research disciplines; • directly contributes to addressing key UK societal challenges; • contributes to current or future UK economic success; • enables future development of key emerging industries.

Assessing this is going to be tough for both applicants and reviewers; EPSRC is currently touring the UK getting the views of the sector on the changes.

If you want help with drafting yours, get in touch with the Sciences Funding Officer, Carolyn Barker (c.m.barker-47@kent.ac.uk).

New Appointments There have been a number of new key appointments at the Research Councils. These include: • NERC Chief Executive: Prof Duncan Wingham • STFC Chief Executive: Prof John Womersley • AHRC Director of Research: Prof Mark Llewellyn 4

(see full story on back page) In addition, the BBSRC Director of Research, Prof Janet Allen, has resigned but not yet been replaced.

Changes to NERC Schemes NERC has made several changes to its schemes, with effect from 1 January.

Consortium Grants replaced

by Large Grants: The new scheme will continue to support adventurous, large-scale and complex research tackling big science questions. Key changes include: • You will no longer need at least three eligible investigators based in separate organisations.

• The Grants will now be worth between £1.2m—£3.7m.

• There will be an outline stage, at which 'potential excellence' and 'fit to scheme' will be judged.

• Next deadlines are: Outline Proposal Closing Date: 1 March 2012; Full Proposal Closing date: 15 November 2012 (tbc).

Standard Grants: These will now be worth between £65k—£1.2m.

New Investigator Grants: From 2 Feb, there will no longer be a separate scheme for new investigators. They will be eligible for Standard Grants, without limits on the amount they can request.

Urgency Grants: There will be some changes to the guidance and processing of these Grants, to clarify its remit.

European Commission News Horizon 2020 Proposals Published In November the European Commission (EC) officially published its proposals for Horizon 2020.

Horizon 2020 is the new research funding framework, which is the route by which the majority of the EC’s research funding will be distributed. It is due to begin in January 2014. Between now and then, the EC will negotiate the final budget and structure with the Council and Parliament.

In summary, the Commission has proposed a budget of €80bn for the seven year Framework. It will be based on three specific objectives: 1. Excellent Science (€24.6 billion) which will include: • European Research Council (€13.2 billion; 77% increase compared to FP7 funding for ERC); • Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (€3.1 billion); • Marie Curie Actions (€5.75 billion) ; and • Research Infrastructures (€2.4 billion).

2. Industrial Leadership (€17.9 billion) • Key industrial technologies: nanotechnologies, information communication technologies, biotechnologies and space (€13.7 billion); • Access to risk finance (€3.5 billion); and • Support to SMEs with high growth potential.

3.Societal Challenges (E€31.7 billion) • Health, demographic change and well-being; • Food security, sustainable agricultures, marine and maritime research and the bio-based economy; • Secure, clean and efficient energy; • Smart, green and integrated transport; • Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials; and • Inclusive, innovative and secure societies.

In addition, the European Institute of Technology (EIT) will have a budget of €2.8 billion to fund six new Knowledge Innovation Communities.

The first KIC call will be in 2014 and will include innovation for healthy living and active ageing; food4future; and raw materials.

...But What Will It Pay? The Horizon 2020 proposals included information on ‘reimbursement rates’ - i.e. What the EC would actually pay for the research. These differ from the original proposals, published in the last edition of ResearchActive (Vol 6, Issue 1).

The EC has suggested that it would simplify the currently complex system, offering 100% for direct costs and 20% for indirect costs.

This would see the EC returning to a system that was last used in 2002 for Framework Programme 5 (FP5).

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‘How to Fail at FP7’ Beta Technology, the National Contact Point (NCP) for the Environment, ran a workshop on ‘How to Fail at FP7’ in the Autumn.

It suggested that most people fail at FP7 because they haven’t given themselves enough time.

So if you want to fail, be last minute. Throw together a consortium without any thought or discussion, with plenty of ‘passengers’ running their own projects which don’t seem to have any relevance to the overall aims.

Alternatively, if you’re serious about European funding, give yourself time: To think about your strengths and weaknesses, your connections and networks, and build on them.

To talk to potential partners, NCPs, and the EC itself.

To plan the project, so that each work package interlinks and interweaves with the others.

To write the proposal in plain English, preferably written by a native speaker, Bear in mind the three assessment criteria, each of which gets equal weighting: • Science and Technology • Management • Impact To submit early, and often. Each time you submit via the EPSS system it overwrites what has already been submitted. So don't leave it until the last moment, when the software may crash.

Of course, there willl be plenty of frustrations and problems along the way, but if you give yourself time, then you have a much better chance of succeeding - and not failing - at FP7. A fuller version of this article is available at http://bit.ly/fp7fail

at: https://www.kent.ac.uk/ researchservices/local/ref/ index.html Schools have already begun collecting information on publications from potentially eligible staff. During this winter the Faculty Deans, Faculty Directors of Research and I have been holding meetings with Schools’ Heads, Directors of Research and REF Coordinators to settle which Units of Assessment we will submit to, and progress in accumulating outputs and preparing Impact Case Studies.

The really important work is of course your research and writing that generates the outputs that we will submit. However, we are beginning to get a grip on the many hundreds of pieces of information and discrete decisions that are involved in getting the REF submissions as good as we can.

Hopefully the hard lessons will be learnt in Pilot Year 2012 and Submission Year 2013 will go relatively smoothly.

2012 Pilot Year at Kent The PVC Research, Prof John Baldock, provides an update on preparations for the REF. Despite its name, ‘REF2014’, the key date is 29 November 2013, the final day for submissions to the Research Excellence Framework that will determine how Kent is ranked and funded for research from August 2015.

During 2014 the panels and subpanels will assess the submissions and the profile scores will be announced In December. The University currently anticipates making some 23 or so submissions containing between 400 and 500 staff, their ‘outputs’, and impact case studies.

This year is our Pilot Year. We are asking all Schools to prepare complete draft submissions and enter them onto the Hefce ‘REF Submissions System’ by Friday November 30 2012.

The pilot submission process will allow us to test all our arrangements for collecting and inputting data (on staff, research students and research income) and information on research outputs, the impact of our research and the environment in which it is supported.

The pilot is also an opportunity to assess our draft Code of Practice on the Selection of Staff for REF Submissions, which we must submit to Hefce by the end of July 2012. Details of all that is involved can be found on the Kent REF webpages

WELCOME! In the last edition we featured 25 academics who had recently joined the University.

Please welcome nine more who have joined our ranks, and take a moment to find out about their research.

Prof David Brown (Biosciences) was formerly Director of Structural Biology and Biophysics at Pfizer. He and four ex-colleagues from Pfizer will be expanding upon their previous research links with the University by launching a new start-up company, Cangenix.

Dr Tahani Coolen Maturi (KBS) has research interests in nonparametric statistics, correlation and dependence modelling, and has a general interest in developing statistical methodology in business applications.

Dr Glen Davison (Sports Studies): has interests in immune responses to various types of exercise in athletes, healthy people and those with diabetes; and the effects of nutrition (and supplementation) on

physiological and immune responses to exercise.

Dr Chrysoula Dimitriou-Fakalou (SMSAS) works on modelling, estimation and inference for linear time series, spatial and spatio-temporal processes.

Dr Rachel Garfield (Arts) is a film and video artist whose work engages with portraiture and identity.

In addition, her written work explores the positioning of artists; exclusion; victimhood; documentary and video practices; performativity; Diaspora communities; Landscape painting and the formation of Englishness in the 20th Century.

Prof Janet Krska (Pharmacy) has interests in medication review and pharmaceutical care; reporting of adverse drug reactions by patients; 6

developing and evaluating public health services, particularly in community pharmacies.

Dr Ryan Perry (English) researches the manuscript culture of the late Middle Ages; his writing explores the ways in which vernacular texts (in particular religious writings) were transmitted and used by medieval consumers.

Dr Jeremy Rossman (Biosciences), is investigating the role of viral morphology on the influenza virus lifecycle.

Mrs Maddy Wyatt (KBS): has interests in career success, ethnic and gender diversity at work, organisational politics and political skill, predicting the performance of politicians and occupational psychology.

Notes from the Grants Factory and other events Big Questions, Big Projects 1 December Profs Liz Mansfield & Jon Williamson The intention of this session was to encourage participants to consider if and how they should develop research ideas into larger projects.

Liz Mansfield started by sounding out the participants about their hopes and fears for the session.

Common threads emerged: how should I start? What should the scale be? How do I integrate different work packages, and how should I deal with uncertainty?

What costs should I include, and how can I justify them? What should my submission strategy be?

Jon Williamson took over to talk about how to develop a research funding profile, how to 'upscale' a project, and the pros and cons of large collaborations. He suggested that a 'funding profile' was a crucial element of a grant proposal,

Drafting REF Impact Case Studies Over the Autumn Term there were a series of brainstorming sessions looking at draft REF Impact Case Studies. A few general issues came out of these, including: • There has to be a strong link between the impact and the research upon which it is based.

It's not enough to be working generally in that area; • The research has to have been undertaken whilst you were at

providing reassurance to the reviewers and panellists can deliver the goods. Those who haven’t got a strong profile yet should consider linking up with a more experienced colleague, or putting in place a management committee or advisory group.

Liz Mansfield then suggested that applicants should plan their project by starting at the end point: how do they want their projects to be remembered? What is the ultimate goal of research in your area? How would you like your work to be remembered? From this point, work backwards and work out what steps you will need to achieve that goal.

By thinking of the final memory, it will force you to be realistic about the methodology, but also about the dissemination. And, for both, it will force you to think seriously about the resources you will need to fulfil them effectively. The beauty of this is that it will give you a macro oversight of your project that will naturally trigger questions about how best to construct its framework and micro manage it. the University; • It helps to have quantifiable indi-

cators of impact; • The impact has to have hap-

pened already. Unlike RCUK's understanding of impact, HEFCE's is backward looking.

It's past, not potential. You have to be describing impact that has already been felt; • It is better to write in the third person. This adds to the sense of an objective, impersonal analysis of the impact.

There’s a full REF Update, opposite.

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ESRC Study Day 27 September, Swindon I visited the ESRC in Swindon to hear more about how they work.

One of the most useful insights was the issue of 'introducers' rejections'.

When you submit an application it doesn't go straight to panel, but is sifted: Office sift: roughly 10% of applications get rejected at this stage on technicalities, such as not having the right attachments, sections not being filled, format not being adhered to, etc; Reviewers' sift: roughly 30% get rejected at this stage, if the reviewers identify substantial flaws, and grade the applications accordingly; Introducers' sift: Each application is allocated to two introducers, who have the responsibility of introducing the application to the panel. However, they can reject applications before they get to panel if they think that, realistically, they don't stand any real chance of getting funding, and it would be wasting the panel's time to discuss them.

After these sifts, the ESRC would only expect 30% of applications to go to panel. Given this figure, it looks like the introducers are expected to strip out 30% of the applications.

In practice I imagine that this is fairly straightforward. There will be obvious applications that don't have anything wrong with them, but are never going to fly.

However, I would suggest that you look at the grants panel membership and try and identify the people who are likely to be the introducers.

Do some background research on their interests, and try to key your proposal in with what makes them tick. It could make all the difference.

CHOICE CUTS FROM THE BLOG For the latest news and rumours from the world of research funding, log on to http://fundermental.blogspot.com/ AHRC Appoints New Director of Research 16 November 2011 The AHRC has appointed Professor M a r k L l e wellyn (pictured left), currently Professor of English Studies at Strathclyde, as its new Director of Research, So what do we know about Llewellyn, and can his appointment tell us anything about current AHRC thinking?

Firstly, he's incredibly young to be taking on a senior policy position in the major funder in the sector. The AHRC is obviously backing youth.

Secondly, his rise has been meteoric over the last five years: in 2006-07 he was still plying his trade as a postdoc researcher at Liverpool. From RA to Director of Research at the AHRC in five years: some might say his haste is unseemly. The AHRC is obviously backing ambition.

Thirdly, he's keen on work which stretches out across disciplines.

He works in 'neo-Victorianism', which is a fairly broad church. The AHRC is obviously backing interdisciplinarity.

Finally, he has engaged with the AHRC through the Peer Review College (2007-11), and through being PI on a recent ‘Connected Communities' grant. The AHRC is obviously backing engagement.

None of this, of course, is a surprise. But it does indicate that the AHRC recognises the need for energy, dynamism and fresh thinking in these difficult times.

BA Joins Twitter 8 November 2011

news, events and funding opportunities, are now available on the Research Services Sharepoint site.

Exciting news from the Twittersphere! The 'funder least likely to' has actually got a Twitter account. Yes, the British Academy, wholesale provider of wingback leather arm chairs, steamed sponge puddings and ironed copies of The Times of London, has joined the Twitterati.

The site has other treasures, including the Successful Proposals Bank, and the Information Sheets.

Both are really helpful when preparing applications, and give you an idea of what it takes to frame and phrase a killer application.

This is both exciting and - to be frank - slightly disappointing news.

Exciting in that Twitter has become an important tool in the world of research funding for finding out what's going on, and getting early alerts, insights and gossip on forthcoming schemes. Disappointing in that it shatters my treasured vision of the BA as a Mayfair gentlemen's club.

However, thankfully the BA has managed not to disappoint with its first tweet: 'Archbishop of Canterbury asking 'what should the Word of God sound like?' at the British Academy today.' You couldn't make it up. I'm hoping the next will be 'Is there honey still for tea? The need for a good dinner in a time of change.'

Social Sciences Funding Updates 1 December The weekly funding updates for the Social Sciences, which include

Finally! Europe Gets What It Deserves 22 October 2011 Great news today from Europe. Our best beloved King of the Social Sciences, ESRC chief Paul Boyle (right), has been elected President of Science Europe.

Thank heavens for Science Europe.

Some may question the worth of a European supranational quango with a complex organisational structure, a mission statement and a vision statement, and no real power. But not us.

For us, we can only thank the powers that be that they have finally recognised that the continent that gave the world the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Democracy and the Industrial Revolution, Shakespeare, Einstein, Newton, Galileo, Planck, Darwin and Mozart, that discovered heliocentrism, penicillin and the circulation of blood, needs some help in developing its potential.

Lookalike Corner As Private Eye celebrates its 50th birthday, we thought it only fitting that ResearchActive pays tribute with its own version of the Eye’s ‘Separated at Birth.’

This Term the spotlight is on the Chief Executive of the BBSRC, Doug Kells, and the erstwhile Radio 1 DJ, Dave ‘the Hairy Cornflake’ Lee Travis.

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