By Academics Anonymous. I want my work to influence policy and change lives, but there’s little hope that politicians will even read it. More...
26 novembre 2016
30 avril 2016
Anti-lobbying clause: ‘no intention’ to apply it to academics
By David Matthews. After months of criticism over potential chilling effect of new rules, campaigners say clarification is ‘good news’. More...
1 mars 2016
Academics' ability to lobby government under threat from new funding clause
By . There are growing worries in universities that restrictions on the use of public money to lobby the government, initially focused on charities, may have a chilling effect on the independence of publicly funded research. Whether this is ministers’ intention is an open question. More...27 février 2016
How Right-Wing Billionaires Infiltrated Higher Education
By . If there was a single event that galvanized conservative donors to try to wrest control of higher education in America, it might have been the uprising at Cornell University on April 20, 1969. More...
27 février 2016
Scientists attack their 'muzzling' by government
By Robin McKie. State-funded scientists could be prevented from lobbying for change in their field under Cabinet Office proposals. More...27 février 2016
The anti-lobbying clause will undermine evidence, policy and the public interest
By Sarah Main and James Wilsdon. A Cabinet Office proposal to ban organisations receiving government funding from using those funds to influence policy threatens to put the brakes on the research impact agenda. More...6 janvier 2016
University lobbyists spend big on state lawmakers
By Stefanie Botelho. When former University of Georgia football coach Mark Richt coached his Bulldogs past the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in his final game Nov. 28, there was practically a full committee of state lawmakers in the stands. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)