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Michelle Donelan has been facing calls to resign after it emerged taxpayers had to foot the bill for damages over a letter posted on X accusing academics of having "extremist views".
Michelle Donelan has apologised for publicly posting a letter on social media falsely suggesting an academic had expressed sympathy for Hamas.
Reform UK leader Richard Tice speaks to Sky News after former Tory MP Lee Anderson defected to his party; the work and pensions secretary says "we need to move on" from a row around "inappropriate" comments by Tory donor.
Science Secretary Michelle Donelan has apologised for publicly demanding a probe into an Edinburgh academic.
The recently announced changes to how academic foundation jobs are allocated will not remove the barriers that prevent clinicians from pursuing research, write Marina Politis , Kate Womersley , and Charlotte Summers The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) recently announced major changes to the specialised foundation programme (SFP)—an academic pathway for newly qualified doctors. Applicants will no longer be able to select academic jobs for which to interview; instead, these jobs will be assigned by a computer ranking system that’s not linked to applicants’ previous achievements.1 T...