Tag: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

UKRI publishes gender pay gap report

Stuart Mitchell

The seventh annual gender pay gap report highlights the percentage difference between the average hourly earnings for males and females across the organisation. The gender pay gap is a measure across all jobs in UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), not of the difference in pay between males and females for doing the same job. This year’s gender pay gap report provides an important opportunity to reflect on where we are making progress and where further action is needed. In 2025, UKRI’s mean gender pay gap has reduced since 2024 and…

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International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science

Stuart Mitchell

New £4 million programme funds early career researchers in the UK, US and Canada to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming science. The UK Metascience Unit is run jointly by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The unit has today announced details of a cohort of 29 early career researchers receiving funding through the AI Metascience Fellowship Programme. AI changing how we work and think One project at The University of Manchester will explore how AI is changing the way researchers work,…

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