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31 Mar, 14 tweets, 14 min read
“The scrapping of ODA projects will lead to a “loss of trust” in the UK that “will take years to rebuild”, warned Prof Anne Johnson, the president of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

#odacuts #gcrfcuts #ukricuts theguardian.com/science/2021/m…
“Disaster is an overused word but the recently announced cuts in ODA funding for research are exactly that” @kevinmarsh8 ‘a letter below now joining @JoBeall1 @FiddianQasmiyeh @OlivetteOtele @ZoeNorridge & Ayesha Siddiqi in resigning as #GCRF advisors at #UKRI 👇🏼
Unrolled thread here from @lhammondsoas as she ends her contract and resigns from secondment to #UKRI over #odacuts
The news gets worse and worse as 12 #GCRF flagship projects, the ‘best of the best of 🇬🇧scientific research’ with & crucially in low to middle income countries are cut to shreds while in mid flow/ data collection & experimentation. So no chance to gain results #odacuts #ukricuts
“In a year when we need to demonstrate we can “walk the walk” we are surrendering 800 projects across globe, leaving 🇬🇧 open to challenges of being an unreliable & untrustworthy partner in 69 countries” @VolcanoJenni & @claire_horwell in @bmj_latest #ODA blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/04/01…
Yes - that’s right - that’s 69. Six. Nine. 69 Countries where UK had just ordered universities to enact an unprecedented & probably illegal termination of contracts mid-way through. @kevinmarsh8 @kentbuse @VolcanoJenni @claire_horwell #ukricuts #odacuts
Headlines:-
👉🏼More than 800 research projects will be affected by deep cuts to UK aid budget
👉🏼Thousands of scientists call on British government to revoke plans
👉🏼Leading researchers say cuts undermine trusted partnerships” #odacuts #ukricuts #gcrfcuts

scidev.net/global/news/gl…
Modest funds to aid European connected research (Horizon) found after #brexit consequences became clear is further evidence that the 🇬🇧 can and must invest in its global research infrastructure as global consequences become clear #gcrfcuts #odacuts researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…
Leading academic “resigns from #GCRF leadership role” @ResProfNews (paywalled) report on @lhammondsoas resignation as global challenge lead with #ukri and the cuts of 75% and contract terminations to UK’s own flagship projects #odacuts #ukricuts researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…
More on the turmoil and utterly impossible timescales probably design to prevent legal action against the cutting by @beisgovuk of vital research midway. 👇🏼
“Only two years ago, the UK Government was willing to invest in this approach to long-term impact with the creation of 12 international research Hubs designed to tackle intractable global challenges”
Post on #odacuts #gcrfcuts #ukricuts blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…
Full 🧵 here from @VolcanoJenni 👇🏼 whose careful precision, @bmj_latest piece together with @claire_horwell & their letter coordination have been beacons of hope for all of us not just accepting the #ukri decision to cut our #gcrf work overnight with no consultation period by 80%
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Alison Phipps ኣልሰን Profile picture
29 Mar
Starting new 🧵 on #odacuts #UKRIcuts #gcrfcuts with this

“I wrote,  along with the other National Academies to the Foreign Secretary on the value of ODA-funded research, and again in March to the Chancellor on the need to protect the science budget.”

acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/supe…
SIGN. SIGN. SIGN - this is the easy bit folks

Only a few hundred signatures needed on the #UKRIcuts #odacuts #gcrfcuts Parliament Petition before Govt has to respond 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👏🏼🙌🏾👏🏼
Comment piece in Telegraph from CEO @ICR_London “Slashing research funding is a blow to Global Britain. The Government will do long-term damage if it reduces support for the UK’s university research base.”
(Paywalled)

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
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26 Mar
“Slashing funding will limit research spending in the UK and may harm the economic recovery.”

Important Op-Ed by @UofGVC⁩: Cuts mean science superpower claim won’t fly ⁦@thetimes⁩ ⁦@UofGlasgow⁩

(paywalled) #odacuts #ukricuts #gcrfcuts thetimes.co.uk/article/cuts-m…
Greg Clark MP has written to PM saying cuts amount to “a devastating reduction which would reverse two years of intended increases and mean that the ambition for Britain to be a science superpower would be deferred for much of this parliament”.(paywalled) thetimes.co.uk/article/devast…
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25 Mar
Everyday since news of #ukricuts #gcrfcuts broke another set of previously unimaginable consequences occur:-
1) end of peer review for grants - it was already on a shoogly peg but who is now going to donate labour to laborious review of proposals - including risk assessments? 😐
2) Applications for funding - it takes two years constant work to go from idea to successful application with success rates low. To do this needs trust that if successful your work will be funded throughout (stage-gated). Right now I can’t imagine why I would EVER apply again.
3/ Partnerships. It takes years to build towards equitable partnerships in contexts of conflict & impoverishment. Some of mine are over 14 years in making. Steady, constant care. This is why they worked. Why they were funded. 1 secretive stroke of a 🇬🇧 pen and ‘poof’ - #ukricuts
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24 Mar
“The University will continue to use all available channels to make the case to reverse these cuts.”
 
Strong Statement from @UofGVC @RachelSandison @cjpearce on #UKRIcuts #odacuts #gcrfcuts

👉🏼 gla.ac.uk/research/az/gc… Image
@UofGVC @RachelSandison @cjpearce @UofGlasgow @UofGEducation @UofGUnescoRILA @kentbuse @UCUScotland @MIDEQHub "This decision undermines the UK’s role in combatting the world’s most pressing challenges...[and] will lead to job losses in the UK and in low- and middle-income countries, with early career staff particularly badly affected." @DrJoGrady @ucu
researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res… (paywalled)
@kentbuse "The government has said the reduction of UK aid spending from 0.7 to 0.5 per cent of gross national income is a temporary measure."
Why such damage to 'National Interest" if temporary?
bit.ly/3tQVk1W by @RobinBisson quote from @kentbuse, @stuarttaberner1 & @DrJoGrady
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13 Mar
On Monday we launched our major £2 million #GCRF #UKRI peace building project. Yesterday the Govt announced cuts to international science the savagery of which has never been seen before, to make war #WDMs ⁦⁦@CMonaghanSNP⁩ ⁦@alisonthewliss⁩ theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/m…
The savage cuts are taking immediate effect. The length, depth and consequences are as yet unknown but they will result directly in increases in poverty, violence against women & girls & the crumbling of civic cultural institutions - as our research to date shows. #ODAcuts #SDGs
#ODACuts to international science & research budget with our international partners in the global south are estimated at £125million “The MoD has said developing the next generation of Dreadnought submarines to carry the new warhead would cost £30bn plus a £10bn contingency.”
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