Research Fortnight
Research Fortnight is a subscription newsletter covering research policy (and providing information on sources of research funding) in the UK.
Research Fortnight was founded in 1994 by William Cullerne Bown, then a reporter at New Scientist. It has since given birth to sister publications Research Europe, Onderzoek Nederland and Research Africa, as well as a website, ResearchProfessional.com. It is well known for its league tables of university performance in the Research Assessment Exercise.
Its editors have been:
- William Cullerne Bown
- Ian Mundell
- William Cullerne Bown
- Colin Macilwain
- Ehsan Masood (current).
Many of its reporters have gone on to prominent positions in the media or think tanks:
- Lee Elliot Major (Wellcome Trust, Sutton Trust)
- Harriet Williams (JMG Foundation)
- Anthea Lipsett (The Guardian)
- Anna Fazackerley (Policy Exchange)
- Alok Jha (Guardian)
- Natasha Gilbert (Nature)
- Daniel Cressey (Nature)
- Ananyo Bhattacharya (Nature)
- Hannah Devlin (The Times).