Speak critically on research organisation's notices (8)

I believe the answer is:

discerns

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'notices' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'speak critically on research organisation's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'organisation' could be 'sc' (SC is an example) and 'sc' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for discerns that I've seen before include "Detects, makes out" , "Distinguishes, makes out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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