ViewCovid policies had ‘unintended’ effects on disabled students

First annual report recommends further research into how coronavirus policies affect disabled students

ViewMajor publishers mandate free sharing of Covid data

Members commit to sharing Covid-19 data in a global public repository

ViewCovid-19 recession ‘could lead to drop in adult learning’

Governments and firms could boost training offers to promote up-skilling, suggests Commission evidence service

ViewSouth Africa to ramp up Covid-19 sequencing

Concern over virus variants opens strained public purse

ViewRussell Group universities join Covid-19 vaccination drive

Several research-intensive universities have turned their campus facilities into vaccination centres

ViewCovid response will reset university-industry links

Pandemic has put the focus on agility and equity in collaborations, says Alex Stockham

ViewAI and imaging database aims to speed up Covid diagnosis

Hospitals and universities to use imaging to track patterns and markers of illness

ViewIreland announces €10.5m for Covid-19 research

Funded projects will look at pandemic from epidemiological, pharmaceutical and social perspectives

ViewStudent nurses asked to re-join Covid fight in second wave

Emergency standards reintroduced to allow student nurses to work in NHS

ViewCost of being covid-secure

Covid-19 has hit finances hard at universities serving large numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds

ViewUK universities spend millions on Covid-safe campuses

Freedom of information requests show huge cost of measures including sanitiser, signage, security and PPE

ViewCampus Covid safeguards cost millions

Freedom of information requests show huge cost of measures such as sanitiser, signage, security and...

ViewBioethics body calls for Covid guidance on resource allocation

Comprehensive national guidelines ‘essential to ensuring public trust and confidence’, says Nuffield Council on Bioethics

ViewUKRI chief executive responds to researchers’ Covid-19 concerns

Ottoline Leyser defends allocation of resources during pandemic and says UKRI is reviewing call deadlines

ViewBioNTech chief: EU R&D funds helped develop Covid-19 vaccine

Uğur Şahin’s company received funding from several EU R&D programmes

ViewCovid-19 funder update: The National Institutes of Health

Senior figures at the US biomedical funder explain their priorities for supporting grantees through Covid-19

ViewWHO says work on Covid variants must be prioritised

Vital genome sequencing of coronavirus reliant on ‘handful’ of countries, says UN agency

ViewCovid-19 costing US research billions of dollars, study estimates

Call for swift action from lawmakers to prevent ‘irreparable’ damage as NIH rations financial support

ViewWHO urges Africa to step up Covid-19 sequencing

Emergence of more infectious virus variants sparks urgency

ViewResearch gaps identified for Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Priorities include countering vaccine hesitancy and identifying South African risk factors

ViewVaccine lab staff ‘should be prioritised for Covid-19 jabs’

AstraZeneca executive warns ‘everything could stop’ if there are outbreaks in its centres

ViewRussell Group reassures students after Covid assessment row

Mission group says institutions are developing fair grading processes

ViewAstraZeneca applies for EU approval of its Covid-19 vaccine

Regulatory approval could come as soon as 29 January

ViewStudents unhappy with private landlords’ response to Covid

Survey suggests students gave higher marks to purpose-built accommodation providers last year

ViewHistorians beg for grant extensions to help Covid-19 plight

Germany's early career talent feel pressure from lack of access to archives and project delays

ViewCommunity rollout of fast Covid tests met with scepticism

Experts call for more evidence on effectiveness as government pushes testing of symptomless citizens

ViewNorway’s researchers struggle under Covid-19, survey shows

Report warns of academics feeling stressed, undervalued and ‘always close to tears’

ViewModerna Covid-19 vaccine set for EU approval

European Medicines Agency has recommended that the vaccine be rolled out

ViewOmbudsman urges online portal for Covid-19 funding problems

Inquiry into Commission’s handling of Marie Skłodowska-Curie complaints finds researchers ‘not fully aware’ of constraints

ViewUK’s post-Covid recovery ‘needs a new expert group—Rage’

Former home secretary David Blunkett says new advisory group would balance Sage’s focus on science