ViewFurther delays for Hungary and Poland’s Covid recovery plans

Council chair says plans from the Netherlands and Bulgaria are expected “shortly”

View‘Scarred’ Covid cohort of graduates suffers in jobs market

Survey suggests long-term damage for graduates navigating the pandemic jobs market

ViewFour more EU Covid recovery plans set to be approved

Finance ministers likely to green-light spending for Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania and Slovenia

ViewAcademics urged to participate in pilot Covid-19 tests

Ireland-wide project will deliver rapid testing and wastewater checks on campus

ViewHIV ‘significant’ in severe Covid-19 and mortality

Africa more affected than Europe and Americas

ViewResearchers call for international Covid-19 elimination strategy

Countries pursuing elimination have experienced less disruption and economic damage, New Zealand professors say

ViewCovid-19 trials in Australia ineffective, say researchers

Journal articles highlight need for central coordination of trials

ViewMillionPlus chief claims Covid did not usher in hybrid teaching

While Higher Education Policy Institute director says face-to-face learning is still preferred by students

ViewWellcome Trust head considered leaving Sage over Covid advice

Jeremy Farrar reveals frustrations with ministers not following scientific advice in “darkest moment of pandemic”

ViewCSIRO programme aims to repurpose drugs to treat Covid-19

Collaborative research project to test and fast-track existing medications

ViewEngineers want urgent action to address Covid-19 research gaps

National Engineering Policy Centre says more R&D is needed to create “infection-resilient environments”

ViewERC fights long Covid, AHRC heritage scoping call, India Alliance, John Templeton Foundation

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewAlarm at Dutch failure to apply for Covid-19 R&D recovery funds

Letter to parliament slams government’s inaction on applying to EU Recovery and Resilience Facility

ViewLonger Covid: Funders consider lasting changes post-pandemic

European Research Council chief outlines ongoing flexibilities as researchers fear Covid’s long-term impact on careers

ViewSenegal to pioneer locally made Covid-19 vaccines

Target is 25 million doses per month by end of 2022

ViewPost-Covid job worries ‘make higher education more attractive’

Survey shows many students considering post-18 study because of career concerns

ViewCovid clouds government’s life sciences vision

Creaking NHS will struggle to build closer ties with research and industry, says Michael Hopkins

ViewGender inequality in science deepened by Covid, study finds

“Blurring between life and work has deep impacts” on women in Stem, says Australian academy

ViewLifting Covid rules reignites advice row

Universities face tough decisions as researchers label reopening plan a “dangerous and unethical experiment”

ViewThe road from Covid leads through open science

Policies rewarding sharing, rather than ownership, could spring innovation from its rut, says Richard Gold

ViewGovernment takes inspiration from Covid in life sciences plan

Life Sciences Vision promises new ways of working following pandemic to tackle seven disease missions

ViewCovid-19 drives huge surge in English clinical trials

Number of people involved in National Institute for Health Research trials doubles in pandemic year

ViewBMA sees ‘clear disconnect’ with science over end of Covid rules

Upcoming relaxation of restrictions is “incredibly concerning”, says British Medical Association

ViewLife sciences strategy should not wear Covid-tinted goggles

Focusing policy on medicine would miss huge opportunities in other fields, says Neil Hall

ViewClinicians urge caution in easing of Covid-19 restrictions

British Medical Association calls for continued use of face masks and ventilation standards

ViewMedicines regulator vows to overhaul trials system post Covid

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency promises research overhaul with “innovative and pragmatic approach”

ViewUniversities welcome Covid-19 funds for PhD programmes

Funding for AI and sustainability doctoral programmes announced as part of national recovery plan

ViewUniversities’ income grew last year despite Covid-19

Data show overall income increased in 2019-20 despite pandemic, though R&D earnings were down

ViewCovid ‘has changed research collaboration permanently’

The pandemic has led to greater openness and sharing, Australian Academy of Science webinar hears

ViewResearchers ‘reassured’ by findings from Covid pilot events

Results from first phase of Events Research Programme show low case numbers