ViewData sharing is among ‘biggest omissions’ in Covid-19 response

Lack of insight into workings of testing laboratories persists, says Institute of Biomedical Science president

ViewStudents open to quarantine as second Covid-19 wave looms

Survey suggests international students are happy to travel, as study shows second wave dangers

ViewAct now to prevent second wave of Covid-19, warns academy

Academy of Medical Sciences calls for ‘intense preparation’ for outbreak in winter

ViewCovid-19 crisis could delay Shared Prosperity Fund, says IFS

Institute suggests rolling over existing allocations and rules for another year

ViewUKRI to change urgency on its rolling Covid-19 open call

Not all proposals will be treated as urgent, as funder makes changes to ongoing call

ViewGovernment to invest $25m in Covid-19 student health services

NZ universities and local health providers invited to work together on mental wellbeing funding proposals

ViewCovid hits USS: assumptions revised as deficit exceeds £34bn

Deficit soars as USS tempers expectations for 2020 valuation

ViewConcerns over next steps for science advice in Covid-19

Worries over what ‘more prominent role’ for Joint Biosecurity Centre means for Sage and transparency

ViewUK Space Agency announces projects to tackle Covid-19

The agency is also inviting companies to submit proposals on 5G and logistics

ViewScientists pessimistic about life after Covid-19

Flash survey by OECD finds half of all researchers worried about job security and careers

ViewCovid-19 cuts will have ‘enormous impact’, warns universities’ head

Science and innovation cuts likely to continue into 2021, says Ahmed Bawa

ViewCovid-19 contact-tracing app ‘lacks clarity of purpose’

Ethics expert Hugh Whittall says it is not apparent how collected data will be used

ViewSouth Africa to test traditional remedies against Covid-19

R15m from indigenous science budget will be reassigned to trial herbal treatments

ViewAfrican law firm hired to sue US company for ‘withholding’ Covid-19 test kits

Abbott Laboratories unaware of suit, claims ‘long and deep commitment’ to Africa

ViewConsumer confidence driven to ‘all-time low’ by Covid-19

Australians are moving from spending to saving, Queensland study finds

ViewJoint research project to inform cultural recovery from Covid-19

Initiative will ‘put the expertise of arts and humanities researchers at the heart of Whitehall’

ViewScientists blast government over ‘lack of Covid-19 strategy’

Independent Sage calls for strategic objective of eliminating the virus in the UK

ViewUniversity and researcher groups set out implications of Covid-19

Pandemic may cause ‘fundamental cultural shift’ in European higher education, bringing permanent changes

View‘Covid-19 has exposed precarious funding arrangements’

The pandemic dominates our second collection of reflections on Ottoline Leyser’s task at UKRI

View£8.4m study to examine long-term health impacts of Covid-19

Some 10,000 patients expected to take part in the study, led by UKRI and NIHR

ViewPay national insurance for graduates after Covid, says ISE

Government should pick up NI bill for young to create jobs during a coronavirus recession

ViewMinister doubles down on tuition debt for Covid volunteer nurses

Government re-affirms plan to charge tuition fee debt for nursing students

ViewMore than 50 NIHR studies axed due to Covid-19

Despite ‘good progress’ in restarting research, challenges remain and some studies have had to close

ViewCovid-19 closures leave art collections struggling to survive

Advocacy group for university art museums tells inquiry of ‘significant gaps’ in government’s pandemic response

ViewGovernment told to prepare for second Covid-19 wave in winter

John Bell tells MPs UK must ‘prepare for the worst’ amid concerns about vaccine availability

ViewScience faces ‘survival’ crisis in wake of Covid-19 funding cuts

Research foundation worst off but universities and other agencies will also take direct hits

ViewFrom vaccines to surveillance: EDCTP announces Covid-19 rapid grant winners

Studies worth €10m will enable European and African teams to target pressing pandemic challenges

ViewSKA’s Covid-19 budget cut not a big blow, says director

Money destined for delayed intergovernmental dues has been repurposed to fight pandemic

ViewEuropean innovation institute allocates Covid-19 crisis funding

Funds will be used to save struggling startups and launch anti-pandemic ventures

ViewLanding a US faculty job post-Covid-19

US universities lean on NIH awards for hiring faculty, but recent events could upend policies