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ViewUniversities should set climate example, activists say

Academics and students urged to connect global warming to the struggles of ordinary people

ViewWarning of cuts to research funded by Foreign Office

Mystery over former £1.5 billion R&D budget leaves fate of research programmes uncertain

ViewFlagship global research hubs face closure due to UK aid cuts

Major projects offered two-thirds less funding as academic resigns from GCRF leadership role

ViewSouth Africa greenlights ‘dark energy’ telescope

R35 million instrument brings together partners from Botswana, Canada, France and elsewhere

ViewYoung engineer chosen to lead South Africa’s NRF

New CEO’s background is in managing innovation-driven research

View‘Historically Black’ universities see more student debt

Historically white institutions in South Africa have less arrears than traditionally Black ones

ViewLocal vaccine data crucial, South African MPs told

Rollout without locally verified info could create ‘therapeutic misconception’ says Glenda Gray

ViewVaccine myths ‘greater challenge than virus spread’

“We are fighting two pandemics”, warns head of university health body

ViewWorld leaders call for ‘greatly enhanced’ pandemic research ties

Increased cooperation on research would be part of global treaty on pandemic preparedness

ViewCritical skills upheaval could cost South African science

Young researchers appeal to government to reverse proposed cuts to immigration list

ViewSouth Africa’s top Covid adviser steps down

Salim Abdool Karim says he wants to re-focus on HIV prevention research

ViewLoan scheme mooted for ‘missing middle’ students

South Africa to offer loan-bursary hybrids for scholars who can’t afford full tuition

ViewUganda launches domestic Covid-19 test kit

Developers say the antibody test is far cheaper than imports

ViewSouth Africa to study university protests ‘soapie’

Annual unrest coinciding with student registration under scrutiny

ViewNigeria dominates latest AAS affiliates cohort

Fifteen out of 40 researchers selected for membership are Nigerian

ViewUK aid cuts scupper early-career Africa grants

Demise of FLAIR fellowship round ‘a necessary reality check’, says unfunded winner

ViewANC criticised for university cuts and protest support

University minister accuses ruling party of ‘defunding colleges and universities’

ViewExclusive: ten more UK R&D funders have aid budgets slashed

Deep cuts across the board as combined drop in funding from ODA tops £399 million

ViewAid cuts are a ‘dangerous step backwards for UK science’

Scientists for Labour say cuts undermine government’s commitment to become a scientific superpower

ViewBiden appoints head of USAID Africa bureau

Travis Adkins is former African and security studies lecturer

ViewMauritius joins African research universities alliance

Agreement allows Mauritian researchers to participate in alliance projects

ViewUK aid cuts send tremors through African research

Grant terminations threaten sustainability of projects and salaries

ViewMali launches African centre for migration research

Centre will provide evidence for policies on African mobility

ViewMPs slam higher education ministers for leaving meeting

Funding crisis hearing and research briefing postponed

ViewMakerere’s productivity grew during pandemic

Government support helped publications rise by a third, says vice-chancellor

ViewSouth Africa’s higher education ministry ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

University grants and support for unemployed youth cut to fund cash-strapped students

ViewFund honours Zimbabwean health researcher

Covid-19 claimed life of renowned scientist James Hakim

ViewUKRI now says that ‘majority’ of its aid-funded projects face axe

UK’s national funding agency expects most such projects not to be funded after July

ViewMy journey from lab to policy

A Kenyan chemist shares lessons from her decade-long transition

ViewSwiss institute offers 100 PhD scholarships for Africans

Degrees conferred by home institution, students have dual supervisors