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ViewScottish universities praised for response to Covid-19 crisis

The institutions are ‘helping to make a real difference’, says secretary of state for Scotland

ViewStability and chaos

Universities are preparing a case for government help with the financial fallout from coronavirus

ViewNIHR announces eight new Academic Health Science Centres

The newly designated centres will combine research, health education and patient care

ViewYes, minister?

Michelle Donelan addresses higher education

ViewTuition fees confusion for fast-tracked health students

Guidance for final-year nurses working on Covid-19 front lines still unclear on loan debt

ViewDrive to recruit Covid-19 patients for clinical trials

Five top UK doctors say most promising potential treatments for disease have been identified

ViewUK rolls out world’s largest trial of Covid-19 treatments

News comes as Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency warns against fake or unlicensed medicines

ViewTwists and turns

The shadow universities team is announced and we look at student polling on the pandemic

ViewLong-Bailey and Ed Miliband take front bench university roles

Rebecca Long-Bailey and former leader Ed Miliband join Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet

ViewNew Labour leader urges transparency on Covid-19

Keir Starmer says ‘serious mistakes have been made’ in government response to the virus

ViewGovernment pledges £20m to tech firms to boost resilience

Grants of £50,000 available for businesses to develop new ways of working and build resilience

ViewWork in progress

A new Labour leader, university-business interaction data and a moratorium on unconditional offers

ViewBoris Johnson admitted to hospital with Covid-19

Johnson continues to have symptoms after ten days and has been hospitalised as a precaution

ViewScotland’s CMO resigns after failing to heed Covid-19 rules

Catherine Calderwood visited her second home twice, defying official guidelines to stay at home

ViewHancock reveals plan to scale up testing to 100,000 a day

Plan will be delivered with the help of universities, industry and the NHS, minister says

ViewTeachers to set A level grades, Ofqual confirms

Some warn grading system could see disadvantaged students given lower grades

ViewShadow science minister calls for digital parliament

Letter comes as politicians demand more scrutiny over the government’s response to the pandemic

ViewBalance sheets

University finances are looking precarious

ViewUK’s R&D funding reached a historic high of £37bn in 2018

But as percentage of GDP, this is lower than it was in 1990, says ONS

ViewCrick and Cambridge help NHS to ramp up Covid-19 testing

Announcements follow widespread concerns over the limited availability of testing for NHS staff

ViewCOP26 postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic

Business secretary Alok Sharma says government will continue working ‘tirelessly’ to tackle climate crisis

ViewBit by bit

Universities are closing their gender pay gaps, but are they doing it quickly enough?

ViewNIHR says it increased research funding and public engagement

Funder has also launched Centre for Engagement and Dissemination to increase public involvement in research

ViewGovernment blames low Covid-19 testing on chemicals shortage

Chemical Industries Association say businesses are working to meet escalating demand

View‘Government names next five universities ministers’

Did you spot our April Fool: Plans to welcome back two erstwhile two-time former ex-ministers?

ViewNot now

USS trustee opts to take a longer view of the pension fund amid Covid-19 turmoil

ViewThe offers for students

With student recruitment under threat, we look at degree outcomes by offer type

ViewCummings ‘shows symptoms’ after Johnson tests positive

PM’s chief adviser now self-isolating due to Covid-19, according to media reports

ViewUK pulls out of global science body on non-proliferation

Experts warn the country’s scientists and engineers will miss out, as will its geopolitical interests

ViewMixed success in drive to free up publishers’ content

Big STEM publishers yet to heed calls for open content to help with Covid-19