ViewYear end

How have universities fared financially during the pandemic?

ViewTerm’s over

Julia Buckingham reflects on her time as president of Universities UK and contemplates the future

ViewPings can only get better

Ivory Tower: Live coverage of the Laxed-Attitude Festival of research and higher education

ViewTwo years in: has Boris Johnson delivered for R&D?

Policy experts await commitments in autumn spending review to deliver on prime minister’s promises

ViewR&D People and Culture Strategy ‘lacks commitments or actions’

Document slammed for lack of detail on plans to tackle bullying, harassment and racism

ViewUCU warns of ‘chaos’ without full vaccination among students

Union sets out demand for governments ahead of term, DfE encourages students to get vaccinated

ViewAHRC and EPSRC lead health and digital equality calls, pitching for a research network

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewOpportunity profile: A fuel injection for dementia research

Nearly A$5 million is available through the Dementia Australia Research Foundation, largely for junior researchers

ViewPeople power

The R&D People and Culture Strategy and a report on the researcher pipeline are published

ViewNew British Academy head vows to fight for arts and humanities

Julia Black to redouble academy’s work following funding cuts to non-Stem subjects

ViewInnovation Strategy—what sector leaders are saying about it

Research Professional News reviews key reactions to UK’s new plan

ViewUniversities pledge ‘flexible’ approach to admissions

Ucas and UUK issue advice to students who are applying to start university this year

ViewOpportunity profile: Healing health inequalities with the arts

The AHRC is looking for place-based health projects and a coordinator to boost their impact

ViewWorld news roundup: 16-22 July

This week: Space laboratory launched, China urged to share data and more

ViewUK funding at a glance: 9-22 July

This week: fund for R&D firms, healthy ageing call, space junk removal, and more

ViewSenior women and postdocs lag at top African universities

Fellowships and female professors should be a priority, says African Research Universities Alliance

ViewBeta variant researcher to lead proposed pandemic institute

Centre will train 100 African fellows

ViewVaccine plant fire ‘not an attack’

Electrical fault likely cause of Biovac fire, says official

ViewMy winning proposal: Chance for junior researchers to think big

Early career researchers can build networks around societal challenges through Europe’s Institutes for Advanced Study

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 22 July issue of Research Europe

ViewThe 1p superpower

Promises of unparalleled investment in research give way to the reality of flat-cash QR funding

ViewUK government sets out plan for ‘world-leading’ innovation

Innovation Strategy draws on successes of UK pandemic response with seven R&D priority areas

ViewPandemic sparked 18% jump in UKRI awards

Grant extensions and Covid-19 calls saw funder’s R&D spending rise by £530 million year on...

ViewUK ‘could lose generation’ of Stem workers after pandemic

MPs warn of pandemic’s impact on “minoritised” science, technology, engineering and mathematics workers

View‘Pingdemic’ stops research as scientists forced to self-isolate

NHS Covid-19 app notifications leading to research woes across England

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 15-21 July

This week: a student safety code of practice and support for the transgender community

ViewInsufficient excellence

The end-of-term flood of reports continues for universities, but there is still no ‘post-freedom’ guidance

ViewPublic says research is ‘one of the best things produced in UK’

Survey shows positive public attitudes towards universities and their research

ViewSlight rise in unemployment for pandemic cohort of graduates

Graduate Outcomes data reveal unemployment increase but higher rates of further study

ViewUniversities ‘resistant’ to promoting social diversity

Social Mobility Commission critical of institutions’ record