ViewSurvey highlights difficulties of researching from home

Lockdown restrictions in Sweden led to reduced data collection and fewer interactions, study shows

ViewSupply of research animals under threat in Australia

Closure of country’s main supplier of laboratory animals could be “catastrophic” for research

ViewCall for scholarships for EU students amid application slump

Fortunes not reversed as earlier decline in applications continues

ViewAugar’s coming home

A consultation on funding reforms is rumoured and academic boycotts are on the rise

ViewQuality balance

Vicki Stott considers what matters when it comes to ‘no detriment’ policies and grade inflation

ViewEU presidency wants ‘proactive’ national efforts on gender

Mandatory gender plans for research institutions will not be tick-box exercise, says R&D commissioner

ViewParliament backs reinforcement of European Medicines Agency

MEPs want stronger clinical trial coordination role for EMA, such as helping to find sponsors

ViewFresh growth in horticulture, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, costing a proposal

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewChanges and exchanges

What is happening to replacements for EU structural funds and how can universities look outwards?

ViewWorld news roundup: 2-8 July

This week: an OECD research survey, Chinese universities’ pandemic monitoring and a science communication network

ViewResearchers blast reopening plans as ‘dangerous experiment’

Letter calls on UK government to rethink end of restrictions on 19 July

ViewUnions to campaign for higher education funding and autonomy

Funding should not be tied to quality assessments, European education unions say

ViewMore public investment ‘vital’ to UK life science ambitions

Charities say government must deliver on existing pledges for latest vision to succeed

ViewUK funding at a glance: 25 June to 8 July

This week: calls on 5G, sustainable aviation and space tech, plus clinical research delivery investment

ViewCompeting pressures on universities next term

Fiona McIntyre looks ahead to the autumn term as restrictions on in-person teaching are lifted

ViewOpportunity profile: Widening the field

The Horticultural Quality and Food Loss Network wants to grow the research base

ViewYoung Ugandan research star dies

Covid-19 complications claims biosystems engineer Noble Banadda's life

ViewPostpone October polls says South African research council

Local elections set to coincide with anticipated start of country's fourth Covid-19 wave

ViewKenyatta promises $1m a year for gender violence research

Kenyan president says funding will boost evidence-based programming

ViewWorld can afford 300m jabs for Africa by August, say experts

Scale of current production “makes it feasible”

ViewGetting labs to net zero needs a coordinated effort

Standards and guidance can help universities cut emissions and save money, says Martin Farley

ViewInterview: A time for science

Surveying the past, present and future of EU research with Jean-Eric Paquet

ViewNext ERC head hailed as astute and ‘dedicated’ research leader

Colleagues praise Maria Leptin’s diligence and fairness as she prepares to take over troubled funder

ViewA sticking plaster

Recovery plans alone can’t fix Covid-damaged universities

ViewAdmission control

Ucas is upbeat about applications but the figures may not be good news for everyone

ViewWelsh higher education bill back on track after delay

Government promises to introduce bill this autumn that would replace HEFCW after pandemic pause

ViewResearch ministry hails progress on open science plan

Three-year review of open-access publishing project highlights success story

ViewFrance news roundup: 1-7 July

This week: African research partnerships, new schedule for funding call and appreciation for Covid group's...

ViewNo limits, for now

Restrictions on in-person teaching are to be lifted and we look at modern language recruitment

View‘No restrictions’ on in-person lectures from autumn

Gavin Williamson triggers UCU anger with announcement on face-to-face teaching in England