Scientific academies highlight the role of researchers in averting ecological crises ahead of COP26
The Higher Education Policy Institute’s annual conference considers universities’ post-pandemic future
Tory committee chairs demand answers from health secretary on wanting to overrule Covid transmission advice
This week: national science strategy push, US-Canada research agreement and NOAA administrator confirmed
Fragmented policies and systems must be brought together, EU’s flagship research conference hears
Government data again puts write-off figure for full time students at 53 per cent
This week: Global mRNA hub, China boosts R&D, Covid-19 platform launched and more
Nzimande says department is lobbying to expand skills programme
Lack of transport and information contribute to “widespread hesitancy”
Scale of Covid-19 impact revealed in Student Academic Experience Survey
Covid-19 and restrictive immigration policies strangling supply of foreign researchers
How university links may ultimately benefit from being forced online by Covid-19
Back page gossip from the 24 June issue of Research Europe
The Student Academic Experience Survey lays bare the impact of Covid on student contentment
Independent Commission for Aid Impact condemns government communication around funding cuts and aid efficacy
UKRI’s chair-in-waiting responds to climate concerns and sets out agenda for strengthening research
Two universities in New South Wales experienced unexpected leap in international enrolments in early 2021
Can the power of positive thinking see universities and science through challenging times?
MPs told that government could force PQA system with or without sector support
Scottish university pilots use of external provider to ease ‘continued pressure’ on counselling services
This week: funding for hydrogen research, DAAD sustainability partnerships and Europe’s fastest quantum computer
A Commons education committee report looks at access to higher education for white working-class pupils
Appreciation of Boris Johnson’s science focus offset by worries about lack of detail
David King’s climate group to represent 10 countries and advocate for “urgent, large-scale action”
Meanwhile Commission calls for European chief epidemiologist, and biomedical groups publish R&D strategy
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory seeks collaborators for “most ambitious programme” in its history
Fiona McIntyre reports on early signs of closer FE-HE collaboration as landscape changes
This week: Finland's sustainability success, Danish decentralisation and Swedish Covid-19 relief for students
This week: returning international students, protection of coasts and criticism of the federal budget
What will the appointment of the next NHS England chief executive mean for higher education?