ViewMedia management

A provocation from Hepi provides food for thought on bad press for universities

ViewUK to conduct first Covid-19 human challenge study

Study announced as US scientists detect merger of two variants into ‘heavily mutated coronavirus’

ViewEU allocates €150m for research on coronavirus variants

Bloc also launching international clinical trial network for vaccine development

ViewEU lining up actions to address precarity of research careers

Draft Council position says Covid-19 and project funding are exacerbating ‘trend towards precariousness’

ViewAdam Habib: the future of Soas

The institution’s new director tells Fiona McIntyre about tackling financial woes and ‘pissing off politicians’

ViewCommission seeks advisers on science and technology ethics

Candidates should have ‘broad understanding of current and emerging ethical developments’

ViewBlack students need universities to turn gestures into action

Richard Oreffo explains why he is launching a scholarship programme for disadvantaged Black students

ViewUKRI pressured to support PhD students

Senior MP says postgraduate researchers are being ‘overlooked’ as he criticises funder’s pandemic response

ViewHow to repair the Brexit-shaped hole in UK research

Partnerships, not posturing, are needed to restore Britain’s place in global science, says Mike Galsworthy

ViewMajor push to boost technician careers

‘Largest ever’ survey of technicians launched as national funding agency outlines action plan

ViewA lesson learned

Higher education researcher Paul Ashwin’s tips on lockdown teaching

ViewUniversities cancel and defer events as controls are tightened

Auckland lockdown hits New Zealand’s universities at start of academic year

ViewInterview: Rapid responses

Former head of Innovate UK Ian Campbell on the funding agency’s performance during the pandemic

ViewPostgrad pain

UKRI’s response to struggling PhD students will shape sector’s future

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 11-17 February

This week: animal allergies, conservation research and reforms to resource management laws

ViewUniversities welcome post-Covid return to campus

Opening of laboratories, canteens and classrooms throws spotlight on plight of students, CPU says

ViewFrance news roundup: 11-17 February

This week: new administrator for Sciences Po, civil servant school reform and 2021 tech leaders

ViewAustralia news roundup: 9-17 February

This week: postgraduate concerns, an academic’s arrest and a call for more health research funding

ViewAshen Wednesday

Playbook looks at government plans on free speech for the third day in a row

ViewScottish universities get share of £60m funding boost

Universities’ group welcomes additional money for further and higher education

ViewCall for boycott over University of East London restructure

Sociology association urges members to decline external examiner roles over ‘cuts to research and teaching’

ViewCall for equitable access to jabs as UK government hits target

Nuffield Council on Bioethics signs WHO vaccine equity declaration as UK vaccinates 15 million

ViewSmall companies record drop in R&D spending

Overall, Germany spends more on innovation—but progress is driven by large businesses

ViewThe wokest link

Universities are the ground zero of another needless culture war. How should they respond?

ViewPlatform for Covid-19 clinical trials gets £3.7m funding boost

Funding will help expand Agile clinical trial platform for rapid evaluation of early stage treatments

ViewUCU pitches recruitment drive to ‘shift balance of power’

Union wants over half of university staff as members as it eyes battle over ‘casualisation’

ViewEU planning streamlined approval of vaccines for Covid-19 variants

Tweaks of approved vaccines will not have to be fully assessed, commissioner reportedly says

ViewCampus no longer king, survey shows

Most Australian universities are moving to a hybrid delivery model in 2021

ViewChampion select

As the Wharton row rumbles on, another controversial appointment is expected at the OfS

ViewOnly connect

Simone Buitendijk argues that fostering strong relationships in higher education is more important than ever