ViewUniversities urged to be ‘flexible’ on international tuition fees

Guidance advises institutions not to suspend overseas students for late payments, amid visa worries

ViewEU health programme kicks off

€5.1 billion programme will tackle cross-border threats and affordable medicines, including through treatment innovation

ViewAustralia news roundup: 23-29 March

This week: university finances, AI against cancer and the importance of public trust in science

ViewIreland news roundup: 16-29 March

This week: STEM outreach, funds for US-Irish research and Covid-19 study wins award

ViewDenmark issues plan to reopen universities

Students and researchers will return in April—but restrictions on lectures and lab capacity remain

ViewCutting remarks

After reductions in research funding, it’s time for pruned teaching and widening participation budgets

ViewThemes in complaints

Felicity Mitchell reflects on pandemic-related complaints to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator

ViewPeer warns PM of ‘major threat to scientific research in UK’

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee chair urges government to prevent job losses

View‘Wild West’ A-level grading could cause admissions chaos

Education committee raises fears over grade inflation and university entrance this summer

ViewUUK: students’ patience will fray if return is delayed beyond 12 April

But government says it is “reviewing options” for post-Easter return

ViewTaking academics out of their comfort zone

Amid a push for commercialisation, what can researchers learn about communicating from a video competition?

ViewEU ‘proud’ of vaccine exports, but reserves the right to block them

Bloc is a “fervent supporter of global cooperation”, insists Commission president

View‘This makes it hard to know what it means to have an award’

Cuts to aid-funded projects will damage trust in UK research worldwide, says Lorna Wilson

ViewWolf Reik becomes permanent director of Babraham Institute

Reik, a professor of epigenetics, has held the position of acting director since May 2020

ViewCommission advised to change how it monitors EU R&D spending

Covid-19 stimulus money ‘risks being dispersed into thousands of individual, disconnected initiatives’, Commission warned

ViewCoronavirus developments at a glance: 20-26 March

The latest coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic from Research Professional News

ViewRinging the changes to grant proposals under Horizon Europe

Revamped impact assessment, evaluation pilots and gender equality plans on the cards for multi-partner proposals

ViewBritish Lung Foundation, Horizon Europe shapes up, mental health network grants, Aristotle’s guide to grant-writing, home-working one year on

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewRoom to breathe

Dutch universities need more financial liberty, KNAW president Ineke Sluiter tells Erik te Roller

ViewWhat it’s worth

As Universities UK calls for universities to reopen fully, are students getting value for money?

ViewPath From The Pandemic: Building the sector back better

A year after the first lockdown, change must come in the pandemic’s wake

ViewPressure mounts to reverse cuts to aid-funded research

Over 6,000 sign petition to overturn cuts as prime minister questioned in parliament

ViewCommission set to speed vaccine approvals and tighten up exports

Pharmaceutical industry warns about “severe risk” of retaliatory measures against perceived “vaccine nationalism”

ViewUK-Greek transnational education partnership announced

British Council says scheme will encourage student exchange and academic collaboration

ViewUniversities condemn anti-Asian racism after Atlanta shootings

Fatal shootings, including of women of Asian descent, prompt outcry against ‘escalating’ racist attacks

ViewBiden filling top posts, with picks for space and health roles

Praise for nominated Nasa administrator, while health secretary narrowly confirmed in Senate vote

ViewDisaster management ‘requires collaboration and information’

Scientists can only dissect and deflect disasters if they have ‘comprehensive’ data, EU unit says

ViewOpportunity profile: Stepping up against abuse

Inclusivity is essential in the final UKRI-funded Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network call

ViewOne year on

What should the path from the pandemic look like for research?

ViewWorld news roundup: 19-25 March

This week: Canada warns spies are targeting researchers, oceans data gaps and Russia-Italy vaccine collaboration