This week: a science newsletter, virtual Brain Awareness Week and “odious” posters at Grenoble
Minister urged to provide immediate support and reforms to save New Zealand’s campuses and courses
Cuts to aid-funded research programmes are a disgrace
Union members ‘overwhelmingly reject pay offer’ as pensions battle heats up again
The research investment debate continues and the OfS warns universities against student over-recruitment
Total applications fell 0.7 per cent, while the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields surged
This week: health networks find home, academic freedom and funds for Covid-19 social impact
Resignations over ODA research, a university changing hands and a regulator challenged
Committee report calls for more openness from government about the Covid data underpinning its decisions
FOI data indicate more students are sticking with courses at research-intensive institutions
Nation ‘unlikely’ to meet 2027 goal of spending 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D
Science Foundation Ireland’s deputy director-general finds ‘silver lining’ in pandemic disruption
This week: a gender equality campaign and an update to the ARC’s College of Experts
This week: honours for Mike Ryan, a gender dashboard and Maynooth’s next president
A Playbook investigation confirms that student demand for higher education is holding up
David Isaac argues that universities should be obliged to make decisions based on socioeconomic considerations
Vice-chancellors question how cuts square with government rhetoric on becoming a ‘science superpower’
UWE Bristol head will take over from Brunel vice-chancellor Julia Buckingham in August
Ivory Tower: Personalised videos featuring your favourite higher education and research stars
A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles
The latest coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic from Research Professional News
The latest on aid-funded research, the Turing scheme, disadvantaged students and Augar
Funder behind successful Covid-19 vaccines says cash could prevent future global tragedies
OfS data reveal differences in access and attainment between different student groups
Ten fellows will work on digital innovation with five government departments
Camille Kandiko Howson argues that students need regular chances to express their regard for university
This week: calls for blood and transplant research, green energy innovation and more
Student loan data shows drop in students withdrawing from loans this academic year
Grant programme provides lab equipment for projects in basic sciences in resource-poor countries
Fears for female and minority researchers as national academies’ report details unequal impacts of Covid-19