ViewUniversities welcome post-Covid return to campus

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

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

ViewEU planning streamlined approval of vaccines for Covid-19 variants

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

View‘Disaster waiting to happen’: university Covid worries revealed

Minutes reveal universities’ strong fears over exam results, retention and Covid-19 spread

ViewEU signs off €672.5bn Covid-19 recovery fund

Governments can seek to use fund to support R&D and education, among other areas

ViewOpportunity profile: Plugging gaps for Covid-19 vaccines

The international vaccine funder Cepi is funding clinical research to expand the evidence base

ViewFunder seeking to fill research gaps for Covid-19 vaccines

Projects tackling virus variants or expanding access to vaccines supported by $140m funding pot

ViewEurope funds three Covid-19 projects in Africa

Quick-turnaround studies will split US$1m over a two-year duration

ViewIntra-African collaboration lags in Covid-19 research

Most pandemic work on the continent is funded by and carried out with non-Africans

ViewParliament approves EU’s €672.5bn Covid-19 recovery fund

Fund will bolster investment in R&D, among other areas

ViewUKRI accused of ‘cherry-picking’ evidence in PhD Covid response

Strongly worded report condemns funder’s pandemic response as ‘insulting in the extreme’

ViewMEPs call for ‘immediate help’ for students affected by Covid-19

Many students ‘have lost faith in their education’, says European Parliament’s largest political group

ViewSwedish research ‘must learn from Covid crisis’ to improve

Health experts urge Sweden to use new forms of cooperation developed during pandemic

ViewCovid-19 has cost developing countries dear

Paper outlines health and food security pressures early in pandemic

ViewCovid vaccine pill enters clinical trials

US and South Africa trials test oral vaccine whose capsule technology was developed in UK

ViewOfficials not yet making Covid vaccination plans for next year

Business and health departments ‘not making an annual vaccination plan’ beyond 2021 at the moment

ViewBiotech companies raise record amount in 2020 despite Covid-19

But company creation and first-time investments in new companies both declined

ViewEU approves AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine amid export row

Manufacturers warn of delays and ‘retaliatory measures’ now that EU countries must approve vaccine exports

ViewScientists among professions with fewest Covid deaths

As the UK passes 100,000 coronavirus deaths, ONS data shed light on the grim toll

ViewTwo new Covid vaccines to start production in the UK

Novavax vaccine shown to be ‘highly effective’, while Valneva jab begins large-scale manufacturing

View‘No difference’ in university preparedness despite Covid-19

First-years who started university in September were ready despite lack of A-level exams, researchers find

ViewTwo-thirds of South Africans say they’ll take Covid-19 jab

Vaccine hesitancy highest among people identifying as white

ViewUniversities beset by mounting Covid costs

Sector leaders seek support as lost income and multimillion-euro bills lead to financial strain

ViewTop PI Paul Ashwin: Teaching, funding and Covid-19

Tailor teaching to your students rather than sticking to rigid ideas of best practice

ViewCovid-19 ‘no-detriment’ policies behind rise in firsts

Assessment policies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic cause jump in top grades

ViewHealth research hit hard by Covid-19, study finds

Most non-coronavirus medical research in New Zealand has been affected, say Otago researchers

ViewCharity-funded research institutes awarded £10m to plug Covid gap

Funding from UKRI’s £80m Specialist Institution Fund aims to alleviate loss of charitable funding

ViewEU says companies ‘must meet obligations’ for Covid-19 vaccines

Commission president Ursula von der Leyen reminds companies the EU supported their vaccine R&D

ViewGermany’s private universities feel Covid-19 pinch

Sharp decline in student numbers and external funding causes budget problems

ViewCovid policies had ‘unintended’ effects on disabled students

First annual report recommends further research into how coronavirus policies affect disabled students