ViewPublic Health England warns Covid data still lacking

House of Commons inquiry hears BAME impacts and contact-tracing data require improvement

ViewOn the front line: the students delivering Covid-19 tests

Research Professional News speaks to students working at university coronavirus testing sites

ViewCovid-19 should be a ‘wake up call’ on language learning

Societies join forces to raise alarm over decline in language learning

ViewUCU warns Covid-19 tests are ‘recipe for chaos’

Union raises ‘grave concerns’ as mass Covid-19 testing of students starts

ViewUK secures more Covid-19 vaccine doses

Hopes rise for return to normal, as survey shows 64 per cent would take vaccine

ViewSweden vows to frontload Covid-19 funds

Plans to plunge extra cash into first year of upcoming four-year research bill

ViewNorthumbria becomes first university to face Covid-19 strike

UCU warns of potential for ‘wave’ of industrial action over coronavirus safety concerns

ViewWork ramps up ahead of mass Covid-19 testing at universities

The government’s lateral flow programme will be rolled out from Monday—but are universities feeling prepared?

ViewStudents’ Covid-19 complaints come to light

Higher education complaints body reveals details of cases raised against universities because of Covid-19

ViewAfrica launches huge Covid-19 treatment trial

Study will evaluate treatments to stop mild disease turning into severe illness

ViewGerman rectors feel Covid-19 angst

Survey reveals looming spectre of financial shortages and decline of academic cooperation

ViewScientists welcome Oxford Covid-19 vaccine efficacy data

Vaccine up to 90 per cent effective with the right dosage, interim trial data suggest

ViewCovid-19 causes further chaos at South Australian universities

Campuses close but then partially reopen as health authorities reverse lockdown advice

ViewNew Zealand researchers expand their work on Covid-19

Border testing strengthened as researchers investigate the pandemic’s unexpected consequences

ViewUniversity of Sussex backs Covid test request despite concerns

Staff asked to volunteer on mass Covid-19 student testing programme

View‘Some impacts’ of Covid-19 on Iter

Experimental fusion reactor could still fire up in 2025 as planned, governing body says

ViewEU and South Korea team up on research into Covid-19 treatments

Italian and Korean research organisations to share clinical trial and supercomputing information

ViewSouth Africa rolls out Covid-19 sewage testing

Wastewater surveillance could identify hotspots before official caseloads rise

ViewEight in 10 Africans would accept a Covid-19 vaccine

Early vaccine acceptance data ‘very encouraging’ says Africa CDC chief

ViewCovid-19 data deal sparks transparency concerns

Italian researchers complain that confidentiality and access rules remain unclear in ISS-Lincei research agreement

View‘Historic’ US partnership credited for Covid-19 vaccine results

Speed of results on vaccine candidate developed by Moderna and NIH hailed as ‘truly extraordinary’

ViewOnly a third of government Covid advisers are women

Sage and its subgroups are populated largely be male science advisers, analysis reveals

ViewUK-wide Covid-19 genomic surveillance gets £12m boost

Funding expected to help expand genome sequencing of virus to track its spread and evolution

ViewExperts warn against £100bn Moonshot Covid testing

‘There’s been absolutely no scrutiny’ of mass-testing project, say researchers

ViewSheffield Hallam defends Covid safety measures after union vote

UCU raises concerns over Covid risk but university is ‘confident’ its measures are ‘effective’

ViewJanssen begins Covid-19 vaccine phase 3 clinical trials in the UK

While UK government announces plans to open testing mega-labs in Leamington Spa and Scotland

ViewPhD students voice anger over UKRI Covid-19 guidance

UKRI advises funded students to adjust their projects to complete their PhDs in time

ViewEvaluation confirms accuracy of rapid Covid-19 tests

Innova test deployed in Liverpool is ‘sensitive enough’ for broader use and asymptomatic testing

ViewCovid-19 surge forces universities online

Remote working increases and autonomy is under the spotlight as Europe tackles second wave of...

ViewBring in academia and industry on Covid testing, say medics

Medical scientists say UK’s ‘fragmented and underdeveloped’ diagnostic sector needs better coordination