ViewCalls for National Student Survey to be dropped due to the pandemic

OfS confirms work ongoing for the NSS, but teaching and student unions call for cancellation

ViewUKRI ‘still waiting on funding allocation for next financial year’

‘Surprising’ revelation comes as the funder expects ‘inevitable disruption’ caused from Covid-19

ViewUSS raises alarm as covenants breached in coronavirus sell-off

Tumbling markets push USS to a ‘trigger event’ requiring review of contribution rates

ViewChief scientific adviser joins calls for more testing on Covid-19

Community-based diagnostics crucial to tackling disease, says Patrick Vallance amid global race for better tests

ViewEarma annual conference postponed over Covid-19

Annual meeting of European Association of Research Managers and Administrators pushed back to September

ViewEU assembles Covid-19 science advice group

Commission president claims vaccine could be ready by autumn, contrary to expert opinion

ViewMPs grill Vallance on Covid-19 as paper predicts 250,000 deaths

Chief scientific adviser defends government action so far and calls for heavy investment in science

ViewAustralia bans overseas travel and indoor meetings to curb virus

Universities exempt from restrictions on meetings, but many are asking staff to work from home

ViewNZ announces ‘extraordinary’ package to boost health services

Prime minister describes stimulus package as ‘most significant peacetime economic plan in modern NZ history’

ViewCasuals, youth and women to be hardest hit by ‘virus recession’

Economist criticises government stimulus package and says businesses will be forced to reduce their staff

ViewGovernment funds 20 coronavirus projects

France picks best from group of 33, but vaccines fail to make the cut

ViewBusiness as usual

As the Covid-19 crisis continues, a report emphasises the need for government engagement with universities

ViewOfS: Students must be ‘properly protected’ in online teaching

Regulator urges student protection but relaxes some requirements for universities

ViewCoronavirus threatens ‘vulnerable’ university finances, says MP

Institutions facing up to losing ‘a year’s worth of students’

ViewCommission commits €80m to German Covid-19 vaccine firm

Support comes as G7 commit to working together on research and unveil more funding

ViewCovid-19: Labour scientists ‘will hold government to account’

Promise comes as Royal Society and Wellcome Trust praise tougher new measures to tackle disease

ViewPandemic creates ‘double challenge’ for EU R&D missions

Board members ‘overextended’ dealing with Covid-19 but ‘on track’ with cancer goals, says chair

ViewEU travel ban exemption for ‘essential’ researchers

Proposed restrictions on travel into the EU would not apply to those working on Covid-19

ViewHorizon 2020 and Erasmus+ deadlines delayed over Covid-19

EU and national funders adopt ‘flexible’ approach to accommodate coronavirus disruptions

ViewCovid-19 response needs a wider pool of expertise

Social science, humanities—and society—can answer questions that science alone cannot, says Stephen Hughes

ViewTurning to religion

Stricter coronavirus guidance is announced and an Advance HE report highlights student outcomes by faith

ViewREF plans under discussion as Covid-19 pandemic escalates

The REF team is looking at the impact of coronavirus as November submission deadline looms

ViewBrexit ‘means UK less likely to get timely Covid-19 vaccines’

Claim follows concern that the country lacks domestic capacity to make vaccines

ViewUK advisers to share Covid-19 modelling after criticisms

Tougher measures to tackle pandemic announced after some scientists criticised slow government response

ViewMove to Covid-19 digital learning a ‘massive ask’

Jisc urges universities to stick with what they know in unprecedented online teaching challenge

ViewInfrastructures close as Covid-19 forces Europe into lockdown

Major facilities have closed their doors to researchers

ViewHarvard Medical School to ramp down lab research over Covid-19

Researchers told to focus on ‘productive alternatives’, such as writing grant proposals

ViewNZ must follow China’s lead to contain virus, says medic

Otago academic calls for ‘massive, aggressive’ response to Covid-19 as government announces self-isolation measures

ViewUniversities cancel events as Australia bans public gatherings

Government shuts down all non-essential gatherings of more than 500 people

ViewNordic universities tackle ‘extraordinary’ corona situation

Denmark takes the lead in Scandinavia as the virus spreads rapidly