ViewUniversities ‘resistant’ to promoting social diversity

Social Mobility Commission critical of institutions’ record

ViewBEIS: ‘Aria will have failed if funding goes to golden triangle’

Government official outlines plans for research agency amid concerns over accountability and transparency

View£375m Breakthrough fund opens for applications

New scheme aims to drive investment in UK’s high-growth, innovative and R&D-intensive firms

ViewHealth system needs closer link to science, report states

German council presents recommendations to boost the role and visibility of university medicine

ViewGermany’s rectors and students demand full vaccination

University attendants say face-to-face teaching must not go ahead without protection

ViewHot and bothered

The OfS consults on new conditions and a survey gauges support for decolonising the curriculum

ViewOxford’s new innovation district gets funder and developer

Legal & General to support extension to university’s Begbroke Science Park

ViewSociety needs more respect for researchers, says Gabriel

Research commissioner says citizens should “cherish” research, as minister says investment will make careers attractive

ViewSage members ‘should be appointed by parliament’

MP and economist argue advisory group’s membership leaves it too narrow and closed to dissent

ViewConcerns R&D not a priority for Future of Europe Conference

Governing body of European Research Council asks researchers to advocate for science during EU initiative

ViewAustralia news roundup: 13-19 July

This week: a biosolids training centre, a space launch licence and lockdown-affected classes

ViewFund human behaviour studies to tackle pandemics, says academy

Sweden’s leading science institute highlights importance of funding non-medical science during health crisis

ViewRandom trials

Freedom Day in England is a step into the unknown for universities and everyone else

ViewGove island

Ivory Tower: Things are hotting up in the reality TV hit of the summer

ViewUK to get research integrity committee

Committee will be tasked with promoting research integrity but won’t have authority to investigate institutions

ViewLimits on lecture sizes advised in Scotland for next academic term

Government guidance outlines how universities should continue to keep campuses Covid-secure

ViewLevel best

Chris Skidmore suggests the prime minister’s levelling up speech gave universities plenty to ponder

ViewFive lessons for UKRI as it nears ‘make or break’ moment

Departing chair John Kingman’s advice to UK Research and Innovation ahead of crucial spending review

ViewNumber of animals used for science in EU drops 5% in a year

Fewer than nine million animals were used for scientific purposes in 2018

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 10-16 July

This week: Vidi grants, a knowledge security framework and rising trust in science

ViewSatisfaction not guaranteed

The National Student Survey is published and we learn the meaning of levelling up

ViewOnly three-quarters of students satisfied by pandemic-era courses

National Student Survey reveals lowest satisfaction score in years amid concerns over learning and health

ViewWorld news roundup: 9-15 July

This week: Dora looks at hiring decisions and Wellcome takes a leap into biologics

ViewExperiments on live animals in Britain at lowest level since 2004

Drop attributed to closures during Covid-19 pandemic and scientific advances

ViewEurope funding at a glance: 2-15 July

This week: funding calls for research related to south-east Asia, biodiversity and low-carbon technologies

ViewERC signs Dora declaration and tweaks its assessment process

Top EU funder rejects journal impact factors as indicator of quality of applicants’ publications

ViewSAMRC to take vaccines to rural areas

Mobile labs will reach every district by August

ViewScientists call for immediate action to stop SA unrest

Country must “act with haste” to prevent disaster

ViewUni disconnect

As Uni Connect publishes its annual report, what is the future of widening participation?

ViewFears of lasting damage to R&D as MPs lock in aid cuts

Parliamentary vote means UK aid spending unlikely to return to previous levels before 2025