View‘Slow’ universities must reinvent themselves, say EU advisers

Top Commission R&D official says group’s advice will help shape EU policy

ViewConsultancy calls for strategic guidance to boost business R&D

Structural changes are needed to increase overall R&D expenditure in the Netherlands, studies find

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 12-18 June

This week: R&D tax breaks, innovative healthcare research and subsidies for the circular economy

ViewLeading London

Amanda Broderick explains what her priorities will be as chair of London Higher

ViewWorld news roundup: 11-17 June

This week: IP rights and open science, Wuhan lab leak denials and Canadian grants

ViewUniversity spending on outreach ‘could fall’ without Uni Connect

Charity calls for continued support for programme after analysis of institutions’ access and participation plans

ViewMy winning proposal: A paediatric project’s healthy development

An achievable goal secured a translational grant from the European Society for Paediatric Research

ViewUK aid cuts ‘could galvanise African investment in R&D’

Event participants urge longer-term funding for equitable partnerships and greater investment in African vaccine research

ViewOne-third of students in England have received first vaccine dose

Proportion who have had at least one dose up by five percentage points since April

ViewG7 leaders back openness and security of research

National heads endorse “shared understanding” of research integrity, security and collaboration

ViewSKA construction ‘imminent’, say project leaders

Next phase for giant radio telescope project on track after Covid-19 delays

ViewSouth Africa’s ventilator project shows value of basic research

Astronomy capacity helped manufacture of 20,000 ventilators for coronavirus patients

ViewTill debt do us part

What do the post-pandemic finances of universities look like?

ViewScience is evolving, and policy needs to keep up

Science Europe’s new strategy reflects shifting expectations in both academia and society, says Marc Schiltz

ViewCouncil backs reinforcement of European Medicines Agency

Ministers agree to empower agency to create advisory taskforces during health emergencies

ViewInterrogating violence

The specialist funder perfect for pilot studies on human aggression

ViewAria evades ‘irreparably damaging’ motion

Parliamentary rebellion that would have seen new agency compensate for aid budget cuts is thwarted

ViewPath from the pandemic: Getting the right blend

Universities are taking “bold steps” to improve education and avoid returning to pre-Covid teaching models

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 10-16 June

This week: e-cigarette research, biotech talent concerns and medals for scientists

ViewLove triangle

Employers back a pensions plan from UUK, but employees and the USS are not convinced

ViewBrunel University chancellor to head UK Vaccine Taskforce

Announcement comes as government delays ending lockdown by four weeks due to Covid-19 variant

View‘Crude’ earnings data is putting students off the arts

London Higher calls for better measure of course value to bolster creative study

ViewScottish universities pressure leaders for clarity on autumn rules

Universities Scotland urges in-person teaching as poll shows spike in anxiety among students

ViewUK data science institute in new partnership with ONS

Tie-in includes projects aimed at producing nearly real-time economic statistics to track economic changes

ViewSo close, far away

Full unlocking in England is postponed until 19 July—what next for universities?

ViewEIT ‘very dominated by men at all levels’, says influential legislator

EU’s thematic innovation networks need more gender and geographical balance, according to MEP

ViewG7 leaders criticised for ‘missed opportunities’

Welcome Trust and Royal Society “disappointed” by specifics agreed to combat pandemic and biodiversity loss

ViewIreland news roundup: 4-14 June

This week: largest donation for Trinity, energy-efficient campuses and Midlands Midwest university goes ahead

ViewFollow the (social) science

As we await news on lockdown relaxation, we hear about the importance of social science

ViewMake-or-break decade demands the best of social science

Research evidence must be at the heart of post-pandemic policymaking, says Will Hutton