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Applicants for Wellcome Trust humanities and social science fellowships should pay close attention to feedback

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European Research Council announces winners and says Covid-19 impacts will be considered in 2022 calls

ViewOpportunity profile: Pulling habits out of rats

How the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour sniffs out the best bids

ViewBioengineer picked to lead Italian research council

Maria Carrozza accepts position, ending months of leadership uncertainty at CNR

ViewEducation focus for updated Africa-EU partnership

EU commissioner says support is part of post-pandemic recovery plan

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Ucas backs a version of post-qualification admissions and the Russell Group backs free speech

ViewUK launches global partnership to combat future pandemics

Partnership will advise G7 leaders on how to slash vaccine development timeline to 100 days

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Grant calls limited to tenured researchers are invidious, say Catherine Montgomery and Martyn Pickersgill

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Jonathan Grant’s new book puts social responsibility at the heart of universities, says Rachel Hewitt

ViewBreach of trust

The treatment of aid-funded R&D could unravel fabric of UK research

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The London Mathematical Society makes its funding count

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Snesup-FSU calls for May Day demonstrations, as academics fear Covid-19 chaos in 2021

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 15-21 April

This week: a diversity fund, rock art and a population model to improve contact tracing

ViewChange the tape

A timely event looks at the bureaucratic burden in higher education and research

ViewTo make science reproducible, focus on prevention not cure

Improved upstream quality control can make research more effective, say Marcus Munafò and his colleagues

ViewRegulatory approach in England ‘discourages innovation’

Vice-chancellor critical of OfS risk-based regulation

ViewUlster University ‘currently on track’ for delayed Belfast opening

But institution cautions it must “remain fully flexible” during pandemic as September deadline approaches

ViewWharton makes debut Lords comments as OfS chair

James Wharton makes first remarks in Lords since taking up regulatory role

ViewPlanned infection law draws rectors’ ire

Draft bill that equates universities with schools misunderstands needs of students, they say

ViewGermany news roundup: 14-20 April

This week: Max Planck Schools success, global south centres and surge in student stress

ViewSupa dupa leagues

Arguments against elite cartels may seem familiar to fans of higher education

ViewCancer researchers ‘work through night’ to make up for lost time

Despite efforts, cancer institute warns advances for patients could be delayed by two years

ViewWatchdog finalises rules around collective complaints for students

Independent adjudicator publishes changes as it braces for surge of complaints from students

ViewSweden gives more backing for professional training

Extra courses offered to struggling students, rural regions and unemployed young people

ViewNo drop in quality found for remote EU grant evaluations

Earma 2021: Study author says result offers reassurance given push to online working during pandemic

ViewRelief at academic reopening hit by overtime concerns

Online teaching placing extra burden on Norway’s academics and students, report finds

ViewIreland news roundup: 30 March to 19 April

This week: community research funding, Ireland’s first mental health professor and rapid Covid-19 testing

ViewAustralian innovation spending ‘fragmented and underperforming’

Government-commissioned report calls for comprehensive rethink of A$10 billion in R&D spending

ViewA public scandal

The university regulator is set to issue guidance on dealing with sexual violence

ViewLive events turned into petri dishes by reopening study

Government’s Events Research Programme pilots launched in bid for safe reopening of venues and events