ViewCovid disruption a challenge to university access

Scotland’s access commissioner highlights concerns over pandemic and cost-of-living crisis

ViewCommission publishes advice to boost Covid-19 research

Selection criteria for therapeutics should still include efficacy against new virus variants, expert group says

ViewUK ‘ready to ramp up Covid testing in 10 days’, says Javid

Health secretary says UK could increase testing “quickly, with substantial increases in volumes”

ViewMedical groups decry ‘waste’ of European Covid-19 research

Many pandemic trials were poor quality or duplicates of existing trials, groups say

ViewSurvey: Covid-19 ‘spurred business innovation in UK’

Third of businesses cite pandemic as major reason for innovating, but pandemic also presented barriers

ViewMental Health Week: ‘Covid has heightened student anxiety’

Report suggests disadvantaged students have been most affected by the pandemic

ViewApply Covid can-do attitude to malaria, researcher says

Australian Burnet Institute seminar hears that rising malaria infections give urgency to neglected research

ViewLast Covid-19 restrictions dropped at Welsh universities

Welsh government removes rules on masks and social distancing on campuses

ViewPost-Covid, post-cuts

A leading development researcher looks back over two tough years

ViewCovid complaints

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator has revealed a record number of student complaints

ViewAcademics must ‘up their game’ on post-Covid assessment

Conference discusses impact of upcoming legislation on essay mills and contract cheating

ViewMedia experts seek post-Covid science communication overhaul

Independent press office, the Science Media Centre, wants scientific communication separated from political messaging

ViewRoyal Statistical Society calls for data in Covid inquiry

Key aspects such as Test and Trace omitted from draft terms of reference, society says

ViewUK is ‘first’ nation to approve Valneva whole-virus Covid-19 jab

MHRA approves vaccine, despite ongoing controversy over government’s cancellation of contract with the company

ViewUK space sector resists Covid downturns

Sector shows ‘resilience’ with stable investment and continued growth in jobs, says government agency

ViewWHO spotlights undercounting of Africa’s Covid cases

True infections could be almost 100 times more than reported

ViewIndustry chief warns EU against Covid IP waiver

A global waiver of Covid intellectual property could undermine innovation more broadly, business leader says

View‘Wider harms’ of Covid-19 outlined for students in Scotland

Research released by Scottish government explores problems students face because of Covid-19

ViewPath from the pandemic: How Covid has changed the world

Research Professional News looks at the numbers behind the pandemic

ViewWelsh research vision given a post-Covid refresh

Welsh funding council makes changes to its research and innovation strategy

View‘Apply Covid lessons to clinical trials hit by invasion of Ukraine’

European Medicines Agency says trial sponsors should be flexible on research plans

ViewSage no longer meeting on Covid, Vallance tells MPs

Chief scientific adviser says volume of meetings took its toll on academic volunteers

ViewFunding to continue for four major UK Covid-19 surveillance studies

As government says it will merge therapeutics and antiviral taskforces for coronavirus

ViewNo ethics breach in Bild Covid-19 article, press council rules

Newspaper headline that caused controversy in Germany found to have “factual core”, decision states

ViewNIHR reveals its ‘central role’ during Covid-19 pandemic

Health funder provided £108 million for coronavirus studies in 2020-21, annual report shows

ViewPath from the Pandemic: After Covid

Debra Humphris identifies how universities can power the recovery from the pandemic

ViewTop PI Heaven Crawley: Post-Covid, post-cuts

Leading researcher on development looks back over two tough years and forward to the future

ViewSouth Africa’s draft Covid rules ‘illogical’, say scientists

Proposed regulations “ill conceived” and ignore latest science advice

ViewEU-backed compromise on Covid vaccine IP waiver slammed

MEPs advocating weakening of IP rules for Covid vaccines and pharmaceutical groups both deride proposal

ViewConcerns over ‘omission’ of science advice from Covid inquiry

Despite being “at core” of UK’s pandemic response, scientific advice does not feature in inquiry