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ViewCalls for ‘civic army’ to fight youth unemployment

Community leadership scheme could help combat youth unemployment due to Covid-19, charities say

ViewEuropean Parliament research committee: UK R&D ties ‘vital’

But fraught Brexit negotiations must not delay start of Horizon Europe, MEPs say

ViewCall to professionalise computer codes for epidemic modelling

Chartered Institute for IT initiative follows concerns over Imperial College modelling on Covid-19 lockdown

ViewFrom the archive: UK ‘got lucky’ with Sars expertise

Medical academy warned in 2003 of lack of mechanisms for providing research funding in emergencies

ViewInternal Covid-19 funding from both sides, Phil Ward pays EPSRC a visit, how to lose your next bid

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewREF team still considering March submission deadline

Revised date and consultation responses will be revealed in June

ViewPolitical science

We have details of the research sustainability taskforce and there is news on the REF

ViewJohnson blocks questions to chief scientists over Cummings

Whitty and Vallance return at press conference but are kept out of ‘political’ row

ViewResearch sustainability taskforce details confirmed

Government confirms membership and goals of the ministerial group on sustaining university research amidst Covid-19

ViewUK ‘did not learn lessons’ from previous epidemics, says PM

Boris Johnson said that, despite the Covid-19 crisis, the government will ‘meet all manifesto commitments’

ViewSussex launches severance scheme amid coronavirus fears

Covid-19 impact prompts voluntary severance scheme at University of Sussex

ViewHelp for the helpers

Government must clarify whether student nurses on the frontline should pay tuition, says Robert Halfon

ViewGrant proposals through the looking glass

How to get everything wrong when preparing a bid

ViewBoris Johnson promises answers on student nurses’ tuition fees

Education committee leader Robert Halfon grills Johnson over nursing students’ fees

ViewWhat’s afoot at EPSRC?

Impact assessment and coronavirus were on the agenda at the funder’s virtual open house

ViewInternal Covid-19 funding: Short deadlines all round

A university funder and grantee on the pressures of quick bids and processes

ViewTied vote leads to union ‘gerrymandering’ accusation

War of words as UCU prepares to re-ballot members for fresh strike mandate.

ViewCommittee minutes

The prime minister answers questions on universities, while the clock ticks for the research taskforce

ViewUniversities pour cold water on Covid-19 registration proposal

Higher education experts unimpressed by parts of planned OfS condition

ViewSupply of academic jobs has halved since start of lockdown

There has been a 50 per cent drop in advertised jobs compared with recent years

ViewFrom the archive: ‘Share lessons from global health crises’

Aid funding watchdog found in 2018 that government should improve sharing of knowledge on epidemics

ViewGovernment reveals new Covid-19 test and trace plans

But scientists foresee a host of teething problems to the complex programme

ViewRoyal Society data group backs ‘test, trace and isolate’ plans

Academics warn the success of the programme will depend on speed, compliance and monitoring

ViewAssign the extra R&D billions ‘without creating any losers’

Nesta calls for funding change so regions are not missing out on £12bn a year

ViewInternational students want fee reduction if courses start online

Majority of international students would want tuition discount if courses started online

ViewIndependent Sage group ‘is making government more open’

Former chief scientist David King says the government seems to be listening to secrecy concerns

ViewThe skills we need

Arts, humanities and social sciences will be central to post-pandemic recovery, says Molly Morgan Jones

ViewVoyages of self-discovery

Three winners of BBSRC fellowships on their paths to victory

ViewUniversities will not rush lab reopenings

Institutions say they have been given ‘far too short notice’ and need to prioritise the...

ViewNext UKRI chief to start role amid pressure on funding

Ottoline Leyser promises research system that ‘works for all’ against backdrop of Covid-19 pressures