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ViewFrom the archive: On zombies and monsters

How to avoid your big bid taking on a life of its own

ViewCovid vaccine work to be spread across UK ‘as far as possible’

Business secretary Alok Sharma justifies £100 million investment in Essex vaccine manufacturing centre

ViewGuildHE launches anti-racist action plan

Membership body produces programme to combat racism in higher education

ViewSKA Observatory one step from international organisation status

Australia ratifies convention on massive astronomy project, with pivotal UK approval ‘weeks away’

ViewMy winning proposal: Open your mind to US Alzheimer’s funding

With the right skills, non-US scientists can unlock overlooked US funders, like the BrightFocus Foundation

ViewMy winning proposal: Deliver the message to be a Hawking fellow

Applicants for Stephen Hawking Fellowships should put science communication front and centre

ViewTop priority

How serious are universities about student mental health?

ViewLabour: Emergency measures needed on student mental health

Opposition party says student mental health at risk during Covid-19 isolation

ViewThe curious incident of Boris Johnson in the night-time

Gordon Marsden argues for a more modern and integrated approach to skills

ViewVentilator audit reveals missed targets and poor communication

Government spent £569 million on ventilators but thousands remain unused, says National Audit Office

ViewInternational students wait for guarantee on face-to-face tuition

Survey reveals importance of in-person teaching to prospective students

ViewWilliamson under fire over student support claims

Labour counterpart questions education secretary’s claims on funding availability

ViewFee refund requests ‘will snowball’ if lockdowns continue

Fiona McIntyre hears how student anger is growing as Covid-19 ruins their return to campus

ViewNow wash your hands

Who is ready to take responsibility for the problems of higher education?

ViewNERC addresses concerns over lack of fellowships for women

Council says it takes fairness seriously despite no women winning Independent Research Fellowships in 2019

ViewUniversity offers compassionate leave to BAME academics

Loughborough responds to disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on BAME community

ViewIndustrial strategy still relevant, says Greg Clark

Former business secretary says 2017 strategy had brought rewards to UK as government announces update

ViewIn-person teaching to stay despite Covid-19 outbreaks

Face-to-face learning will continue but could end early to get students home for Christmas

ViewPolicy experts warn against ‘ripping up’ industrial strategy

Government should modernise and adapt rather than create brand new strategy, say policy experts

ViewJohnson: End ‘nonsensical gulf’ between colleges and universities

Prime minister bemoans glut of graduates amid skills shortages

ViewMissing persons

Why have the ministers responsible for higher education been keeping such a low profile?

ViewOfS demands ‘clear information’ for students amid lockdowns

Regulator tells institutions to spell out what students can expect during Covid-19

ViewDepartment for Education adopts Augar view on apprenticeships

Office for Students loses responsibility for higher-level apprenticeships

ViewCovid messaging diverges for students in Scotland and Wales

Scotland’s students urged to remain on campus, while some Welsh students told to learn online

ViewUnion steps up call for online teaching after student lockdown

UCU urges prime minister to push teaching online, but universities stick to blended learning plans

ViewLib Dems pass motion to review science advice

Party conference also calls for support for scientific publishers

ViewUK Arpa still coming, says BEIS after missing PM’s deadline

Boris Johnson has failed to deliver his promise to create science funding agency over summer

ViewSupercomputer nanosatellites built in Glasgow set for launch

Satellites are designed to make hyper-accurate predictions for shipping to support maritime trade

ViewUK aims to take genomics research out of confines of the lab

Strategy sets out plan to create ‘most advanced genomic healthcare system in world’

ViewResearchers fear spending review might be downgraded

Experts say UK chancellor may present one-year plan, rather than multi-year as expected