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ViewVentilator audit reveals missed targets and poor communication

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

ViewEngineers call for strategic investment at UK spending review

Members of National Engineering Policy Centre want investment in net zero, innovation, education and infrastructure

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’

ViewCancer charities: research funding could halve in 2020-21

Drop would amount to quarter of all public funding for cancer research in the UK

ViewLeyser ‘very keen’ to address systemic inequality in research

Chief executive reiterates commitment as some BAME academics say they are ‘losing faith’ in UKRI

ViewWiley and Jisc’s ‘groundbreaking’ OA deal hits a snag

Publishing under the deal will be restricted to researchers supported by certain funders until 2021

ViewUK exploring ‘new options’ for Galileo replacement

The government goes back to the drawing board to deliver satellite navigation services

ViewUK Arpa will need more money, US expert tells MPs

£800m funding would ‘only allow for an agency the size of a small Darpa office’

ViewRoyal Statistical Society to review evidence gap for Covid-19 tests

Working group will review ‘lack of statistical evidence’ and advise on ways to fix this

ViewTrial evidence still missing as Covid-19 app set to launch

Health Foundation charity calls on government to publish results of pilots

ViewWelsh universities highlight their Covid-19 efforts

Vice-chancellors’ report provides case studies of research and practical support for communities during coronavirus pandemic

ViewUK university policy led to ‘huge skills shortages’

Author criticises education system for ‘overproducing’ academically qualified people

ViewPush to cut red tape hits equality schemes

Government tells major funders to disregard awards such as the Athena Swan Charter

ViewCost of joining Horizon ‘a problem’

UKRI chief says funder is working on replacements in case EU deal proves too pricey

ViewScience and society report ‘still being ignored’ by government

Twenty years after influential Lords report, Robert Winston says people still do not trust scientists

ViewCharities respond to study on ‘unreported pharma payments’

Data published in BMJ Open suggested £20 million shortfall in amount disclosed by charities

View‘Strikingly uneven’ research funding across the UK

Influential council says there is ‘no obvious correlation’ between funding and spin-outs

ViewUK ‘needs minister for space’

MPs told review of R&D in sector needed to secure role in $600 billion-a-year global...

ViewGordon Brown: Horizon scheme ‘cannot be replicated nationally’

Former prime minister says national research programmes do not offer same mobility and collaboration opportunities

ViewUKRI seeks extra budget lines for place-based agenda

More money and new metrics ‘will be needed’ to ensure universities succeed with levelling-up

ViewTime to get Athena Swan back on track, says academics

Academics who reviewed charter call it ‘burdensome beast’, but question government’s move to ‘ditch it’

ViewCovid-19 testing head blames science advisers for problems

Dido Harding suggests Sage estimates are the reason surge in demand crashed system

ViewEU funds ‘ambitious’ infectious disease research network

European Commission and UK government also confirm participation in global Covid-19 vaccine initiative

ViewUnofficial bids to host UK Arpa trickle in from universities

Belfast, Cardiff and Coventry all invite agency, with Swindon and Daresbury cited as ‘obvious candidates’

ViewNew BSA president calls for ‘reset’ between politics and science

Ara Darzi calls for a ‘stronger partnership of mutual trust and respect’ during Covid-19 pandemic

ViewSecurity centre raises alarm over cyberattacks on universities

Institutions urged to protect themselves against ‘devastating’ ransomware raids

ViewGovernment must set out ‘clear goals’ for research culture

Wellcome Trust policy adviser says research sector needs to work together to improve the culture

ViewInnovation Expert Group holds first meeting

Group announced in government roadmap is chaired by Royal Academy of Engineering’s chief executive