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ViewWilliamson launches consultation on post-qualification admissions

Ministers seek views on PQA, but Department for Education warns system could be ‘unviable’

ViewNew TEF rating system as subject-level exercise scrapped

Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published

ViewWebsites of EU R&D projects at risk due to Brexit-related rules

Non-EU nationals residing in the UK are no longer eligible to hold .eu domain name

ViewPulling TEF

The subject-level TEF could be the biggest casualty on a bumper day for universities

ViewEngland’s student loans system ‘unviable’

Hepi paper calls for graduate contribution scheme

ViewFlexible student loans pitched in FE white paper

Change in the law would see students take out loans to study modules by 2025

ViewRussell Group universities join Covid-19 vaccination drive

Several research-intensive universities have turned their campus facilities into vaccination centres

ViewCost of UK participation in EU research programmes raises fear of domestic cuts

Brexit deal brings relief, but how government will pay for Horizon Europe association remains unclear

ViewGlacial progress

Statistics on Black professors make for grim reading, and legislation on free speech is proposed

ViewFair A-level results ‘impossible’, says Social Mobility Commission

Commissioner calls for free catch-up for students

ViewMPs back bill to fine universities that don’t protect free speech

Former Brexit secretary’s free speech bill for backed in parliament

ViewLittle improvement on proportion of Black professors

Fewer than 1 per cent of all UK professors are Black, according to latest data

ViewUKRI seeks director for ‘simpler and better funding’

New programme aims to simplify processes as part of the government’s crackdown on bureaucracy

ViewThree UK nations hope to keep Erasmus+ membership

Welsh minister says countries want to stay in Erasmus+ as homegrown alternative is ‘deeply disappointing’

ViewTesting times, again

Where is the assessment of the effectiveness of mass testing of students for Covid-19?

ViewUniversities minister criticised for ‘abrupt’ tweets to students

Twitter messages that Michelle Donelan aimed at students attract ire, some calling them ‘simplistic slogans’

ViewAI and imaging database aims to speed up Covid diagnosis

Hospitals and universities to use imaging to track patterns and markers of illness

ViewTony Blair calls for post-Brexit tech and innovation boost

Former prime minister says Britain has potential to be at the forefront of technological innovation

ViewBitter tweet symphony

Michelle Donelan has taken to Twitter to deliver a divisive series of messages

ViewOfqual: A-level results may be released early this year

Universities could receive results after students in order to give more time for appeals

ViewPeers call for more research into underlying processes of ageing

Committee complains of ‘lack of effort’ to ensure that research is properly funded

ViewConcern as post-Brexit copyright rules restrict access to materials

British Library removes digitised version of Spare Rib after government repeals EU orphan works exception

ViewStudent nurses asked to re-join Covid fight in second wave

Emergency standards reintroduced to allow student nurses to work in NHS

ViewCost of being covid-secure

Covid-19 has hit finances hard at universities serving large numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds

ViewBioethics body calls for Covid guidance on resource allocation

Comprehensive national guidelines ‘essential to ensuring public trust and confidence’, says Nuffield Council on Bioethics

ViewUKRI chief executive responds to researchers’ Covid-19 concerns

Ottoline Leyser defends allocation of resources during pandemic and says UKRI is reviewing call deadlines

ViewGraham Turnock to step down as head of UK Space Agency

Recruitment for Turnock’s successor will begin soon, says government

ViewA to-do list for research policy in 2021

This year’s themes should be openness, collaboration and early-career researchers, says Lidia Borrell-Damián

ViewGavin as good as you get

Playbook takes its seat as Williamson faces the Commons education committee

ViewVaccine lab staff ‘should be prioritised for Covid-19 jabs’

AstraZeneca executive warns ‘everything could stop’ if there are outbreaks in its centres