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Almost 150 European parliamentarians ask European Commission to explore options for the two nations

Research community calls for long-term, sustainable funding ahead of UK government’s comprehensive research plan

No answers on student loan reductions but response hints at big changes ahead

Preprint suggests tests detect up to 90% of infections that people would pass onto contacts
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Government pauses rule on PCR tests to help lift pressure on laboratory capacity

Members commit to sharing Covid-19 data in a global public repository

The government has published a volley of long-awaited reports and launched several more consultations

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

Much-delayed TEF review and government response finally published

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

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

Hepi paper calls for graduate contribution scheme

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

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

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

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

Commissioner calls for free catch-up for students

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emergency standards reintroduced to allow student nurses to work in NHS

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

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

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

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

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

Playbook takes its seat as Williamson faces the Commons education committee

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