All United Kingdom articles – Page 7
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NewsCRUK warns of £150m cut to research funding
Charity calls for government support as coronavirus hits fundraising efforts
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OpinionMaking the right call on dexamethasone
The way we do things in research has to change in life or death situations
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NewsProspective students anxious over financial future at UK universities
Chemistry departments collaborating to ensure teaching goes ahead as planned
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NewsAmid pandemic, UK is on track to double science funding by 2024
Government making good on promise of increasing R&D spending to £22 billion
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NewsVaccine manufacturing centre to be rushed into service a year early by UK government
Injection of new funding will mean centre opens in 2021 as licensing deal also agreed to boost vaccine capabilities
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NewsPlant biologist Ottoline Leyser to head UK’s leading funding body
Leyser will guide government’s plan to increase spending on science to 2.4% of GDP by 2027
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NewsStatistician Adrian Smith to be next president of the Royal Society
Director of the Alan Turing Institute will take up the post in November
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NewsSupport for English universities hit by pandemic falls short of hopes
Financial package brings forwards funds from next year’s student fees and research to ease cashflow problems
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NewsUK seeks to scale-up Covid-19 testing but large gaps in capabilities remain
Universities and research labs are being brought in to help with testing but 100,000 tests per day by the end of April still looks overly ambitious
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NewsUK’s largest funder aims to raise $8 billion in three weeks for coronavirus research
The Wellcome Trust’s Covid-Zero initiative calls on businesses to bridge the funding shortfall
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NewsUK researchers receive £20m to start coronavirus treatment research
Two vaccine trials among six projects that win funding
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NewsUniversities prepare for new normal as pandemic forces UK to shut down for three weeks
Labs and lectures wound up as students and staff are left anxious about their futures
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OpinionSpeaking up for UK science
A top down approach to science by Johnson’s government could make it harder for scientists’ problems to be heard
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NewsBig increase in research funding promised for UK
Budget puts country on course to hit spending target early but Brexit threatens business contribution to R&D figure
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NewsRegulator repeats warnings on forensics shortcomings in England and Wales
Digital forensics and toxicology skills are in particularly short supply
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NewsUK aims to woo world’s top scientists with visa scheme starting next month
Cap on visa numbers abolished as government makes bid for global talent
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NewsDispute over pensions and pay leads to strikes at 60 UK universities
Lecturers and support staff have been on strike for eight days and further action may be on the way
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NewsBrexit uncertainty leaves science under threat as general election looms
The winding path to the UK leaving the EU has already taken a toll on the nation’s science