Women's research plummets during lockdown - but articles from men increase
No-deal Brexit could wreck UK’s chance of leading Covid-19 global research
April 2020
Loss of international student fees could decimate UK research
Coronavirus will put almost every university in financial jeopardy unless the government steps in, vice-chancellors say
UK universities plead for billions of pounds in support
Institutions promise to limit student intake and cut spending in return for bailout funding
Today in Focus
The hunt for a coronavirus vaccine
Scientists in more than 40 labs around the world are working round the clock to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, but Samanth Subramanian tells Rachel Humphreys we are still some months away from knowing if one can be put into mass production
February 2020
The Coalition wants to turn scientists into lapdogs – and muzzle climate research in the process
Paul Willis
Political interference in scientific research has been weaponised during the past decade, and we are all suffering the consequences
January 2020
New EU science chief warns of drop-off in UK research funding
Universities must overhaul the toxic working culture for academic researchers
Anton Muscatelli
November 2019
Can laboratories curb their addiction to plastic?
Research scientists have largely gone unnoticed as major users of unrecyclable material. Now some universities are helping them kick the habit
October 2019
No-deal Brexit would leave science dead for years, say Nobel prizewinners
Top scientists accuse Boris Johnson of sacrificing the UK’s research reputation – and billions of pounds in EU grants
July 2019
UK government among those exaggerating impact of aid
UK-led cancer and climate trials at risk as British researchers become liability
June 2019
‘Prejudiced’ Home Office refusing visas to African researchers
Insecure employment for postdoc researchers is leading to bad science
Nikolay Ogryzko
Brexit 'may bar UK scientists from €100bn EU research fund'
Professor who claims vaccines linked to autism funded through university portal
April 2019
The government's plans to cut student fees threaten life-changing research
The cuts expected to be announced by the government to tuition fees next month will take a vital subsidy for science
March 2019
Gender pay gap expert among top professors quitting Brexit Britain
No-deal Brexit could mean £130m hit to research budgets
January 2019
Universities raise alarm over no-deal Brexit and EU student enrolment
Sector, particularly research, would take decades to recover if UK crashes out, leaders tell MPs
