Labour MPs accuse government of ‘ridiculous’ double standards and warn of two-tier university systemOxbridge student groups are to be exempt from the legal restrictions imposed by the government’s new free speech legislation, leading to accusations of …
EasyJet needs investors on board as next takeover bid may be serious | Nils Pratley
Wizz Air’s offer was rejected, of course, but £1.2bn rights issue hardly put fizz back into sharesThe pandemic has transformed the airline industry in unexpected ways: Wizz Air, whose shares have recovered all the altitude lost in the early months of l…
Oxford Covid biotech firm plans £2.4bn flotation on LSE
Business founded in 2005 has won contracts to track global variants worth £144m from UK governmentOxford Nanopore, whose Covid-19 technology was snapped up by the UK government and used to track variants of the virus globally, has unveiled its plans to…
An oral history of Oxford/AstraZeneca: ‘Making a vaccine in a year is like landing a human on the moon’
It has shipped more than a billion doses, saved countless lives – and faced controversy over its safety and supply. Here, some of those who created the vaccine tell the story of their epic race against the virusIn December 2019, hospitals in Wuhan, Chi…
Blood clot risk greater after Covid infection than after vaccination
Analysis of 29m people finds danger of infection with Sars-Cov-2 far outweighs the risks of having jabCoronavirus – latest updatesBBC presenter Lisa Shaw died of Covid vaccine complications, coroner findsThe chances of developing dangerous blood clots …
Vaccinologist Barbie: Prof Sarah Gilbert honoured with a doll
Co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab hopes it will inspire young girls to enter Stem careersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageProf Sarah Gilbert has had quite a year. The co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has been m…