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As science system review opens, vice-chancellors call New Zealand’s university funding crisis “real and urgent”
Members of tertiary education minister Penny Simmonds’s University Advisory Group revealed
This week: biosecurity awards, the “wrong horse”, an Asia-Pacific plan and a collaboration with Ireland
New Zealand report highlights knowledge gaps
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Union slams job losses at Callaghan Innovation and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
This week: Nasa partnerships, international student numbers, fellowship management and a climate scientist’s award
School strikers urged to show support for science as Callaghan workers air fears over restructuring
This week: a fraudulent website, T-cell trials and a doctor shortage
“Dial-a-Māori” approach slammed by New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Union
Both advisory groups will be chaired by former chief scientist Peter Gluckman
Cuts of NZ$115 million bring an end to several major programmes
This week: a science funding shake-up, museum fears, Vietnam ventures and tertiary ‘deserts’
New Zealand’s chief science adviser urges better “bullshit detectors” and the end of paywalls
Annual report from New Zealand council shows incremental gains in transparency
Letter to NZ science minister Judith Collins says support for research communication can boost policymaking
This week: gene tech reform, climate change and diseases affecting farms
New Zealand academics say projects have been scrapped and careers truncated
Data collection on water quality suffers from lack of funding, say scientists and environment commissioner
This week: land and water research, student accommodation and the next Otago vice-chancellor
New Zealand Association of Scientists slams “bankruptcy of ideas” in national review
This week: an open-access toolkit and criticism of moves to scrap the Māori Health Authority
Agricultural scientists welcome clarification around ‘null segregants’ but say more reforms are needed
Onus is on research organisations to manage national security risks, ministry says
This week: National Science Challenge achievements, an RNA boost, a medical school and cancer grants
Industry and Crown Research Institute representatives say current rules are outdated
Research investments should reflect importance of climate change and extreme weather, New Zealand study finds
New Zealand researchers reignite debate over mātauranga Māori
This week: research institute vacancies, Covid inquiry submissions and a record-breaking gift
Former government’s research reforms and Wellington Science City initiative scrapped
An academy of sciences for Pacific nations could prevent brain drain and forge international ties
This week: Antarctic leadership and a Science New Zealand retirement
Deputy prime ministers herald new “seamless” era of cooperation
Editorial in New Zealand Medical Journal launches broadside at government policy
Traditional approaches are still needed, paper argues
This week: a space deal, disaster management, cancer treatments and potential staff cuts
New Zealand academics say freedom to teach and research must be defended
Free-to-read research publications form part of venerable medical journal’s “revitalisation”