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View‘Miracle’ needed for UK to join Horizon, ERC president suggests

Maria Leptin also says funder’s letter to UK winners of ERC grants “was misunderstood”

ViewOpen access ‘must serve science, not publishers’, say universities

University group says article processing charges exacerbate “unsustainable” spending and create “unequal” access to knowledge

View‘Take more risks,’ Gabriel urges EU-funded R&I partnerships

EU reducing number of Horizon Europe research and innovation partnerships while boosting their overall budget

ViewRectors voice fears for promised funding boost

Budget situation could delay or even cancel coalition agreement, university leaders warn

ViewVolkswagen Foundation awards final high-risk fellowships

Freigeist funds to be redirected after 2022 selection as part of wider strategy change

ViewGermany news roundup: 11-17 May

This week: Springer’s latest open-access deal, bachelor-to-master’s transitions, and a thesis investigation in Munich

ViewERC set to decide on broader use of lump-sum funding

Move follows warning from former president that funding mode could erode focus on scientific quality

ViewIter fusion facility pays tribute after head dies aged 72

Deputy takes over temporarily while Iter finds replacement for Bernard Bigot

View‘Reforms needed’ for EU platform to become go-to publishing venue

Publishing in Open Research Europe does not give career pay-offs, says scientific advisory board member

ViewMedical groups decry ‘waste’ of European Covid-19 research

Many pandemic trials were poor quality or duplicates of existing trials, groups say

ViewReport slams lack of funding structures for interdisciplinarity

Danish government told to build better tools and instruments to encourage cooperation between science fields

ViewExpert group to review Norwegian university accreditation

Government commits to review to improve transparency and assessment criteria

ViewNordic news roundup: 10-16 May

This week: sea and water research, a Finnish 6G coalition and American academy success

ViewRussell Group: UK’s Horizon Europe deal ‘on the brink’

Meanwhile, Universities UK calls on Home Office to tackle research “immigration bureaucracy and visa costs”

ViewAcademic freedom ‘in global decline’ warns research leader

Stéphanie Balme, dean at Sciences Po College, flags “authoritarian regimes that are now scientific superpowers”

ViewEU makes over €680m available for PhDs and postdocs

Budgets increased across all four major Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions schemes for 2022

ViewFocus on societal problems could be counterproductive, says Leptin

ERC president warns against “scientific populism” and announces new taskforce for research assessment reform

ViewConcerns grow over knowledge espionage at universities

Intelligence service wants adapted regulation to enable faster response to cyberattacks on Dutch infrastructure

ViewMore women than men obtained Dutch PhDs in 2021

But rising equality among graduates does not translate into more female senior academics

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 7-13 May

This week: policy impact, funding for risky social science and tight times for European Universities

ViewFrom the archive: Best left unspoken

The thoughts that even successful academics must keep to themselves

ViewVice-chancellors want block grant to make up for lost EU funding

Universities UK says institutions need government grant to “cushion” likely loss of Horizon Europe funding

ViewJapan enters informal talks on joining EU R&D programme

Country joins South Korea in expressing intent to join Horizon Europe at EU-Japan summit

ViewItaly news roundup: 29 April to 12 May

This week: applied research funding, biomedical research priorities and a digital team-up

ViewItalian PhD candidates struggling with cost of living

Survey of more than 5,000 PhD students finds most are living on minimum bursary

ViewFurther controversy hits Italy’s promotion evaluation process

Evaluator publicly protests against perceived “nepotism and parochial interests” in researcher evaluation

ViewMakerere pleads for more time as Sweden winds up funding

Sida urged to “reconsider” ending decades-long support scheme for Uganda’s flagship university

ViewProgress made on assessment reform

Timeline in sight for implementing agreement to move away from narrow focus on scholarly publications

ViewPredatory journals feed on incentives, not ignorance

A one-size-fits-all approach to research evaluation helps exploitative publishers, warns Emanuel Kulczyck

ViewERA-monitoring plans draw scepticism

Member states unlikely to support scoreboard for tracking European Research Area progress, university groups say