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News, opinion, funding insight, and more in the latest issue of Research Europe

ViewThe case for ending evaluation

Science is governed by a system that erodes its legitimacy and efficiency, says Olof Hallonsten

ViewInterview: Curiosity’s champion

Three-time European Research Council president Jean-Pierre Bourguignon on funding, his successor and his legacy

ViewBack to normal?

At the dawn of the academic year, EU Covid funds offer hope

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 16 September issue of Research Europe

ViewFrom our correspondents: Road to recovery

The first payments from the EU’s enormous pandemic recovery fund have triggered mixed reactions

ViewEU summer round up

The biggest European research policy and HE news you may have missed over the summer

ViewAgenda-setting speech promises ‘state of the art’ EU microchips

But European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen leaves research leaders wanting more

ViewUniversities ‘must rectify EU digital policies to find their place’

Policymakers need to ensure universities benefit from the technologies they help develop, expert says

ViewFrance news roundup: 9-15 September

This week: funds for international networks, mediation medal winners and a three-minute thesis competition

ViewAcademics strike for full return of all campus activities

French university year begins with restive unions calling for end to online teaching

ViewConsultation starts on Paris healthcare campus

Two-month programme of public debate to determine PariSanté’s research focus

ViewGive science a voice at the General Assembly

The UN must explicitly recognise science’s role in combating global challenges, says Magdalena Skipper

ViewEU ministers set to call for moves to get more women in AI research

Draft text outlines measures governments should take to boost gender equality in artificial intelligence R&D

ViewEU research data focus ‘should be on management, not rigid rules’

Analysis of Horizon 2020 open data pilot calls suggests greater use of best practice

ViewMédecins Sans Frontières to EU: ‘stop blocking Covid IP waiver’

WHO regional director underscores need to tackle health inequity and develop more therapeutics

ViewYoung researchers call for communication culture shift

Paper proposes dual jobs and expert taskforces to deliver evidence quickly during crisis

ViewHigh vaccination rate among Berlin students

Survey shows eagerness to get two Covid-19 jabs as universities restart campus education

ViewGermany news round-up: 8-14 September

This week: an Erasmus+ windfall, a call for UK cooperation and funds for ‘weak’ regions

ViewUniversities warn MEPs not to act ‘prematurely’ on animal research

Leru wants “conditional” phaseout plan based on readiness of alternative technologies instead of rigid timeline

ViewCyprus and Latvia get first payments from EU Covid fund

Countries are due to receive €1.2 billion and €1.8bn respectively, with R&D on their agendas

ViewNordic news roundup: 7-13 September

This week: a new Danish research minister, remote working in Finland and Norwegian sick leave

ViewResearchers alarmed over migration U-turn

Unions warn that restrictive immigration rules will trigger brain drain and threaten Sweden’s research environment

ViewAppeal slams GDPR clampdown on Danish health data

Leaders of clinical institutions ask politicians to take back control from EU lawyers

ViewAfghan crisis ‘could spur creation of EU academic refuge scheme’

Leaders of national programmes launched after Syrian crisis optimistic about support for an EU equivalent

ViewEuropean panel says ‘flawed’ health innovation must change

Expert group calls for needs assessment and adjustment of public-private risks and benefits

ViewInternational job board launched for quantum researchers

Initiative by France and the Netherlands aims to accelerate European quantum computing

ViewPot and kettle

The Netherlands supported strict conditions for EU Covid-19 recovery funds—but it cannot meet them

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 4-10 September

This week: prestigious prizes, open-access publication growth and free licences to use patented Crispr-Cas technology

ViewOpportunity profile: Polish national academy goes global

Poland’s top research institution will host 15 international fellows for two-year projects