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ViewScientists slam evictions at coalmine climate protest

Forced removal of activists would undermine “credibility” of Germany’s climate policies, academics warn

ViewWarning over German research with Chinese military

“Alarmingly widespread” collaborations may have used public funding in contravention of guidelines, report warns

ViewGermany news roundup: 11-17 January

This week: anti-harassment protests in Cologne, a health czar resignation and scholarships for Afghan students

ViewFunders bemoan piecemeal approach to sustainability

Stifterverband report highlights room for improvement in German universities’ strategies to become environmentally friendly

ViewInflation nation

The rising cost of everything—including living, tuition and equipment—dominates German academia

ViewGermany news roundup: 14 December to 10 January

This week: record international student numbers, the Excellence Strategy and funds for threatened scientists

ViewDFG takes ‘step in right direction’ with new open-access policy

German funder asks authors to make part of grant reports available in open-access repositories

ViewClimate replaces health as Germany’s top research concern

Trust in science remains high and increases with education, Science Barometer shows

ViewDFG reprimands researcher over lack of supervision

Ruling slams group head and co-author for failure to spot manipulated data before article publication

ViewGermany news roundup: 7-13 December

This week: research quality prize, a campus occupation in Frankfurt and education spending

ViewDAAD welcomes plan to simplify student immigration

Position paper promises smoother student visa process, says German academic exchange provider

ViewUniversities demand energy relief as Bochum freezes hiring

Cost of living crisis is wrecking budgets, warns association of German higher education institutions

ViewGermany news roundup: 30 November to 6 December

This week: funders start consulting service, student numbers drop and government backs student energy support

ViewLeibnitz commits to more transparency

Science should be “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”, says collection of institutes

ViewRectors concerned over Germany’s slow gender progress

Too few women make it to top career levels, and progress is stagnating, HRK warns

ViewGermany news roundup: 23-29 November

This week: public research questions, new fuel for a reactor and energy price alleviations

ViewGermany news round-up: 16-22 November

This week: R&D spending, ecologial questions of the future and decolonisation in Berlin

ViewBudget committee reverses planned cuts for foundations

Humboldt Foundation and DAAD express relief over U-turn, guaranteeing tens of millions

ViewGerman rectors back fixed-term contracts in ongoing debate

Controversial statements speaks of “systemic importance” as pressure grows for more permanent academic jobs

ViewDFG and Leopoldina urge caution on dual-use issues

Leading German science bodies remind researchers of ethical issues when developing weaponisable technology

ViewAlliance backs public participation in science

Involvement of non-academics in the research process could help to meet challenges, says representative body

ViewGermany news round-up: 9-15 November

This week: A Vietnamese-German university, a doctoral title under question and gender-based violence

ViewFederal, state governments agree science funding boost

German research ministers envision annual 3 per cent funding increase for higher education

ViewLeaders earmark €320m to hire female professors

Survey shows consistently low numbers of women in German academia, especially among professors

ViewGermany news round-up: 2-8 November

This week: energy relief, funds for poor researchers and the science ministry’s Nazi past

ViewSussex spinout wins €67m from Germany for quantum computer

University of Sussex physicists awarded German government contract to build quantum computer in four years

ViewHelmholtz makes open science its rule

Making research results freely available will boost innovativeness and reach, association says

ViewGermany news round-up: 26 October to 1 November

This week: Ukraine reconstruction, demands for a data institute and a green grid simulation

ViewGermany sets out plan to boost academic workforce

Country aims to have more—and more diverse—university researchers by 2025

ViewOpposition warns of ‘existential’ energy threat to science

Supply crisis could damage Germany’s universities and research system, conservative party claims