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Science council urges structural rethink to future-proof German research financing

Young academics use data set to check government promise to create more long-term jobs

This week: pension gaps, a quantum computing network and concerns over “helpless” teacher shortage response

Current legislation hinders research on climate-resilient plants and could damage European competitiveness, they warn
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Funder allocates 62 awards to German hosts, 45 to the UK and 41 to France

Chain contracts force Germany’s student employees into weeks of unpaid labour, study shows

This week: data theft in Duisburg, human remains in Berlin and opposition to qualification weakening

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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