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

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

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

Revised research evaluation exercise indicates that new hires are bringing greater quality
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This week: the future of fundamental research, Horizon 2020 success and a university ranking

Italy’s researchers are wary of promised improvements to legislation around animal research

Lviv-based institution joins EC2U, gaining access to European initiatives

Italy’s researchers are wary of promised improvements to legislation around animal research

This week: departments of excellence, reform concerns, the Human Technopole and PhD guidelines

Senior researcher Maria Pia Abbracchio says reformed schemes must now become “systemic, predictable and reliable”

UnRest group hopes data on system can improve quality of debate about Italian higher education

This week: Partnership grants, ERC winners and support for refugee researchers

Country set to fund dozens of research sites with €4.48 billion EU pandemic-recovery cash

Innovation ecosystems scheme has €1.3 billion in EU pandemic recovery money up for grabs

This week: an animal research ban is delayed and rectors move slowly towards gender balance

EU initiatives could finally bring meaningful change for Italy’s female researchers

This week: ERC success, reports of the death of the National Research Agency and more

Researcher numbers and spending on the rise but problems remain with PhDs and gender equality

This week: degrees in public administration, European curricula and PhD extensions

Latest round of ‘PRIN’ funding adds to wave of competitive calls keeping research offices busy

Research infrastructure and other facilities to be awarded €1.4 billion of EU Covid-19 comeback cash

This week: PhD accreditation, a strong ERC showing and a French tie-up

Investment could help boost research and tackle chronic inequalities, but doubts remain

Italian researchers lead nearly half of winning projects to boost science diplomacy

A growing concern about research metrics is causing Italy’s researchers to question funding decisions

This week: AI programme for 2022-24 gets approval, EMBL budget boost and CRUI promotes peace

Italian contract law puts non-medical researchers at risk of job insecurity, says ARSI group

This week: Italian researchers abroad, young women entrepreneurs and a funding windfall for international talent

Grant-holders unite to push for more blue-sky research and retain talent in the country

Academia is poised to boost the economy through science, tech and digitisation, rectors say

This week: infrastructure proposals, industrial PhDs in Latium and Pisa joins Circle U alliance

Plan outlines strategic local and international projects—but its implementation has yet to be detailed

This week: digital public procurement, faster qualification for professionals, and Turin’s sustainable mobility academy

Increase of €500m takes higher education financing in Italy to highest level since 2007

Larger problems with research policy are to blame for Italy’s fragmented climate science

This week: a research registry, concerns over skills mismatch, and university action against the mafia

Guidelines set out scope and scale of funding under Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan