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Half of those affected said a person in power told them to share publication credits

Number increases to almost half among international students, statistics report finds

This week: academic freedom in Sweden, Finnish pay rises and honours for top scientists

Smaller number of board members hoped to reduce complexity and improve accountability
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Helsinki is biggest winner in push to define research profiles and boost international competitiveness

This week: Danish holiday cancellations, layoffs at Tampere and controversy over an internship refusal

Process hoped to help small institutions issue PhDs and simplify bureaucracy

Cybersecurity problems are forcing Nordic countries to review how they handle research data

This week: a deal with MIT, sport science rankings and record application numbers at Helsinki

Minister warns that country lacks “driving force” in this field, creating vulnerabilities

Government proposals to cut student grants and master’s education face fierce opposition

This week: Forskningsrådet board stays longer, Karolinska launches nutrition centre and Finland issues wind permits

Non-Danes could remedy scarcity of highly trained labour, society points out

More rented campus accommodation hoped to secure competitiveness as research nation

This week: drop in Norwegian R&D share, Stavanger’s latest partnership and Finnish open access

Academics plead to spare soft sciences from proposed reductions in per-student support

This week: the incoming SULF leader, longer visas in Finland and funds for children’s research

Minister offers one-off grant to prevent further cuts at financially imperiled Forskningsrådet

Pandemic contributed to highest trust levels ever, with half of Finns calling for funding increase

This week: funding cuts for Khrono, a subsurface winner and support for mid-career scientists

But Swedish academics maintain that lack of funding for diverse events is the real problem

University says revisions will provide “safe and good” framework to protect academics who face abuse

This week: Finnish micro-entrepreneurship, a Danish board member vacancy and sustainable ICT

Report shows evidence of discrimination and lack of diversity in country’s higher education institutions

Higher education institutions are failing to stem flow to private companies, survey shows

This week: a Norwegian ERC leader, Swedish health research spending and green projects in Denmark

This week: Finnish industrial innovation, Parkinson’s funding in Sweden and an award for Aarhus University

Deal to form Swedish government fails to respect research and university autonomy, says Sulf

United States, Japan and South Korea among partner countries to be pursued by universities

Any articles derived from work funded by the organisation must be available immediately, rules state

Norwegian academics plead with parliament to up research spending and ease competition

This week: US cooperation, suspected spy activity and ERC success in Aarhus

This week: national budget criticism, youngest professor appointed, and a new master’s in law

Managers turn down heating to save energy and costs

Economist Mats Persson joins Sweden’s new right-wing-led government

This week: cost-saving reforms, award-winning Covid research and a downward slide in a global ranking

Higher education authority says lack of PhD holders in the coming years could cause problems