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ViewAcademics alarmed over lack of post-Covid-19 plans

Trade union demands budget with focus on making Denmark safer, greener and more skilled

ViewFormas: systems analysis can help Swedish policy

Sustainability policy group proposes team of academics and politicians to offer insights into future

ViewNordic news roundup: 8-14 December

This week: regional funding for Skåne and a new CEO at Norway’s Forskningsrådet

ViewNordic news roundup: 1-7 December

This week: struggles of unemployed doctorates, Karolinska signs deal with Stockholm and big-spender Sweden

ViewNorway proposes cuts to research budget

Funders alarmed over tax breaks for consumer products as academia’s belts tighten

ViewReport urges push to send more students overseas

Sweden should aim for one in four students to gain international experience, study recommends

ViewSweden vows to frontload Covid-19 funds

Plans to plunge extra cash into first year of upcoming four-year research bill

ViewDenmark’s Innovation Fund pushed to change direction

More money for societal challenges after government report pinpoints shortfalls

ViewNordic news roundup: 24-30 November

This week: Norway’s Horizon 2020 triumph, Finnish crisis preparedness and Lund’s next rector

ViewDanish minister under fire over marketing budget cuts

Proposal to slash academic advertising funds based on mix-up of internal and external activities

ViewOsloMet and HVL agree corona bonus in wake of criticism

Two institutions pay out big to public staff after union alarm

ViewNordic news roundup: 17-23 November

This week: PhD teacher training in Norway, Finnish mental health and millions for Swedish food

ViewSwedish universities brace for second lockdown

Some institutions start partial restrictions to reduce high infection rates

ViewDenmark funds clinical trials for coronavirus vaccine

Health minister hopeful that test candidate will pass muster

ViewNordic news roundup: 10-16 November

This week: Norwegian student mental health, cancer funds in Sweden and long-term Covid-19

ViewSwedish women still win fewer medicine grants

Female success rate lower and grant size smaller than that of male counterparts

ViewConcern grows over potential cut to ‘free’ research

Denmark’s 2021 reserve funding for last-minute priorities under scrutiny from academics

ViewNordic news roundup: 3-9 November

This week: Danes graduate younger, Finland funds computer research and corona hinders Norwegian collaboration

ViewSamok proposes to raise income limit for student grants

Finnish students say low threshold to reducing financial support damages their ability to work

ViewOslomet researchers win Covid-19 overtime pay

But coronavirus bonus proposal still up in the air amid dispute with union

ViewNordic news roundup: 27 October to 2 November

This week: disappointment for Danish PhDs, Swedish guidelines on assessment and Norway’s Horizon 2020 success

ViewNorway sees lowest-ever exam fail rate

Coronavirus boosts students’ efforts, but cheating and permission of aids may have skewed results

ViewConcerns grow over diminished research freedom

Opinion barometer shows Norway’s academics feel increasingly constrained and silenced

ViewNordic news roundup: 20-26 October

This week: strategic themes for Finland, a Danish autonomous systems centre and 12 Swedish doctorates

ViewFurore over sexism in Danish academia

Female academics prepare letter exposing scale of gender discrimination in higher education

ViewNordic news roundup: 13-19 October

This week: temporary employment at Karolinska, Finnish open-access payments and Swedish mature student numbers

ViewResearchers oppose teaching competence law

Norway’s academics beg government not to turn good intentions into bad regulation

View‘Improvements still needed’ at Karolinska after Macchiarini case

Measures to prevent repeat of medical research scandal need more work, says watchdog

ViewNordic news roundup: 6-12 October

This week: Swedish institutes aim to get interdisciplinary, Denmark looks for excellence and African links

ViewNorwegian budget ‘weak’ on research, sector head says

University and College Council leader blasts efficiency cuts