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ViewReport urges framework for Norwegian research evaluation

Working group sets out principles to improve legitimacy of quality assessments

ViewNordic news roundup: 9-15 March

This week: Lund reveals sustainability programme, STN selects final contestants and talent heads towards Denmark

ViewNordic news roundup: 2-8 March

This week: global health research, long-term covid and help for students

ViewFinnish universities ‘should remain self-governed’

Expert groups gives universities and student unions a free pass

ViewInequalities in Finnish higher education pinpointed

Government-commissioned study finds disciplines are skewed by students’ social backgrounds

ViewAustria, Denmark and Israel to launch joint Covid-19 R&D fund

Leaders of three countries pledge cooperation on R&D and vaccine production

ViewDenmark aims to beef up interdisciplinary collaboration

Research and innovation council plans two studies on success of mission-driven projects

ViewNorway sees surge in research staff and spending

Wage hikes make up largest part of increase in expenditure

ViewNordic news roundup: 23 February to 1 March

This week: Norway emerges from lockdown, Biltema gives to cancer research and Bibsam-IOP deal

ViewUniversity entrance reform boosts Finnish student numbers

Report shows evidence that revamped intake system lures younger people into higher education

ViewGovernment inquiry criticises Danish innovation fund

Investigation flags problems with handling of Covid-19 grant applications and dismissals

ViewNordic news roundup: 16-22 February

This week: Aalborg’s bowel disease centre, Bergen tests Norwegian vaccines and Denmark joins heritage network

ViewBudget deal boosts salaries for Danish university staff

Union-government deal includes better maternity leave and more security for teaching assistants

ViewNorway gives half a billion to global health research

Funds to go towards maternal health, collaboration and pandemic prevention

ViewNordic news roundup: 9-15 February

This week: Sweden ups collaboration with China and Lundbeck awards funds to brain research

ViewSwedish research ‘must learn from Covid crisis’ to improve

Health experts urge Sweden to use new forms of cooperation developed during pandemic

ViewNordic news roundup: 2-8 February

This week: Denmark joins genomes initiative, VTT signs publishing deal and Norway embraces green medicine

ViewDanish beef scandal prompts principles for sponsored research

University group launches principles and guidelines for research involving co-funding, collaboration or consultancy

ViewNordic news roundup: 26 January to 1 February

This week: Gothenburg AI laboratory, a Danish open-access deal and funds for overseas students

ViewAction urged to ‘avoid lost generation’ of Swedish postdocs

Lack of clear Covid-19 guidance risks losing postdoctoral talent, experts warn

ViewNorway told to up internationalisation efforts

Number of students from global south is in decline, according to the latest data

ViewSweden reports just one-third of clinical trials

Researchers are ‘wasting money’ by not publishing results, report finds

ViewNearly half of Norwegian postdocs leave academia

Few career options and perception of being ‘cheap labour’ drives talent away

ViewNordic news roundup: 19-25 January

This week: Finnish climate funding, Swedish education grants and Danish brain research

ViewResearchers slam lack of insight in Danish inequality report

Government deemed ‘trapped in the past’ as nationwide study fails to incorporate economic factors

ViewOne-third of Norwegian professors are female, report finds

Gender equality in academia inches closer, but best science institutions lag behind

ViewNordic news roundup: 12-18 January

This week: research quality at Helsinki, hate messages against Covid-19 project and Lund’s ERC success

ViewNorway’s researchers struggle under Covid-19, survey shows

Report warns of academics feeling stressed, undervalued and ‘always close to tears’

ViewDanish government to improve sexual harassment surveys

More granularity hoped to give clearer picture of problem in academia and beyond

ViewNordic news roundup: 15 December to 11 January

This week: Danish engineering institutes, responses to Sweden’s research bill and the #STAYinFinland campaign