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ViewEkström reappointed as Swedish universities minister

Higher education quality and research freedom top reappointed minister’s agenda

ViewNordic news roundup: 7-13 December

This week: a French knight, hand-sanitiser production in Stockholm, and digital teaching in Norway

ViewRoyal academy urges creation of pandemic expert group

Sweden told it needs better advice to avoid high death rates in future health crises

ViewNorwegian academics struggle to find time for research

Grant writing, teaching and admin work contribute to stress and overtime, survey finds

ViewNordic news roundup: 30 November to 6 December

This week: Covid-19 passports in Denmark, Helsinki’s new board and funding for Finnish consortia

ViewNordic news roundup: 23-28 November

This week: Norway research council promises transparency, Sweden names head of space investigation and more

ViewFinland’s academics push for settled R&D policies

Lack of strategic funding could damage country’s innovative image, say Helsinki university and students body

ViewSweden revamps postdoc student contracts

Revised employment law is intended to improve career security and align funding timescales

ViewCouncil criticises Denmark’s lack of ‘cross-sectoral’ advice

Research policy advisers propose central mechanism to ensure better use of evidence in politics

ViewUniversities demand simpler travel for inoculated staff

Deficiencies in system for proving coronavirus vaccination is stalling cooperation, council warns

ViewNordic news roundup: 16-22 November

This week: research on long-term Covid, business funds in Zealand, and Finland’s student-grant bill

ViewAuditors tell academia to shape up on ethics

Norwegian universities are failing to comply with a four-year-old research-ethics act

ViewSweden pins hopes on stronger Horizon Europe performance

Government wants to increase researchers’ involvement in EU programmes to strengthen national R&D performance

ViewNordic news roundup: 9-15 November

This week: sexism in Denmark, seeking stronger Finnish R&D spending, and more

ViewWhite book bemoans lack of academic freedom

Denmark’s Universities Act has caused “20 lost years” and deterred talent, says academy of sciences

ViewSwedish council issues open data guidelines

Vetenskapsrådet says accessible data and results are part of taxpayer transparency

ViewNordic news roundup: 2-8 November

This week: English dominates in Norway, high subscription costs and Finland’s lucky escape

ViewEU heading towards gene-editing reform, Finnish minister suggests

Genetically manipulated crops “needed” to improve food security, but only with strict monitoring, minister says

ViewIncoming administration focuses on local institutions

Norway’s new government will promote higher education and science throughout the country

ViewNordic news roundup: 26 October to 1 November

This week: Finnish students to earn more, Danish universities reject country life, pay-to-view system ‘unfair’

ViewNobel prize university to rename campus sites

Swedish university proposes to change names of buildings and laboratories with links to racism

ViewConservation studies beset by design problems, survey shows

Swedish agriculture university finds confusion over causation and language issues in 215 journal articles

ViewSurvey reveals looming shortage of IT experts

Analysis blames lack of resources for Denmark’s purported want of 22,000 computer scientists and programmers

ViewNordic news roundup: 19-25 October

This week: PhDs abandoning academia in Norway, Swedish immigration law, and study cuts in Copenhagen

ViewStudents from non-academic families more likely to drop out

University success in Denmark is down to social class more than money, a study finds

ViewCOP26: When everything is climate, is climate everything?

The Nordic countries are serious about climate science, but mere relabelling is not progress

ViewNordic news roundup: 12-18 October

This week: a proposed Finnish database, language diversity in the Faroes and Swedish-Norwegian food emissions

ViewNordic news roundup: 5-11 October

This week: Finland’s Covid-19 museum, practical advice for the elderly and a landscape restoration award

ViewCall for Nobel Prize transparency

More openness in nomination processes could lead to greater diversity, academic suggests

ViewFinland gets green light for recovery grants

EU welcomes country’s target to be carbon neutral by 2035 and decision to avoid loans