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ViewLet your bid ferment

Well-matured bids will have a fuller flavour for reviewers

ViewEuropean Universities Initiative ‘unsustainable’ and ‘disjointed’

Study urges European Commission and member states to improve funding for EUI alliances

ViewAssessment reform coalition seeking head of secretariat

Programme manager will lead work supporting major European initiative

View‘Shocking’ results from survey of European student autonomy

Three in 10 respondents said they had self-censored their academic views

ViewFrozen out

Reducing the risk of harassment in remote research environments

ViewGuessing game: predictions for European research in 2023

The issues the research world will grapple with in 2023

ViewEuropean university group welcomes Ukrainian member

National Technical University of Ukraine joins group amid hopes of its country entering the EU

ViewEU bank looks for ways to improve student financing

Study targeting “financing gap” preventing student access to education and training

View‘Bias and lack of training making peer review less diverse’

Scientific community “often insufficiently aware” of importance of diversity for research, academics say

ViewCoalition S joins EU-backed assessment reform push

Open-access initiative set to focus on role of scholarly publishing as member of reform group

ViewUniversities ‘could do more’ to protect academic freedom in EU

Institutions could be ‘more self-confident’ say academics, while Commission pressured to take more action

View‘Challenging time ahead’ for assessment reform coalition

Karen Stroobants, vice-chair of newly launched reform group, stresses need to maintain momentum

ViewLooking back: Rereading 2022

There was no let-up in the post-Covid drama this year as events took surprising turns

ViewGrowing up

Synergy Grant win shows that degrowth research is coming of age

View‘Risk’ to UK research pipeline as EU student numbers plummet

University and student groups urge government to address cost and complexity of UK visa regime

ViewCoalition on research assessment launches with 344 members

Group implementing EU-coordinated reforms also elects steering board chaired by Rianne Letschert

ViewGroup to explore how universities can tackle ‘problematic’ heritage

Colonialism advanced European science but left legacies of exclusion and injustice, says Coimbra

ViewCommission reveals €4.2bn Erasmus+ 2023 plans

Mobility programme will spend €2.98bn of call cash on education and training initiatives

ViewResearchers need more help managing data, study finds

“Disconnect” identified between what researchers plan and what they actually do with their data

ViewResearch assessment: Going through changes

Researchers welcome assessment reforms in principle, but some doubt EU-led efforts will work in practice

ViewPath from the pandemic: Working past long Covid

Few studies explore how post-viral disease blocks staff from getting back to business

ViewTen items for your backpack

What to pack for an academic research career

ViewEuropean university group warns against political ‘protectionism’

Leru reiterates call for EU to give Switzerland and UK-based researchers access to Horizon Europe

ViewNext steps set out for European Education Area

Commission hails EEA progress but says more work needs to be done

ViewItalian organisations sign on for research assessment reform

National Research Council and multiple other bodies commit to change use of metrics

ViewMore momentum for EU research assessment reform agreement

European Commission and UK Research and Innovation sign push to make assessment fairer

ViewLearn the language

Don’t let the communication challenges stymie your Horizon Europe Pillar 2 funding bid

ViewMore groups sign up for EU assessment reform push

European University Association and Cesaer formally join push for fairer research assessment

ViewEU starts work on manifesto for inclusion of women in academia

Maryia Gabriel says research institutions will have role in delivering gender inclusion goals

ViewESO cuts ties with former head over ‘unacceptable behaviour’

Tim de Zeeuw loses access to European Southern Observatory, which cites university investigation