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This week: criticism of university leaders, Auckland success, biodiversity funding and a Scott Base appointment
In depth: New Zealand’s government looks set to upend the definition of research in the Performance-Based Research Fund to include a much broader range of topics and outputs.
Full story: Review of Performance-Based Research Fund makes progress